Well, well, well... I haven't posted in my blog here in many, many weeks!! Probably the biggest reason for that is that I MOVED!! (well, to clarify: my *residence* moved, the blog didn't move!! ;) I was working on pieces to post here for my "100 Pieces" challenge, but I was having trouble getting photos posted. At the same time, Chris and I were painting and preparing the new place to move into... Packing, sorting, packing... And at some point, the "photo station" and lights, etc, had to be uprooted... and all the precious works in progress (and finished works) had to be carefully packed up...
Then there was a lot of: Moving, moving, moving...
(see above photo -- this was the back of moving truck #2 -- Chris was driving the U-Haul truck, and I was following along in my Jeep -- notice the Bethlehem Steel Stacks in the background... For those of you who aren't familiar with the Lehigh Valley, those are very large distinct landmark structures!!)
Out of the Lehigh Valley... a bit more South now, but still in Pennsylvania.(We both enjoyed living in Bethlehem very much, but we also enjoy our new location very much... And, we are closer to my family now, which is really nice :)
Then there was more moving stuff... Unpacking, sorting, stacking... More unpacking, sorting, stacking... (Still unpacking, sorting, stacking...)
And then we had **several snow storms** spread over a relatively short period of time... And, low and behold, somewhere in between shovelling and unpacking... We set up our **space** a little more, unpacked a few more treasured **items**, had a couple of really nice **meals**... And everything really started to feel more like * * * H O M E * * *
So... Now it's time to get back to some ***Creating for Joy!!*** I have, of course, done many "creative" things in the past few months, and I will write about some of those things here... Also, there are some new "creative" things I want to do, and share here, too... *****Here are just a few things that I really want to do:
1. I want to learn to be "photo-posting-independent." Taking photos is easy for me (okay, they may not be the BEST possible photos, but I can do it pretty good!!) The trouble I have is getting them thru my computer and onto THIS page here... I can do it from my iphone camera, but not from my "big" camera. So, that is a big thing on my list to do. It's mostly a "technical" thing, I think.
2. I want to take **better** photos. (Which means learning how to use different settings on my camera, working with lighting, etc.) This one may be a lifelong pursuit, and that's okay. I would be really happy to learn more... Taking photos of my own work, as well as photos of people, nature, architecture, etc.
3. I want to continue posting work that I've "created", and to finish the "100 Pieces" Design Challenge that I was working on before.
4. I'd like to post other things I've "created" as well--including new work and archives.
5. I want to post more regularly on my blog, and DEFINITELY post more **photos**!!!!
... and many more things ... which I look forward to sharing here ...
Thanks for reading this--I'm so grateful to have a place to share!!
Enjoy!!
- Dawn :)
