Well, it's been a long day and I'm worn out. Thought I'd sit my bottom down around the campfire and catch up with everyone. Any more of that Baileys left for my cup?
Can't believe all the things I'm finding in common with the rest of you. I've been a part-time student for the last 25 years or so while I worked fulltime, raised daughter #1 as a single mom, then re-married, still working, still a student, then two more girls, now home-mom, and still a part-time student. Working on a Liberal Arts degree with natural science concentration (botany), and as if that's not enough, also working on a certificate in Natural Science Illustration. If all goes well, I'll wrap it all up in 2008. Last fall I took a really cool course in Nature Journaling for my certificate program (teacher was awesome -- she made her own journal books!), and I'm getting ready to travel to Florida for 5 days on my own (woo-hoo, momma's 1st annual winter escape!!), doin' nothin' but sitting on the beach, visiting the local gardens and nature preserves, drawing and doodling. I don't like my writing, so I just sketch and paint, plants and landscapes, that kind of stuff. Here's
my favorite sketchbook artist. I want to make travel journals this good someday.
I also collect junk, usually from the local transfer station swap shed. I've got some real prizes there -- vintage furnishings for my future art studio, dozens of antique canning jars, baskets, old kitchen utensils, cups, and saucers, gardening supplies, and camping stuff. Really great stuff -- and for free! Reduce, reuse, recycle!!
You ladies that are photographers are doing something I just never got the hang of. I'm in awe of Carol's talent with the camera! What an eye she has!
I'm also a gardener. And that doesn't mean I'm good at it, I just do it. Most of what I can get to grow gets eaten by deer. But I keep at it. And with a botany background, I can usually give you the name of the plant I just killed, in latin, family name, genus, and species.
And, yes, I can't wait to try flyfishing someday. Who's gonna teach us? So many of us who want to go fishing... That's definitely a rally down the road.
-Jamie