 I'm gonna refilm that because yeah, anyway Hey guys, how are you? This is Sunday morning June 27th Just before 11 o'clock. I think I Am sitting here kind of in the dark because it is supposed to be a hundred and fifteen degrees today That's really hot. So we've got the windows mostly closed as you can see behind me There are plants in the windows so I can only put them down so far I Got the air conditioner on if you hear humming in the background and We are just staying in the house. We are not going outside right now. I do have a selection of stuff on my desk because I'm going to try to rearrange things a little bit to accommodate The pens and markers that I want to continue to use in my work going forward when I do the pen and ink Practice that I've been doing in here So and there are some I can see in here that I know I'm not going to use So I can pull them out I want to rearrange my desk a little bit to accommodate the pens, but at the same time I don't want these pens in a drawer that I have to pull out I don't know exactly what I'm gonna do So I'm gonna think about it and see what I can come up with and I'll be back Okay, I reorganized a little bit and reset the pens on my desk and This is what it currently looks like. I redid the labels on the canisters not only because I was tired of the black but because I Changed up what was in them a little bit. I Tried sticking with the black and it just wasn't working for me and I found these Craft colored labels in my stash. So I use those instead. I kind of like the way that looks so we'll see what happens I'll live with it for a little bit Anyway, I've got my three canisters. I've got my slow stitch journal right there My recipe cards for mixed media journaling from Margaret Miller. I'll link her website down below my Needle Thimble holder thing Thing yeah another canister and then this was a box white box I had already in my stash and then I made cardboard dividers that is some cardboard I had in a closet To hold the four sections of drawing and inking pens that I'm using to work through my drawing books. I Think that's gonna work really well for me And now that I have room over there. I'm gonna pull out for my stash over there Sorry, I don't want to make you dizzy over here any black white or sepia pens I'm going to be or gray pens that I want to use and use up or practice with or play with or something I'll get them out of there. It'll get them used. It'll I'll figure out if I like or not all of that stuff It's already like 80 degrees up here. It's 100 degrees outside. It's not even lunchtime yet So it's gonna be one crazy day. I also pulled out a pen pouch For my stash in case it gets too hot up here to work I'm gonna take the journal the book and some a few pens downstairs. So we'll see what happens. All right I'll be back. Good morning, everybody. It is 9 28 a.m And it already already is well according to the car dashboard 88 degrees, but according to my phone It's 93 degrees outside. It is going to hit About 115 degrees today. You heard me right 115 I live in the Pacific Northwest and that's kind of unheard of up here Anyway I am headed to the store because we need a couple of things and I'm headed out there much earlier and I normally would actually not early enough but anyway I didn't really want to go tomorrow. So I'm going now and I'm gonna get it and get back within the hour because by lunchtime it's going to be over 100 Anyway, you know, holy cow It's only been I don't know a week or two since I used this thing and evidently I've just forgotten how to use it So mission inspiration for june is going to be a hot mess But I'm gonna do what I can with it in the editing process and we'll see I do think I missed a whole bunch of footage Anyway, I all I got that done today. I didn't expect to get that done and I also got the mid month mini mission done Or min as I call it And they both turned out really cute. So those are coming and if you're in the mission inspiration Facebook group You've seen a preview of both pages. So Um, I also put a bunch of deco page on some of these painy sticker papers that I created using up some stuff They're mostly dry. How yummy does that look? So these are just random scraps and They're very textured There's all different ones Some of them still have some spots that aren't completely dry like that one Look at that So those are done and as you can hear the air conditioner is on Oh, yeah, it's it's blasting. Anyway That is it for the minute Okay, it went from 111 degrees this afternoon and never quite got to 115 To 84 and humid It's 9 30 at night We're going for a walk because we haven't been out in like four days because of the heat Yeah, so we're going to go for a walk Get some steps finally. I'll be back. Good morning, everybody. It is Tuesday june 29th. It is 9 52 a.m. It's already been a very busy morning. It's not even 10 a.m. yet I've got my cup of bone broth Contractors are here. Hopefully finishing up the door. The dining room