painted desert

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i've just listed 3 paintings on etsy. it's nice that i feel like painting again, though i certainly have not been doing as much of it as i would like to. my "regular" job has been particularly stressful and physically challenging lately. i don't especially excel at physical work and i've had a lot more of it than usual. i hurt my back about a week and a half ago and am getting better but it certainly slowed me down and i've been coming home pretty tired in the evenings! but i've done some painting and some knitting, and i guess that keeps me going!

i'm really into combining rust with cool colors right now.

Blue Sun

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i have finished the 3 little paintings i was working on and started a 4th. three are on etsy. i worked on these while listening to celloist Adam Hurst and the audio book "To Say Nothing of the Dog" (by Connie Willis.) Hm. I see more of Adam Hurst in them, to tell you the truth.

what i would rather be doing..

what i would rather be doing..
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it has been too long since i blogged. i have been working hard at my day job, doing things like vacuuming bugs out of rugs and loading freezer trucks. i may never again say "as cute as a bug in a rug." just so you know. and reading, and listening to audio books, and painting. these are 3 i am working on. well the red one is not quite done but the others are. i will be listing them on etsy sometime this weekend, i think. gosh i wish i could paint all day instead of vacuuming infested textiles, wouldn't that be great. one rug required the bagless vac to be emptied 4x. or maybe it was 6. you start to lose track after a few loads of orange lint mixed with critters.