July 1, 2022

once upon a time and long ago,i made lotsa postcard size art to mail .it gave me an opportunity to experiment and work in a way that suited my short attention span.So at a retreat decade ago, i made some sketches of a figure i came to call Seaweed Sue. i have a friend that manages this vintage beach houses and allowes a group of ladies that love to make things with fabric, a wonderful places to camp indoors on the sea shore.  we stay one or two nights or were day trippers. We shared meals, stories, laughter andmany days of swimming and rolling up on the beach after being tossed there by a wave. collecting lotsa sand in your swimsuit

....a cause more laughter. later i sketched some ideas into pencil and paper, later to cloth and paint and later sewn and quilted. i made these two   postcards to exchange with online artistic friends, Linda in Manahattan and Kate in Texas. they helped me start this blogging hobby i still enjoy. i admire those who can post often and have much wisdom and humor to share. i do well if i get one a month posted.my world has gotten smaller and i have less to share. i have less as i do less.i read a lot and find sometime just the daily maintenance takes as long as it takes.many doors close as one gets up in the years. any moment i will turn 78 and that is big number. i think we feel much younger than the number on your expired drivers license that need to be renewed every 2 years now. Be well, laugh when you can, especially at yourself and make art from the heart if you are so inclinded. that is so much better than housekeeping to me!!!!! sonja