Yeah, it's half-way through October, and I am just now getting around to wishing everyone a happy October. Life is busy, sometimes too busy, and I have little time for writing - something that I hope to change as I adjust to my new ventures in life.
So, enjoy the fresh fall air, the crispy-crunchy leaves, and the diminishing hours of sunlight. October, one of my favorite months, comes only once a year.
(For those of you asking, my other favorite months are May and July. ;)
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Monday, October 18, 2010
October Weekend
The weekend started off with a Birthday Bang! It was Lover's 30th, and I and his friends arranged for him to enjoy a delicious BBQ joint and an outing to Dark Manor (cue scary fog music) in Norwich. On top of this, we got him a racing package to launch himself around a speedway in a Nascar stock car. Yay for Lover!
Saturday was a day to spend in the shop, working on the set for the upcoming play "Curtains". The students and I worked on painting waves and a steamboat. This set is crazy! I've never seen Curtains, and I am told it is a play about a bad play and a murder. Okay, I'm up for it.
Afterward, I finished my comission for the Collarfuls. When I get a scan back from Louise at Katart Graphics, I will post it here to show everyone. It is a mix of my illustrative style and Chagall. (The client is a big fan of Chagall.) Plus, I worked further on the third book I am illustrating for my favorite client, Kathy Walsh. I still haven't posted illustrations from the first two books, but they'll be up some time soon. I have been so busy!
On Sunday, I arose early to pick up my sister and drive with Lover to meet some friends at Lovers Leap State Park. It's been a long time since I used to hang out there regularly, and a lot of the foundations in the area have toppled and eroded. It's still an awesome place with a beautiful view of the river. We had our dogs, the air was cool, the leaves have turned, and the sun shone brightly. Perfect.
Oh! I almost forgot! Lover and I stopped to pick up pumpkins! I can't wait to carve them next week!
Saturday was a day to spend in the shop, working on the set for the upcoming play "Curtains". The students and I worked on painting waves and a steamboat. This set is crazy! I've never seen Curtains, and I am told it is a play about a bad play and a murder. Okay, I'm up for it.
Afterward, I finished my comission for the Collarfuls. When I get a scan back from Louise at Katart Graphics, I will post it here to show everyone. It is a mix of my illustrative style and Chagall. (The client is a big fan of Chagall.) Plus, I worked further on the third book I am illustrating for my favorite client, Kathy Walsh. I still haven't posted illustrations from the first two books, but they'll be up some time soon. I have been so busy!
On Sunday, I arose early to pick up my sister and drive with Lover to meet some friends at Lovers Leap State Park. It's been a long time since I used to hang out there regularly, and a lot of the foundations in the area have toppled and eroded. It's still an awesome place with a beautiful view of the river. We had our dogs, the air was cool, the leaves have turned, and the sun shone brightly. Perfect.
Oh! I almost forgot! Lover and I stopped to pick up pumpkins! I can't wait to carve them next week!
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
GB AIDS Walk!
October 2nd was beautiful and bright! Lucky for me, because in Washington Park, local organizations who address the issue of HIV/AIDS and their supporters were gathering for the annual AIDS walk. I was there with my much loved chihuahua Malai, my friend and fellow Public Ally Nydia, and her boyfriend. We were Team Scott Pilgrim vs. AIDS!
Yeah, we're big dorks.
Anyway, there was music, dancing, and lots of good feeling. Free and confidential testing was available for anyone (and still is at the Greater Bridgeport Adolescent Pregnancy Program - gbapp.org). We helped raise funds for the Greater Bridgeport HIV/AIDS Care Consortium, an organization that provides care and resources for people living with HIV/AIDS. Overall, it was a great event and a great cause!
And now, prepare yourself for the bundle of cuteness that is my dog!
Malai even has her own AIDS awareness ribbon! So as we went throughout our day, we could tell other people about the walk and continue spreading AIDS awareness and education.
Yeah, we're big dorks.
Anyway, there was music, dancing, and lots of good feeling. Free and confidential testing was available for anyone (and still is at the Greater Bridgeport Adolescent Pregnancy Program - gbapp.org). We helped raise funds for the Greater Bridgeport HIV/AIDS Care Consortium, an organization that provides care and resources for people living with HIV/AIDS. Overall, it was a great event and a great cause!
And now, prepare yourself for the bundle of cuteness that is my dog!
Malai even has her own AIDS awareness ribbon! So as we went throughout our day, we could tell other people about the walk and continue spreading AIDS awareness and education.
Monday, September 27, 2010
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Moving...Again...
I've moved. Again. It'll be the 9th time in the past 9 years. After working a 9 hour shift in a group home on Saturday, I got up at 8:15 this Sunday morning and didn't finish moving until 9 pm. What a weekend! And that was a lot of 9's in one paragraph.
I missed out on The Big E with my mother and little sister, but I did get moving help from some awesome peeps. I am now situated in a house with my love, and I am surrounded by stuff. Now comes the unpacking, sorting, and shelving. When is there time for art?!?!
I can't wait to have a tag sale in the spring. Simplify, simplify, simplify...
I missed out on The Big E with my mother and little sister, but I did get moving help from some awesome peeps. I am now situated in a house with my love, and I am surrounded by stuff. Now comes the unpacking, sorting, and shelving. When is there time for art?!?!
I can't wait to have a tag sale in the spring. Simplify, simplify, simplify...
Monday, September 20, 2010
Circumstances
"People are always blaming their circumstances for being what they are. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can’t find them, make them."
--George Bernard Shaw
--George Bernard Shaw
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Blog, Part Deux
This morning I went to open my beloved blog at verafox.blogspot.com, to find that it was missing. Upon further searching, I came to the realization that when I deleted an old google account in favor of the newer one I use, I had unwittingly deleted my blogger account, also.
Barb. Stung. Crumpled and crying in a hopeless heap before my computer.
Google will let you know, however, that you may recover the text of your blogs in cached pages via their search engine, but not the format, and not the photos. Not the blog.
I am going to roll with this punch, I've decided. Lucky thing about living is that you have some part in the choosing of when the chapters of your story begin and end. I suppose, with my new move and my new job, and my new outlook on life, that this is somehow fitting. A new blog. Why not? As much as I dislike Google and Blogger at this moment, I am back. Hold onto your hats, ladies and gents (and those who do not prescribe to either gender). There's a wind blowing.
Barb. Stung. Crumpled and crying in a hopeless heap before my computer.
Google will let you know, however, that you may recover the text of your blogs in cached pages via their search engine, but not the format, and not the photos. Not the blog.
I am going to roll with this punch, I've decided. Lucky thing about living is that you have some part in the choosing of when the chapters of your story begin and end. I suppose, with my new move and my new job, and my new outlook on life, that this is somehow fitting. A new blog. Why not? As much as I dislike Google and Blogger at this moment, I am back. Hold onto your hats, ladies and gents (and those who do not prescribe to either gender). There's a wind blowing.
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