is covered in plastic. So Um, if they don't get it finished today, we'll eat in the game room. I guess there's another table out there. So that's fine. Um It's just my dad and sister and rebecca. So it won't matter Jenny when she and her husband brian were here Um, they brought me flowers and jenny knows when she brings me flowers I enjoy them for a couple of days and then I squish him So the the clip you just saw before this one is me squishing said flowers Um, what else? I need to upload the vlog for youtube for tomorrow. I haven't done that yet I have a couple more quick videos to edit. I think I'm going to do All the edits and then upload everything at once Um, I've already done some chatting online with some art friends and There's so much. Bob's got the dishwasher going. He finished his breakfast and he started it for me, which was great We got the laundry folded and put away finally We've got the windows opened that air conditioners turned off some nice fresh air. Yay It's only going to be 97 today I did not think I would ever say that and that would ever come out of my mouth But it's only going to be 97 today. I got the mission inspiration Mixed media recipe cards finished today and They're all done There is a video for this and I went through some Family mementos that I've been Accumulating over the years and decades Um, as my mom's gotten sicker and sicker. She's just brought me boxes of stuff with her wanted or not to be fair and I didn't want to hurt her feelings by saying no, thank you. So I just said fine. I'll take it. Thank you and um It's a long story, but my sister Karen who's coming over tonight didn't get much or any of it stuff like that And um, although she and I don't necessarily get along I do have quite a bit and I have quite a bit that I'm not gonna want to keep And so I pulled out some things and if she would like them she can take them home with her So we're gonna be doing that later Um, I also have a couple boxes of stuff. I need the daughter to go through and if she doesn't want it then I need her to help me sell it or something So anyway, there's not What else? I think can't think of anything else at the moment. I'm sure there's more stuff I'm just not remembering what it is. I need to drink my bone broth Oh, I relabeled my canisters again So I did put craft card stock labels on them And while they looked cute and they weren't a nice change from the black. They weren't sticking very well So I relabeled them with a black chalkboard stickers, which Stick better. I had to kind of reassemble hodgepodge them, but they look good And then instead of writing on them I used my labeler and I have black label tape that prints White on it. So I used in that and it looks great. Hold on take that like that So that's much better. I guess I better get to editing because the edits aren't gonna do themselves All right. Hey guys, it is 12 15 p.m. On Friday, June 30th Just after lunch and I haven't eaten lunch yet. So I got to do that next Anyway, I'm checking in with you all. I My dad and sister Karen who lives in Iowa came for dinner last night and stayed kind of late So I didn't get my daily drawing done last night And so I brought the bag upstairs and I did yesterdays and today's and I closed out the month of june I also created the two new drawing journals for july So that's all done. I need to probably film a couple quick How are you doing creatively sort of videos for the two facebook groups and um I need to um schedule the june 1st post for both groups with the prompts One is a vision board for our life of art and self-expression and then the other group we're doing daily daily prompts, um, so I need to do that still. We're just so many kitties So many kitties Hi So many kitties This one's not as anxious to be scratched as this one This one looks like a young one Yes, we're out for a neighborhood walk. It's only about 70 degrees although it's humid and Bob as usual is just attracting all the neighborhood cats And yes, he's sitting down on the ground scratching the ones that will let him Yeah, no now he's got to get up. I need to help him. You got it It's not getting down this problem. It's getting back up again Yeah, we're getting down and you got gravity going with you. Yeah, we're old. We have bad knees bad backs, you know All the things all right. I'll be back another cat. That's like the fifth one. We've seen On this walk. I think bob is like the cat whisperer tonight or something You've been seeing him everywhere Anyway, now I'm warm. We need to go home All right, I'll be back. Good morning everybody. It is thursday morning july 1st 837 a.m. Yes, my hair is wet again I just don't know what to tell you. I have a bra on today. Is that TMI? Okay, we are in the car early because I need to go get some paint color matched Because now that we have the new door in on one side of the backyard We kind of Want that same color on the other door, which is red right now and I don't think it needs to be red So So