Hi everyone. Life became a little crazy for me for the last couple of days. My 89 years old Mom went into the hospital last weekend right before I got home from Florida. It meant a 2+ hour trip down to visit over the weekend. She got released this past Tuesday. However, the rehab didn't have a bed for her until today, and the assisted living where she lives didn't want her being alone for fear she might fall on her oxygen tubing so I got to go stay with her for 2 days. My brother lives near her, but his wife is in the final stages of cancer and doesn't have much time left, so I have had to do lots of things he would usually take care of. It also means I haven't yet gone back to work from my vacation and I got to be a nurse, which I will admit I am not very good at. But it was some good quality time with my mom, and I am happy to report that we are hopeful she will have a complete recovery. I'm sorry I can't say that about my brother's wife, which is really really a sad thing.
However, I did discover something. My mother's assisted living had a really slow connection to the internet, so I used my phone and its service to make comments on many blogs the last couple of days since I couldn't pull them up on my laptop. (Even though I had my laptop with me.) I thought this process was working, until I went back to check on a couple and realized that even though I had hit post, they didn't go through. I am guessing the same thing happened to all my comments last week when I was away in Florida. So if you didn't hear from me last week on your blog posts, it probably meant my comment didn't go through as I spent time each morning or later evening commenting with my phone. Sorry ladies!
It also means that all the TIOT comments I made didn't go through either, which I just wanted to let you ladies on the design team know.
It's too bad it didn't work but lesson is learned.
OK, now that I have babbled on, let me move forward to some art.
First of all, I received a fantastic package from Bleubeard and Elizabeth when I returned home. I got this beautiful art from her.
And she also sent me this cool homemade paper which you will see soon in some art.
Thanks so much Elizabeth!
And also I want to add another journal page for Jo's Spring challenge at Art Journal Journey
It's what early spring is like here in New Hampshire (once the snow melts or is melting). We have a 5th season of the year that is Mud Season.We're still waiting for that to arrive this year since we have more snow on the ground now than we had all winter.
I made my page by using watercolor crayons to create the muse, as well as some clear glue to make it look a little bit wetter. I drew the boots on watercolor paper, cut them out, painted them and then added the spring words. Those words had been stamped on acetate and then cut to fit the boots. The polka dot background is a Gelli print on deli paper that I tore into pieces and then collaged them. I doodled and painted the letters, as well as adding a bit of mud to them too.
Now that I am home to good internet speed, I will be by blogs soon.
Hope everyone is having a good week.
