SHORT SUBJECTS...

 

This will be my last post 

of the shortest month 

and it will be a short one too.

  Where did this month go?  

The days are flying by

 and before we know it spring will be here. 

 Though spring fever has been lurking around the corners of this month

 for awhile now, 

we are not there yet.  

Maybe that is a good thing. 

 Maybe our "wishes" for 

something different 

should be kept deep in our pockets

 and not taken out 

until the time is just right.

  Let Mother Nature

 play out her own game. 

 Spoiler Alert:  She will anyway!  

But we are human beings after all,

 so that is probably never going to happen.

  I am as guilty as the next person 

but every year I say

 I am not going to wish time away 

and then I always do. 

 With all that being said -

 here we sit in the middle of Winter, 

with Winter doing what Winter does best,

 on Two, Twenty Two, Twenty Twenty Two,

 on a Twos-day. 

 It is all a bit Two much!

Since finishing the cleaning of the library, 

I have been taking advantage of it. 

 It is so nice to come into the computer 

and not have to trip over

 any and every thing 

and to sit at the crafting table

 and spread out.  

I had ordered a couple of

paint by number small canvases

 last summer 

and just now have gotten started on them. 

 They are a folk art style, 

not a lot of work and fun to do 

and above

 is the result of one of them...

...this is the second one 

that I still have to finish. 

 It is not looking very pretty to me just yet 

but that always seems to be 

how these paintings look 

before they are finished.

  It remains to be seen.

A friend recommended

 a watercolor art book to me 

and I ordered it 

but it was no longer available 

so I chose another that looked like

 it might be helpful. 

 I have read it through 

and will try the techniques used

 and somehow 

I may be able to master 

the art of watercolor. 

 I won't lie, it is very intimidating to me,

 but I will keep trying. 

 I would love to learn.

I did finish the kit that I got for Christmas, 

but I started taking it one step further

 and adding little flowers to the wreaths. 

 I am using it as kind of a practice painting 

and trying to perfect one

 that looks somewhat reasonable.

I promised you short

 and now you've got it. 

 Life is marching towards spring 

and it is something to look forward to. 

 Hope you all enjoyed

 a wonderful February 

and are ready to see March 

come in like a lion 

and go out like a lamb, 

or whatever that old saying is.

...Judy...

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