we're going to change the color of the door Um, okay guys, so I finally did some work on this canvas that's been sitting on my easel for a long time It had a very dark black paint gray orange underpainting, which is great. I'd love to start with an underpainting I wasn't sure where I wanted to go with it then and I have this inspiration photo here That I took at a local garden center The specializes in ponds and pond supplies We have a pond in the backyard that we're having issue with but anyway, that's another cool conversation I took this picture at one of their display ponds And I finally decided to do inspired by that photo and mone do a mone inspired abstracted water lily scene Now I will admit to you when I started painting this some of which you're gonna you saw in a clip before this I thought that's just really not turning out very well and that's pretty ugly But the more I worked at it and the more I moved the color around I actually really love it now and I'm gonna let this sort of background dry and then we'll add a few Sort of abstracted pink white and yellow like water lily shapes in here somewhere But I want to let this dry completely for a couple of days That way if I put the first touch of the pink in yellow in there, and I don't like it. I can wipe it off. So Yeah, I'm pretty happy with that. All right, and that noise you hear in the background is a gardener. So All right, cool. That was a nice start and I used up like six more of these little tiny tubes of paint that I have so Which need to be used up. I have lots of paint that needs to be used up. So It's all good. All right. I'll be back. Okay, so I cannot do anything more on that painting until the paint I have on there dries or the Water lilies will just look like muddy lilies and not water lilies So I'm gonna go out for a walk. I of course could do other things like dishes and laundry and I always have art generally to catch up on but you know what? I'm gonna go for a walk. I don't know what it says about today and the energy of today But holy cow. I haven't gone very far. Lots of wildlife butterflies birds Bumblebees squirrels some of which I've actually even managed to catch on camera and get still shots of Which if you've been following me for any length of time, you know, I'm notoriously bad at catching pictures of wildlife so Yeah, there's that I keep hearing noises in the bushes I guess it's not cold But it's not too hot So everybody's out. I just got a picture of a bird that like never happens. I don't know what that means, but yeah It's a thing Anyway, let's keep getting some steps in. I'll be back. You know, there's nothing like talking to the camera for like 10 minutes And having an ambient Good morning everybody. It's not even 7 30 a.m. Yet on Friday, July 2nd Yes, I know that because I've done this once already Anyway, I dropped some paint off at the local paint store yesterday Miller paint love their company And love their service and love their paint. So anyway, if you're in the pacific northwest, it's a locally owned business and their website down below Anyway, they match color match the paint for me and we have the new door that just went in that's Like a smoky beige color the frame It's a mill guard vinyl door and the old single French style door that we have on the other end of the house Is painted red and it just When the new door went in I went wow, I love that and then looked at the red one. Wow, I hate that so Um, it was painted red before we bought the house and when we had the house repainted We just said, yeah, I just painted the new red color I guess because we didn't really know now we know and I need to repaint it So we may replace that door at some point, but we're going to match the paint of the new door paint Just repaint what's there So that's mean everybody. It is Saturday, July 3rd Had to think about that for a second What time is it? I don't even know 10 58 a.m My dad and sister Karen who is here from Iowa Helping out with some stuff regarding my dad and my parents They were here for breakfast she is flying home today out of Portland airport pdx and They came by and spent a little time here Had some breakfast We went over a couple of things that we needed to go over Dad's taking her to the airport now. Bob is in the garage Getting ready to run to the hardware store Auto parts store because he's going to work on the barracuda today try to get it running again It has fuel pump And push rod issues I think that's what it's called. Anyway, I don't know A ton about cars But it's something to do with your fuel pump and the fuel rod or push rod fuel rod fuel rod. I don't know Anyway, we got the new parts Bob's going to try to put it back together today, but I think he needs a couple more things anyhow Dad's on the way to the airport with Karen. I got the kitchen all cleaned up and uh I can just chill for a little bit And then when Bob gets back from the auto parts. I need to go to the grocery store. So I've got the air