The Year of Fun: Pictures of Stuff

I still haven't written about my new camera yet.  I have just shown you pictures that I've taken with it.

Well, today's going to be no exception. 

I'm just going to show you some pictures again, and why?  I've been working on a couple of projects that I will share about on Wednesday, and The Rabbits were not interested in writing about a camera since that would not involve anything Rabbity.

Well, that's what they are like.

The first two pictures are of a thing that Rabbits are not fond of.

A HAWK!!  A baby Red-Tail to be exact.  We saw him while on a walk, and I got some great pictures that really show off his cool pants!

Also, we've made many trips to the waters of Lake Erie lately for refreshing and cleansing swimming.  The last couple of times we've been there, it's been a little stormy and the wind has made waves that make our Great Lake seem more like an Ocean!

Here are a couple of pictures of the water.  I chaged them to black and whites to add a little Drama!

See? DRAMA!

Hawks and Water. That's what I have for today.

VERY UNRABBITY!

"What's the Big Idea?"

If any of you have anything Rabbity to pass on to poor Zoe, please do so....NOW!!

THANK YOU.

A Fresh Year of Savoring Life

If you have been keeping up with the Blisschick's Blog, then you know that we've had some rough times here of late.  Trying to deal with Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and its triggers makes for a lot of anxiety, unrest, and an inability to follow good schedules of sleeping, eating, etc.

Meanwhile, and obviously, as I wrote about last week, my creative life has also gotten off track.  I have a hard time focusing on what I want to do.  I also get caught up easily in the "shoulds" and "where will this get me" patterns of thinking.  I have too many expectations.

Not good.

And so, on the way home from a little day trip the other day, the Chick and I made a decision:  That I will take a year and let go of expectations for myself and my art and just PLAY!!!

This is what that means:  I WILL SAVOR THE EXPERIENCE OF MAKING ART, WHATEVER THAT MEANS.  I will explore creativity with no thoughts about where it might get me.   I will do whatever I darn well please:  I will take pictures, I will paint, I will play my guitar, I will look for new things to try.  I just got the greatest book out of the library about making sock dolls.  I'm going to do that.

I'm going to try anything and everything and not worry about it.  I'm instituting a year of FUN EXPLORATION and SAVORING.

WHO'S WITH ME?

And so it began yesterday, August 1st, and it will last for the year.  On August 1st next year, I will look back at my path, not see where I got to, but simply to see what I've done.

So, first stop:  FUN with my new camera.  I'll tell you more about the camera itself in the not too distant future, but for now, here are some pictures from a hike we took yesterday in nearby Wintergreen Gorge:

Have a great Monday.  Fill it with FUN!

SAVOR IT!!