Tej

My Other Two Sanctuaries

The top image is of the backyard. It is small, decked and oh soooo soothing. There are huge pecan trees that tower over it and the side yard has a tree with a bench built around it. You can't see it in the photo. I was standing on it to take the picture. The big picnic table was left behind by the previous owners - it's way nice. The side yard has two large rose bushes that are in bloom. When I look out of my kitchen window I can see the lovely pick blossoms.

The second photo is of my creative arts area. There is a fireplace to the left of the photo - you can see a little of the mantle. It is two-sided. The other side faces the master bedroom. The picture makes the area look small, but it is really a nice size with a big cabinet to store all kinds of stuff.

We live in a super quiet neighborhood that is right across the road from a huge park with a nature center in it. So even though our yard is small, I have woods, lakes and all kinds of wildlife right across the street. So cool. We also have horses and cows happily strolling their pastures right down the road from us. Our neighbor told us he saw a possum in our front yard last night too. The wildlife roams about freely around here!

>sigh<

I hope we stay in this house for years and years...I love it!

Um...Excuse Me

We ARE in the house. Lordy...

We in the house!

The move is complete! We are in the new house and boy does it feel good. Here is a picture of my office space. Note all the books, puppet stand in the corner and assorted doodads in the bookcase. The big cozy chair is where I do much of my reading and daydreaming. Daydreaming is vital! This is how I develop characters, story lines...that sort of thing. The papers scattered all over the desk are my prep work for the grand opening of the Dallas Museum of Art's Center for Creative Connections. I will be a part of the weekend festivities by performing stories several times throughout the two days in the Horchow (that's the big stage folks). I am both excited and scared to my bones over the event. Now I don't want to be scared out of my teeth and have my toes go out of joint over this exciting opportunity! That is why there is the glass of wine on the desk - look carefully.

An evening glass of blush soothes the nerves of this old gal these days.

Clay Froggy

For my birthday, Lily gave me a 3 dimensional clay statue of her frog vector art image. Photo of that is in my March 23 post.

Too busy to post!

I have been driving back and forth between the apartment and our new house all week! On every trip I take a carload of stuff over. My creative art nook is set-up, and a great deal of my storytelling materials are over at the house too. I have painted the master bathroom, my daughter's room and begun removing the wallpaper from her private bathroom. My husband has moved all our garage stuff over, mowed the lawn and raked up lots of leaves. Our daughter has been helping me with the painting as well as other odds & end chores, but schoolwork has been taking up much of her time.

On top of all this, I have been squeezing more storytelling gigs into my already gig packed summer. June & July are loaded with hardly a day off! I'll be eating my Wheaties this summer to ensure that I have the energy needed to pull off all the work I have lined up.

Oh, AND I had my 44th birthday yesterday too! My husband gave me a video camera. Now I can learn how to add some storytelling clips to this blog. We'll see. I need to find the time to read the directions first.