Hi everyone. Happy Thursday. I just realized how quickly this month is winding down. It surprisingly hasn't felt like a long month, but definitely, it hasn't been the most exciting for me.
Today I want to share my penultimate page for my "What's Up? " challenge at Art Journal Journey
My page is what I've been trying to do this month. Besides listening to some music to get my energy levels up, I've been trying to recharge my creativity and not let the winter weather and my husband's back issues get me down.
I started this page by coloring the background with a dark grey ink pad. Then I tore and cut strips of paper and glued them down to break up the grey. The violin is a stamp from Stamperia's music release that I stamped on some printed book paper. I fussy cut it and colored it before adding it to my page. Then I used the musical staff stamp from the same set and stamped it a few times on my page.
The clouds, stars, flowers and leaves are also from Stamperia, this time their masquerade collection. I finished by using a quote from TH which I stamped on paper, cut out and then outlined with a gold Sharpie before gluing it down. I also added a small little Cupid charm that I cut the loop off of , and I added some gold glitter glue to the stars.
Some of you were asking more about my husband and his back. I don't think I mentioned that he has a herniated disc in his L4 vertebrae, which is the one right above our hips. According to the doctors, it is a 4-6 week healing period, and I don't want him to get back into pain again now that he is up and doing some things. Plus I don't think I could stand to listen to him again. He's a whiny patient, and I am not a patient nurse. 😏
But he is supposed to be walking. I told him that, and then the doctor said that to him (actually 2 doctors) as well as his physical therapist. When we had both of our recent snows, I mentioned how walking behind the snowblower was good for him. Ha ha. He went out and snow blowed. He even told his sister (which I overheard him say to her on the phone), how I was right and the walking has helped a lot. (I resisted the temptation to add an "I told you so." 😇 Smirk)
You can see in the first winter photo that I am not a perfectionist when it comes to shoveling either. Especially when it's only 10 degrees F/-12 degrees C with wind. I have 3 rules when I shovel: I want to be able to get out in case of an emergency; I want the dogs to be able to get out to do their doggie business; and lastly, I feel bad for the birds because even though they survive for millennia without being fed at bird feeders It's got to be hard to survive the winter. I want to be able to get out to the bird feeders.
Then I'm back inside and next to the woodstove to warm up with a cup of tea.
That's all for me this post. Have a great rest of your day.
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