Sidetracked Artist

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Due to some chronic health issues ( My Story ), I sometimes have days where I’m not able to do much. I need to rest as much as possible on those days. On some of those days, my brain is in such a fog that it’s hard to concentrate on a book, or work on the computer, and the best I can manage is watching mindless TV shows. Fortunately, I don’t have a lot of those days. But there are still the days when my body won’t cooperate enough for me to work in the garden, or in the kitchen, or even to sit at a table to work on crafts. But my mind is still active and easily bored. So I find things to do on the computer. I like creating things with Microsoft Office Publisher. I don’t know why I enjoy this so much. It’s just fun. And it’s what I have on my computer. This flower was fun to make: I’m thinking of using it in some printable downloads for Artistic Inspiration . Here are a couple of invitations I made with Publisher: They can be downloaded here . I’m working on learning Phot

My family thinks I’m, well, how do I put this, a little nuts, and they might be right. I’ve been chasing chickens. Not literally, of course, but I am sort of obsessed with chickens. In Medford, we had our first flock about eight years ago. My husband built a wonderful hen house and chicken run on the side of our property, and we got eight chicks from the local co-op. We started them in a large Rubbermaid bin in the guest room, but the smell soon got the best of us. Who knew a few baby chicks could be so stinky? After spending time in a large box in the garage, they were moved to the coop. Soon after, there was “the chicken incident”, which involved the need to “put down” one of the chickens and a decision about whether or not to take the said chicken to the vet and pay him to do the deed. Having already spent too much on the coop, let’s just say that “the chicken incident” ended with a large kitchen knife and a deceased chicken. ‘Nuff said. Down to seven chickens. At about four mo