Good Evening, Sweet Baby,
I'm just getting home from Pearl's. While she was at Golden Agers, I went out to Santa Susana. It's close by, and I hadn't been there in a few weeks, so I went out and did the Devil's Slide hike again, just for fun. No pics once again, but when something strikes me, I will shoot more. It's all a matter of either going to different locations or finding something new in the many places I've already visited. As far as new places go, I think what I will do for starters is to just drive to them and see how long it takes, what the round trip time will be, and whether or not it leaves me any time to hike and photograph. The problem with all the beach areas is traffic and freeways. Might be doable, might not. But doggonnit, I will find something! :)
Also, there's no reason I can't take more pics at already visited places. Monet did it, in the garden that he loved so much. Painted it again and again. Same with Ansel Adams and Yosemite. So we'll see. I love the autumn colors in the pictures you've been posting, and I wish we had more color here, but maybe we'll get some rain this Winter, and then the creeks will run and the wildflowers will spring up.
I still had a fun hike, though, and I really love that place. You can feel the Indian spirit there more than any of the other places I go to, and the hike up the Slide - now that I've done it a couple of times - is strenuous but not overly so. I can do the whole thing in 40 minutes. And I love coming down, because it's like stepping stones. It's a rocky trail, so you just kinda bounce from one rock to another. You know how you can go down flights of stairs in a rhythm, like "clunk-clunk-clunk-clunk-clunk" (hope I got the sound right)? That's how you go down the Devil's Slide, but just a little more carefully. Just like stepping stones.
And best of all, it was almost 100 degrees outside! Oh boy! :)
Now I will relax for an hour or so, then head back to Pearl's. I've already got most of my mileage done for the day, so tonight I can take it easy. This morn, I walked over to the Oviatt for their used book sale. Found a Ken Burns World War Two book, with lot of pictures. One of my favorite subjects of study, as you know.
Well, that's all for now. I hope you had a great day, and that things are going well with school and everything you are working on.
I Love You, Elizabeth! Sweet Dreams.........
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
4:40pm : Happy Late Night, my Darling. I just wanted to say that, the two trees reflecting in the water in the woods, in your post from this morning : that's us again. :):)
I Love You and you can resume your Sweet Dreams now......
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
12:05pm : Just to wish you a Good Morning and me a Good Evening. I didn't do much this eve, but I did watch another classic horror movie from the early 60's, "Burn Witch Burn" from England, once again shot in b&w. I saw it for the first time when I was about 10 years old, on TV late at night while sleeping over at a friend's house, and it made such an impression that I never forgot it. They finally released it on dvd in 2011, and of course I bought a copy.
Listening to Bach now, then sleep soon. I Love You, Elizabeth.
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
Tuesday, October 7, 2014
Monday, October 6, 2014
Happy Monday (scary movie) (late night love)
Good Evening, my Darling,
I'm just getting home from Pearl's. 'Tis a lovely day today, took Kobedoggie on a nice walk. Nothing much planned for the afternoon, maybe a movie. Do a bit of cleaning, too. Monday stuff. How's your day going? I'll bet you are really settled in by now, things are more familiar, you have a feel for the school and the town. And the woods, too, if you are still there. :)
I loved the post from Portraits Of America. That's us! We have many memorable kisses to come.
I Love You, Elizabeth, and it's a great day today. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
(I will check right around 4:30ish, give or take)
4:40pm : Writing from Pearl's. Super late, I know, but as always I want to wish you Sweet Dreams. I watched a scary movie this afternoon, "The Innocents" from 1961, starring Deborah Kerr. It's an adaptation of a famous short story by Henry James, called "The Turn Of The Screw". I've seen it about five times, and it never fails to creep me out. Fantastic b&w cinematography, too.
So that was all for the afternoon. Tonight I will listen to the Dodgers lose their playoff game against St. Louis. Hey, I was right about the Angels! Lol, sports, I know. Our mural was in today's local paper at www.dailynews.com. I wasn't quoted in the article, but it was still pretty cool to have it in the paper.
That's all for now, My Love. I will write more tonight, so sleep tight and I'll see you in a while.
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
12:10am : Happy Tuesday Morning, my Baby. I am getting a late start again because I did listen to the Dodgers lose (lol) and then went on my walk, made dinner, etc. I am looking forward to the end of the week, when I will get two sleep-ins. I'm always really tired at the end of a cycle. Tomorrow morn there is a used book sale up at the Oviatt. Wow, remember that place? It was my second home for such a long time, years and years. Now, I hardly set foot in it. But I would like to check out the sale tomorrow, because they often have some very obscure books. So, I will hopefully do that early, before Pearl's Golden Agers meeting. As for Tuesday hikes, it may be the same trails for a while, until I can regroup and form a plan or just wait for the inspiration to hit me, in order to find new stuff. That's the way it all began anyhow, by total spur-of-the-moment inspiration. I went from never hiking in my life, to driving to one or two places, just for photographic opportunity, and then it exploded like it was waiting to happen all my life. That's how things work for me, and I can't force 'em. So tomorrow I'll go to the book sale, then drop Pearl off and drive somewhere, but probably to somewhere I've already been. Still, you never know what will present itself!
I will see you then, my Darling, in my morning, in the middle of your day.
I Love You. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
I'm just getting home from Pearl's. 'Tis a lovely day today, took Kobedoggie on a nice walk. Nothing much planned for the afternoon, maybe a movie. Do a bit of cleaning, too. Monday stuff. How's your day going? I'll bet you are really settled in by now, things are more familiar, you have a feel for the school and the town. And the woods, too, if you are still there. :)
I loved the post from Portraits Of America. That's us! We have many memorable kisses to come.