conditioner on or I will have in a second I probably need to make sure I didn't open up the windows upstairs And anyway, otherwise it's going to be a chill afternoon and Um, I'll I'll even though it's going to hell now the windows are closed. Yeah Even though I think it's going to be another warm one, but warmish Then that I think it's going to stay in the 90s. I don't think it's going to go to 100. So Yay. Hey guys, it is 11 o'clock at night on saturday What have I gotten done today? Whole lot of nothing Not too much anyway um You know, that's okay. We did I do have a issue with one of the solenoids and the sprinkler system on one of the valves and we ran around town looking for parts Nobody had them. We ended up ordering said parts from amazon Um, so we will be hand watering the front yard for the next few days Um Until the part comes in it should be in like tuesday. I think or wednesday Um, the sprinkler works. It just doesn't shut itself all the way off So Yeah, that's an issue anyway Um, there's all kinds of stuff on my desk Um, I got all my daily drawing done. I got some more posts done and You know, I didn't do much else besides that. I did some readings afternoon. I think that you know was okay besides Trying to help with the sprinkler system and I was no help and yeah, but bob did get the barracuda running by the way He got it fixed. Yay um So, you know It's all good Anyway, what else? I think that's it right now And for the week tomorrow is the fourth of july and we are going to the coast for the day with the kids and the dog and All that stuff. I'm not going to bring my handbag. I've packed a little backpack instead. I am going to bring some drawing stuff I don't know if I'm going to have time to do that, but I'm going to bring some So we'll see I'll try to take a lot of pictures if I don't have time Well, I'll try to take a lot of pictures anyways, so there's some video for you all Anyway, it hasn't been a horrible week. It's been pretty good But you know But it's been okay Anyway, I hope that you've all had a great week and that You continue to have a great week That if you are struggling you figure out a way with the help of friends and family to work through that struggle Um, you know, I know with my mom and dad we're all pulling together and we're helping where we can and You know, you know trying to find solutions to problems and All of those things. I yeah, all those things. It's tough. But what are you going to do? Anyway, in the meantime, I'm doing lots of art. I've made a lot of these cards out of the stencils I love this one who is he's the first one that I did On a piece of scratch paper and I love the way he turned out I think I'm gonna have to put him on a journal page because I love the way he turned out So just a new way to use stencils. You don't have to use them with paint I've been I've got some video on it. I have to edit still it's still on the camera Which is up there on the tripod still so Anyway, I hope you've all had a good one. I hope you've enjoyed this video. I do have videos on Doing these drawings with your stencil that you probably already have in your stash as a guide There is a new stencil code out a sale code for my Etsy shop for stencils and at whatever else you buy in the shop um I shouldn't say whatever else physical merchandise not for digital products physical merchandise um anyway I will put the sale code down below in the store link for you all But I hope you've all had a great week And that you've done some fun creative stuff if you have any ideas that you'd love to share I know we'd love to hear about them in the community tab here over on my youtube channel or over in one of my facebook art groups Or if you're on patreon, we're going to be starting up soon with patreon live already chats And I think i'm going to to start out with we're going to be doing some drawing some botanically inspired Drawings I do some ones in gel pen in a journal. I've got downstairs But I think we're going to start working on that to start with anyway So if you're interested in that join me over on patreon Or in the community tab One of those because they'll all get invited They also have access to me over in facebook in a friends and supporters facebook art Chat private chat over in facebook messenger. So just so you know All right, that's it for the minute. I hope you all stay safe. Stay healthy. Stay creative You know wear a mask get a vaccine wash your hands whatever you're comfortable doing just stay healthy And you know if you have questions comments or concerns leave them down below. I answer all my comments don't forget to like share and subscribe please and Go out and do something nice for yourself because you deserve it. Maybe go for a drive go to the beach Whatever it is go for a walk around the block Go look at the flowers in the backyard go do something nice for yourself because you really do deserve it I'll see you next week. 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