Blown Snow

Since it last snowed it's been windy. So windy that the snow has been scoured off part of the back yard and the snow that's left is carved into interesting shapes. On a sunny day the blue shadows on the snow are kind of pretty.

 

I spent most of the afternoon on the Bowker website. They're the place to buy and register ISBNs (International Standard Book Numbers) for your books. I didn't do that when I started publishing so now I can't sell my books through anyone but Amazon. If I unpublish them with Amazon's free ISBNs and republish them with my own purchased ISBNs, I can get them listed with another supplier so that libraries and bookstores can order them. I will still publish my books through Kindle Direct Publishing but with my own ISBNs I'm in charge of them, not Amazon. All of my audiobooks have my ISBNs on them but the other formats of each title--eBook and paperback--still need them. It's going to be a big job but one I can manage.

 

Here's today's drawing of an Iris. I think it turned out pretty darned good. It's leaning a little but that's all right. I think I'm going to enjoy drawing the flowers in 10-Step Drawing: Flowers. The book even lists the colors of pencils you need for each one. Very handy for someone who likes to do things just right, like me.

And for the first time in 8 days I drew a gratitude journal page. After lunch I mustered up my guts and talked myself into going to the grocery because I was out of lunch foods and down to one banana. So I put on a scarf, my warm coat, slapped a hat on my head, and left my mittens on when I went into the store. It was cold but not deathly cold. Breezy but not gale force winds. Bearable because it was sunny. I stayed home Friday through Sunday so I was getting a little antsy. It was time to go out to prove I'm not a wimp. Also I wanted to make sure the car would start. The doorknob is still frozen in the open position, but luckily the door is tight in the frame so it's snug in there and not flapping open letting in all the cold.

 

I sent in the application for a booth at a craft fair in Pulaski in March today along with a check. GBB is in charge of doing the same for the DePere fair the day before. We're also signed up for an author fair in April.

The window shade over my bed crashed down on me again this morning which meant I was up on the mattress trying to fix the darned thing without falling off the bed again. It better hold this time or... or... I don't know what or else but I'll think of something. 

--Barbara