I Didn't Expect That

When I opened the shades this morning I didn't expect to see a dusting of snow all over the ground. The birdbath was frozen, which means that the heater has quit working, and there was snow. It's so easy to get spoiled by a few days in the 50s and 60s and then have the temps drop and the white stuff come back. It was a sunny day so the little bit of snow melted but it never got out of the 30s. More of the daffodils and hyacinths down the bed in front of the house are popping up too so I hope it stays a little nice so they feel welcome.

 

I caught a flicker of movement out the patio door and saw a female Downy Woodpecker on the suet cakes. She stayed there for quite a while and then moved over to the round feeder for a spin.

 

Today's watercolor is Tulips. They were a quick and easy painting project. I like the long, thin leaves and the reddish pink of the flowers.

Then I looked at the line of drawing books on the shelf and picked out one called Sketchbook Challenge or something like that. It's 100 sketching prompts and I'm hoping to learn to be more confident as I work my way through the book. The first few are what she calls "warm ups" to get your hand and your creative mind cooperating. Number 1 said to draw circles of various sizes on the page, as many or as few as you'd like. It was surprisingly fun.

 

In the afternoon I assembled the tiny owl I crocheted last Friday night. It turned out pretty well. I'm not crazy about the construction with the flap that folds over from the back to the front to form the face of the owl but it's okay. I want to see if I can find a better, less holey way to do a single crochet decrease and try it again.

 

And I even made time to draw a gratitude journal page for today. Had to start a new sketchbook to do it too.

 

 

I thought about not getting dressed today but then I had to go pick up some prescriptions so I kinda had to be more conventionally attired. It feels wildly self-indulgent to stay in my yoga pants and hoodie all day. Not that my clothes are all that different since I'm sitting here in knit pants and a brewery hoodie but I guess it's the principle of the thing.

--Barbara