An Epiphany of Mind Blowing Proportions!!!!!

This week I realized something that should have occurred to me  

years and years ago!!!!!

Although I love me my fake flowers.

(You guys who have been reading me for a while know this.)

I have no shame when it comes to using fakes.

I've repeatedly made the joke about how women love to fake things.......

(wink, wink)

I mean....

look at how lovely these look after 10 years and counting....

and these.....

and THESE!!!

And what I did for my niece Miriam......

Sooooo.....

this week I decided that I would take a vacation.

I admit,

I lied to you guys!!!!!

Yes I did, I have not shame, I'm a big fat fibber.

When I told you I was just lazing around, when I didn't post my blog for two weeks,

 I was actually working like a dog on my fabric line.

I'm still trying to figure out what programs to use.

I feel like I'm caught between the Scylla and the Charybdis!!!!

Photoshop or Gimp?????
Illustrator or Inkscape?????

OY VEY!!!!!

I am so out of my element.

I wish there was a graphic arts class for old farts who don't want to leave their home, and sit in a classroom with a bunch of younguns.

And while I'm talking about classes....

WHY ARE ALL THE GOOD ADULT EDUCATION CLASSES AT NIGHT?????

After 5:00, I don't feel like goin' nowhere, nohow.....

Where was I.....

I always go off on these tangents.....

hmmmmmm

Oh yeah, taking a vacation!!!!!

So this week I gave myself permission to just do whatever I wanted,

which meant sitting out on my back patio looking at the sky

 and reading my books.

Getting in my two mile walks every day so my hips don't freeze up on me,

 and playing stupid computer games.

If I don't take breaks from creativity periodically, 

I shut down.

I need to recharge my batteries.

This involves doing nothing long enough that I get bored, and then I'm glad to get back to work.

An indication of this, is that I'm writing this blog today!!!!!

Sooooooo.....

I was talking about my epiphany......

I was looking out into my side yard where I have my grill and little table.

(below is a picture from a few years ago, before everything went to hell.....)

And it was a big fat mess!!!!

Everything was overgrown.

There were so many flowers that I could barely walk by.

Below is a picture AFTER I cut some off.

I have tons of white hostas too that get in my way when I grill.

I hate cutting pretty flowers. I like to leave them on their mother plants to keep looking gorgeous!

BUT

these were in the way.

AND IT OCCURRED TO ME THAT I COULD CUT THEM, AND GET THEM OUTTA MY FACE ALREADY!!!!!

So,

for the first time in 10 years of living here, I made a bouquet of fresh hydrangea and hosta flowers.

They were really pretty.

And now it's easier to grill my dinners of healthy low fat stuff.

BUT

it hasn't even been a week.

And the bouquet of fresh flowers looks like @#$.

It's all drooping and dropping pollen and making a big fat mess.

So,

I tried the natural, organic, local produce.

And I'm sticking to the polyester fakes!

But I just might try me some of my knock out roses.

They sure are purddy.....

@#$!!!

what was the point of this blog?????

I was trying to make a point.

AHHHHHH!!!!

never mind.

Pretend you didn't just wast a minute reading this.

Have a nice weekend.

On that note,

Latah, Gatah