Real Time Texas
July 3, 2009 by Janice
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?
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August? Sigh. R&R is good. Gets the brain juice flowing again, but don’t forget to capture along the way — too often I’m brilliant when I rest or shower and it all falls apart when back at the desk. Cool on the cards.
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Fred-LOL I know what you mean. This hiatus is mostly TO capture without distraction. Brain overload… must clear some space…
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I’ll dip in and out on twitter and possibly on flickr…
Janice, I know just what you mean – well, not the heat bit, but the rest
Enjoy the passion flowers…
See you when you’re back
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“Yes, I need some gathering time.”. Taking the time out to stop and behold beauty – a very good thing indeed.
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Hi Barbara!
I am so enjoying this hiatus. Slowly savouring summer is a good thing. Work in studio proceeds….Hope your gathering time is going well too.
Already the sweat is running into my eyes stinging and bringing back memories of moving from Oregon to Houston in the early ’80s. The heat and humidity was oppressive to say the least, A/C would have helped but we couldn’t afford it at the time and I was experimenting with passive cooling which did work very well.
Now, in Minnesota for 20 years where the summers tend towards the low to mid 70s my body works much better.
And…it was nice to get back to trees and cool shade and intimacy that a green canopy offers. A sense of safety, of calming and rest.
So, Jan find that shade spot and take the gathering time wrapped in the cooling shade of cotton woods. And, don’t forget water or ….