Wednesday, May 27, 2009

My little nubs...

Yes, I've been neglecting my blog... I've been having busy mornings of workouts, gardening and cooking... but my garden is flourishing right in front of my eyes and soon I'll be drowning in tomatoes... YAY!!! I picked up a new tomato plant from the Farmer's Market a couple weeks ago (It was 107 degrees here in Sacramento that day... Joseph and I spent the morning strolling through the Farmer's Market holding hands... it was wonderful!!)... it's a Cherokee Purple Tomato plant and it's just a baby, but so was my Beefsteak plant and look at what a heifer it is now!!! Remember what it looked like a few weeks ago (it's the brown round planter in the back... you can barely see the plant)...

...Oh, and here is it's first tomato "nub"... isn't it darling? I can't keep track of all the new flowers...

Well, it hasn't been all sunshine and tomato nubs around here... the only herb seeds that successfully germinated was the thyme and the other three never even made an appearance... oh, well you live, you learn. I think the soil got too dried out from the sweltering heat we've been having here in Sac, and they just didn't want to come out and play. Poor lovies, I never gave them a chance. I'm trying to remedy these piss poor conditions I've provided my poor babies by buying them a cozy seed sowing house courtesy of Ebay... YAY!!! I also decided to germinate them in moist paper towels first to give them a little running start... hopefully some will make it out alive.

I've realized I like to sow seeds myself... if I get a baby plant I feel like I'm cheating (and plus, the seeds are much much cheaper and you get TONS of seeds in one package... it's a win-win situation). I like the thought of starting from scratch and tending to it until the plant is big and strong. I know what you're thinking... this woman needs a baby, so she can stop obsessing about her mini-garden... and you would be absolutely correct *wink*...

I started a gardening journal . It's not fancy what-so-ever (it's just a spiral notebook), but it's helping me keep track of what goes wrong, things I seem to do right and I even have a gardening calendar to admire it's progress. Yes, I'm very "Type A" bordering on neurotic... thanks Mom!!... the organization keeps me sane...

Friday, May 8, 2009

The Censor, The Garden, and Mary

Miss Suzi Blu has inspired me again!! Damn that woman!! :) If you haven't already gone to her ning network, please, I beg you, GO!!! (http://www.suziblu.ning.com/) There are so many workshops to fall in love with and they are sure to unleash the creative passion that you thought didn't exist. One of the newest FREE workshops is centered around a book called "The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity" by Julia Cameron. The first chapter is about creating a sense of safety by acknowledging your inner critic (you Censor) and basically telling him to shut the heck up... he's the one who plants "Negative Nelly" thoughts in your head anytime you get a compliment. Have you ever really payed attention to children... they will compliment themselves with such conviction and without hesitation because they're free from self doubt (that negative crap we adults force feed ourselves). Go ahead, try saying something nice about yourself and just listen to your Censor weasel his way in... We don't need to hear any more from the peanut gallery, so could you kindly SHUT UP!!!... I still have to do my positive affirmation homework, but so far I'm loving this book...

On the gardening front... After all my stressing over my bulbs not sprouting I went out on my patio Saturday morning and found that two of my bulbs had indeed broken free (and a couple days later a couple more made their debut).... I tell you, I have never been so freakin' excited and I must have gone out to "check on them" about 20 times throughout the day just to bask in my success. I was all ready to dig them out and "force" them, but I guess all I needed was a little faith and patience. I was so inspired by my newly discovered green thumb that I went out and bought lavender and star jasmine plants and a bunch of herb seeds... and yes, I will sow them myself... that's right, Martha Stewart, there's a new girl in town... Watch out!!!

Some other good news... I have finally finished my commissioned piece for the The American Cancer Society. Her name is Mary and I am completely head over heels in love with her. All day Monday I painted away at this background... I lost count on how many layers I put down, but the end result is beautiful, I think, so it was all worth it. I couldn't bare to not have a remembrance of her, so I dropped her off at Sacramento Giclee this morning so I can have a print all to myself (and anyone else who loves her)... Her she is...

Friday, May 1, 2009

AJF #3

I Never Said Nothing...

... Inspired by the song by Liz Phair, I picked out one of my naughty pin-up girl pics, and started creating... I accented the pic with a white Gelly Roll pen, added a little edging and journaling... The white circles and yellow "splotches" are made with the cardboard of a toilet paper roll (yes, I use anything I can find... and it's free... YAY!!)


The journaling reads...
LIFE IS TOO SHORT FOR REGRETS... and it's certainly too short to pretend you are someone you're not. Every life needs a little scandal and intrigue... and every woman deserves the right to be a little naughty... BE NAUGHTY!

I just ordered some gardening books last night after an inspirational hour of Martha Stewart "On Demand" videos... I'm telling you, that woman is a freakin' genius!! I was, however, a little disappointed to find out the bulbs I planted won't make their debut until Spring of NEXT YEAR!!! How the heck did I not know that? I'm not a patient woman, and I have a feeling I'll be digging them out before it's time, but I really hope I won't... they're too beautiful to ruin....

I'm still working on my commissioned piece for The American Cancer Society, and I promise I'll have it finished by Tuesday... her name is Mary... She is strong and beautiful and I can't wait to show her off...

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