Flirtatious Asinine

The Horror today-  'Leave Everyone Else Alone!'

You may get angry with someone you normally like, but expressing your emotions in a forthright manner is tricky today. You're tempted to find a scapegoat who doesn't really deserve your wrath. Don't inadvertently take your feelings out on the wrong person; this unconscious behavior could sour a sweet situation. Instead, seek ways to vent your negativity without pushing anyone's buttons. Try reducing your stress by engaging in vigorous physical exercise and leaving everyone else alone.

Guess my day will be spent in isolation with duct tape over my mouth in case Mitt calls again- he's making annoyance calls to our phone on a regular basis these days and I am getting all sorts of stuff from the NRA in the mail.  Next thing you know I'll be sent a tea party baseball cap...  But as usual I digress.

Yesterday I finished my book for the 2012 Sketchbood Project and I took my photos since once I mail it, it's gone forever to the Brooklyn Art Library.  The thing is I really didn't devote myself to this one, but I really like the premise and think ti calls for an upgrade to keep for myself-  I'll take some time and really do it right- it's about how GINNY saved my life in 1952, gave me something to do, taught me skills, and showed me my lifelong path-  all with sewing.  First I have to go buy a new set of inks for my crappo printer...  Lots of printing involved here of stolen materials!  I really should simply get the printer I really want and stop futzing around with this one, a mistake from the get-go-  it's OK, perfect for printing letters and stuff on paper not to keep, but I need something archival in the studio.  ANYway I'll load a couple of my pages here to show ya before I mail it out to the nether lands (as opposed to Netherland).

HOLD THE PRESSESSSSS:  there will be no new printer in this squeakies life.  My hard drive took to the woods.  I was downloading my images of the new book and it just went poof.  Never mind I now have to re-take all 30 pictures, and probably lost everything else in the computer anyway.  Spent one day unplugging it and  carrying it to a local repair Mac guy who called and gave me the bad news.  Spent yesterday hauling it back home, will spend today hauling it to the 'maul' amidst all their special sales to the Apple store to see if there is ANYthing that is recoverable.  And perhaps taking the new pictures again and downloading them into the laptop to post a few.  Two years of work, everything I did at the studio,

gone.

And I KNOW, I KNOW, I have a backup external drive but kept unplugging it to access the ports for other things and forgetting to plug it back in.  My fault, entirely.  But that only makes is suck a bit more when there's nobody else to blame.

So, today, instead of Ginny, you get Hazel's Field Guide. These are from my uber-talented 3+ granddaughter.  She is excited about coming to Florida and is obsessed with flamingos:

 And sees and cares for horses daily at her farm pre-school:

As an old art teacher I *think* I can be objective but aren't these amazing drawings for such a young kid? (You don't have to answer, I just like to brag a bit when I get a chance.)  I wonder if MassArt has a legacy program...