Ain't no Sunshine

Very little sunshine here in NW Ohio.  I have developed a lot of skin problems too.  I am starting to think there is a connection.  UV light therapy coupled with photo-reactive drugs are sometimes prescribed for the type of problem I've been experiencing but I'd rather avoid the drugs.  I'm sure I would get faster, maybe even perfect results, but I'm willing to give the UV thing a go.  I just won't over do it.  Besides it would also help me with seasonal blues.  Yes, I have that because I'm pretty much stuck here in winter.  I'm sure if we weren't living by so much water and the "Great Lake effects"  I could get out in this more.  Back in the middle of the winter I went outside to check the mail and fell flat on my face, bruised all over, and became immobile just because the viscous whipping wind threw my hair over my face and I couldn't see where I was going. I tripped and basically was body slammed hard.  Now I have to tie my hair back just to go outside for anything.  

We are definitely going to move away from this stinking lake.  We've all three had it.  Rent s cheaper here but it's not worth it at all.

So in the meantime I am purchasing the light thing.

Right now I'm having a drink and that's that. 

Total failure using E6000 glue with polymer clay today...uggghhh!

I made several spirit doll faces and thought I could use the strongest glue I know....nope.

The humidity not only jacked up my damaged hair but the glue on my projects never even started to dry.

It was a apocalyptic huge mess!

I'll start fresh tomorrow and work on something that doesn't involve cloth, clay, or polyester stuffing. 

Is It Real?

I just checked the weather and low and behold....drum roll....warm temperatures and solid weekend of sunshine!!!  Yes!  

O.k.  I'm calming down.  I def need to find a better way to get through winters here.

My son keeps telling me that we should move to Washington state where he is.  Nope ain't gonna.

Tennessee or bust and that's it.  Knoxville is a great city and its surrounded by great small towns.

Later this summer I'm going to start researching the area down there to see where we can find some property.  

In the meantime, I just purchased some new fabrics and full well intend on getting some new items in the shop.  With the drier weather I'll be able to get the paintings done and some gluing finished.

I'm excited.  

I ran out of Kahlua and won't be drinking for a while.  Let me tell you....I'm not an alcoholic but I ain't gonna lie.....it sure helped me get through these last couple of months.  

Stop Teasing Me!

Just let Spring weather get here already!  Geesh!  What kind of magick do I have to do?!

We're still hauling our winter things off to storage.  Filing our income tax today too.

I just need at least 3 days of warmer dry weather to get some painting and glueing done.....BUT!  No, that's not happening for at least another 2 weeks.  I will never live within 10 miles of another lake again.  It rains all the time, everything molds, ragweed flourishes, everything has a musty mildew smell, and it just plain sucks.  I'm not a water person at all.  I got burned out on fishing, the smell, cleaning fish, and dizzying boats in my younger days.  Sick of water.  I'm an Earth sign and my allergies demand that I get to higher ground.  Hubby grew up sleeping on houseboats and shit when his family belonged to a yacht club.  Fishing is the only real leisure time thing here.  O.K.  So?

Not ever going back to that.....period.  

I know I whine about it a lot but I belong  in either a hilly field, the woods, or top of a mountain.  It's in my blood.  My grandmother lived on a beautiful 300 acre farm with a couple of streams and an underground spring.  My father built our home with other contractors in a hilly subdivision.  My great uncles built cabins in the mountains, and of course my ancestors all came from the hills of Scotland, Ireland, and mostly Wales.  My 1/8 drop of Choctaw were the only wetland folk.

I spent many hours of my childhood sitting up high in trees in the woods behind our property.  I didn't care that I was ruining my pants with all the pine rosin.  I just needed to be caressed by nature....in the dry.  To me, rain was for gardens, sitting on back porches, and lazy Sunday afternoons...not everyday.

A Brief Return of Winter

Cold and wet....ick.  Not going to warm up until next weekend.  Just watched The Mists of Avalon....Not the best movie but what can I say.  Hubs is working, it's cold and I'm bored. Almost finished with my bottle of Kahlua...tee hee.  That bottle kept me warm for the past month.  Old man working third shift kinda sucks.  

We're fine though.  26 yrs of marriage beats the pants off most out there.  

Been trying to do some reading too.  

Started binge watching old Netflix shows while waiting on the return of "Bloodline" and ending off the season of "The Good Wife".

Well that about raps it up for today....LOL

Last Days in Gaia's Womb

It's hard to be patient in the last month of Earth's gestation. The false pains are teasing me with a day here and there of warmth and greening.  My longing to see the faces of tender blooms and sunlit colors is becoming overwhelming. 

Beltane will find me at a metro park here in the city along with others who are so anxiously seeking the rebirth.  This time I'll be taking my easel and paints..  

This morning there is a lot of sunshine in the apartment windows which gave me much needed extra light.  Now I can get back to my craft work for the shop.  We've had too much rain lately but hopefully this will give way to budding....the first step.