Money talks.

One morning last week I woke up to find that a thick fog was covering my world like a foamy blanket. I decided to take a walk down to the creek to see if I could get some pictures of the herrons that often hang out there. I was right, the herrons were there but they were too fast for me. All the pictures that I took were blurry. So I started back to the house. As I made my way along the road, I happened to glance over at the sunrise and then I looked again. Yeah, a double take! The sun was burning through the mist and the soybean field was golden and glowing and eerie and my mind just sizzled. I took a picture figuring that the glare would be too much but it turned out to be just enough. Man, life on Earth is just a moment to moment mind boggler.
As for "Money talks".... About 8 or 10 years ago, I worked as a bank teller for First of America Bank. I liked the job Ok but didn't care for the head teller who seemed to think the bank was her own personal bank and everyone else working there (including the bank manager) were her bitches. Yet, that job helped me learn something very important. I learned that "FOCUS" or paying attention to details is super important when you are dealing with money. When you walk through the door in the morning, you need to leave all the drama in your personal life behind. Why, because as you are counting out money, those little personal demons will mess with your mind and you will give out too much cash. Bankers don't like that in a teller. Slowing down and paying attention to details is vital in banking.
I don't claim to be any kind of money expert but it made me sad and angry to hear about well known and respected institutions of money in this country getting into such lousy shape because someone, somewhere got in a hurry and let those little greed and pressure demons take charge of their good sense. They lost their respect for money. Details were no longer important. Focus was out the window. Money can be a great tool to make a difference in this mind boggling world. Let's hope this ice water in the face moment in our nation's history will clear some heads and set things on a better path.

A Moving Experience - part 2

Here it is, an empty space ready for it's next occupant. I am amazed at what I have accomplished over a month's time. I had a lot of small things that had to be put into boxes, bags, jars, or anything that could hold extra stuff and take it across the hall. There wasn't time to put anything away because the clock was ticking....September 1st. Thankfully I was able to get finished last Friday. I wanted to post this picture and give a shout out to a wonderful space. I loved this room! It's big and has this fabulous skylight. The skylight was so nice to let in natural light and when it rained outside, I could hear the raindrops pitter against the skylight. It felt like a little tap dance just for me. And it always made this large space seem so cozy.

I also wanted to post a picture of my night blooming cereus - a cactus that is starting to take over the building. I placed it on top of a built in office in this building. I think it likes my choice of placement as just in a week's time, it's leaves are starting to sprout babies.

And I just have to show you the 2 supply closets that will become my new studio. As I have already told you, I just set things down in there and kept moving. Now that the moving phase is over, I can take a little time and go through this stuff. Hopefully, I will be able to let go of some things that I would have to live two life times to get around to making things with them.