Real Time Texas
July 3, 2009 by Janice · 6 Comments
Summers in Texas are hot. 100 degrees (and more) hot. I don’t know how the cowboys do it. Or how those oil field workers keep from turning into one big puddle. Maybe that’s why cottonwoods grow so broad. Just to give them a little shade. It seems some Texans thrive in this heat. Look forward to it. They have those hats too you know. Wide brimmed. For shade. And sudden rains.
Hmph. I still say it’s way too hot. And I should be way used to heat. And humidity. But this, this is relentless.
I took this photo on Sunday. I wanted to catch these blooms before they faded in this Texas sun. And I want to do a painting. Connect some dots all the way from Bermuda and New Orleans to this hot, hot Texas summertime.
This blooms a few steps from my door. And I need to go explore it. These vines spiral twist and turn, I need to draw them. These colors and this sun, I need to paint them. I need to spend some time underneath these trees, see about these shapes. This sky. This place.
Yes, I need some gathering time.
So amid all the “Across the Tracks Blues” series work and the snail mail art project ( the cards are coming in), and the many everything elses, I need to take this break, as I mentioned on Monday. I’ll be around. Not far away. Tracing some connections…filling in some color… but for now passion flowers have crept into the story…hm, maybe I’ll even wear a cowboy hat.
For sure there will be…
Some Naughty Margaritas. Yes, after all it’s Friday. You can drop me a line, send me a tweet, I will love hearing from you. Seeing how your summer is going. But I am on a posting hiatus until… maybe August. Yes, that feels about right. So…
How about you? Had a break? Need one? Is it hot where you are too? What are you doing?
Cut and Paste and Color
July 1, 2009 by Janice · 4 Comments
”En train de” is a very useful phrase of French . “Je suis en train de” and add whatever it is you are in the middle of doing. Je suis en train de collage et colour aujourd’hui.
Yes. I am cutting up a few bits of that lovely graph paper inside the orange Rhodia sketch pad and a little bit of my newspaper and pasting them on my cards… and adding color on after that.
And look at the calendar. Oops. It is The very first day of July.
Hm.
Double hm.
45 or so IS a larger number than I thought.
However, I think these are going to be just fine. They just need a wee bit more time.
So everyone, Je suis en train de fun …and still smiling…because I know that you are too.
And that’s just fine.
Now pass me the scissors. And I ‘ll get right to it. Hm. Do I need a bit of jazz or would Lady Gaga spur me on? My, my, my, postcard face…
See, I am telling you , I need a break. LOL
How’s it going for you all?