I Love You, Elizabeth, and it's a great day today. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
(I will check right around 4:30ish, give or take)
4:40pm : Writing from Pearl's. Super late, I know, but as always I want to wish you Sweet Dreams. I watched a scary movie this afternoon, "The Innocents" from 1961, starring Deborah Kerr. It's an adaptation of a famous short story by Henry James, called "The Turn Of The Screw". I've seen it about five times, and it never fails to creep me out. Fantastic b&w cinematography, too.
So that was all for the afternoon. Tonight I will listen to the Dodgers lose their playoff game against St. Louis. Hey, I was right about the Angels! Lol, sports, I know. Our mural was in today's local paper at www.dailynews.com. I wasn't quoted in the article, but it was still pretty cool to have it in the paper.
That's all for now, My Love. I will write more tonight, so sleep tight and I'll see you in a while.
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
12:10am : Happy Tuesday Morning, my Baby. I am getting a late start again because I did listen to the Dodgers lose (lol) and then went on my walk, made dinner, etc. I am looking forward to the end of the week, when I will get two sleep-ins. I'm always really tired at the end of a cycle. Tomorrow morn there is a used book sale up at the Oviatt. Wow, remember that place? It was my second home for such a long time, years and years. Now, I hardly set foot in it. But I would like to check out the sale tomorrow, because they often have some very obscure books. So, I will hopefully do that early, before Pearl's Golden Agers meeting. As for Tuesday hikes, it may be the same trails for a while, until I can regroup and form a plan or just wait for the inspiration to hit me, in order to find new stuff. That's the way it all began anyhow, by total spur-of-the-moment inspiration. I went from never hiking in my life, to driving to one or two places, just for photographic opportunity, and then it exploded like it was waiting to happen all my life. That's how things work for me, and I can't force 'em. So tomorrow I'll go to the book sale, then drop Pearl off and drive somewhere, but probably to somewhere I've already been. Still, you never know what will present itself!
I will see you then, my Darling, in my morning, in the middle of your day.
I Love You. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
Sunday, October 5, 2014
Paradiso :):) (mural) (gooey)
Good Evening, my Angel,
I am in the middle of my Sunday Stuff, doing laundry, taking Kobi to CSUN & Pearl to church, etc., but I wanted to let you know that I loved your posts this morning. Did you see "Cinema Paradiso"? In Italy? Maybe you saw it yesterday, but anyway, not just to see it, but to see it in Italy is beyond incredible. It's so romantic and such a beloved movie, a real gem of foreign cinema. Oh man........I am glad you got to see it!
And that will be me when I see you for the first time, and I can't wait. Just to see you, walking toward me.
To touch you for the first time. To hug you......to hold you. To kiss you. These are things to anticipate. :):)
I hope you had a wonderful Sunday. I saw your response to the Wisconsin weather report: funny, but not funny, I know. A funny response to unfunny weather. Well, right now you are in Florence, and enjoying - as I see here on weather.com - nice days in the upper 70s to low 80s. It is 70 degrees at the moment, a balmy evening. And here in Northridge it's about 95 or so. So for now we're both staying warm, and we will worry about the cold weather later. In Wisconsin, all we can do is hope for the best and pray for no repeat of last year's deep freeze. And in Northridge, all we can do is pray for a delay of the insufferable L.A. Cold, when the nights get down to the low 40s or even (shudder) the upper 30s, and we freeze to death in our thin SoCal skins and thinly-walled apartments. When that happens, I will join you in raising a finger to the weather report, haha. :) But for now we will enjoy our respective Mediterranean climates. Hurray for the Medium Terrain!
Yeah, I know I'm pretty goofy. :)
I am gonna go pick up Pearl in a little while, and then at 2pm I will head down to the corner of Reseda & Rayen, in my old neighborhood (1/2 mile from where I am now). That's where they will be unveiling the new Northridge heritage mural, which has been painted on the side of an old brick building that used to be The Liquor House. Don't know what it was before that, and it's now a used CD shop, but the building itself has probably been there for close to 100 years, and when I lived on Rathburn St. nearby, that's where we used to go to get beer, lol. So now they've painted a cultural mural on the side, and our city councilman is gonna be there, etc. So as a 46 year Northridger, I should be there, too. It'll be fun, and it's important to celebrate the rural & agricultural history of The 'Ridge. So, I will check in again, either just before or right when I get back to Pearl's at 4:30.
Sweet Dreams if you go to sleep before then......
I Love You, Elizabeth. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
4:30pm : Happy Late Night, Sweet Baby of Mine. I am just getting to Pearl's, and I wanted to say goodnight before you went to sleep (if you are still awake, that is). I went to the mural ceremony and met my friend Dennis there, with his two kids. We had fun talking and taking pictures, and we even got interviewed by the local newspaper, so if they publish us I'll letcha know.
I hope you had a nice evening, and are looking forward to another interesting week of school. It'll be a fun week, I love this time of year when we head into Halloween. Do they have anything resembling Hallowen in Italy? Ya gotta do something on October 31st regardless...... :)
Well, that's all I know for now. I will go home at 6:30 and listen to the Angels lose their third playoff game in a row, which will end their season. It's guaranteed to happen. Then I will go for my walk. And I will write more at the usual time.
I Love You, my Darling! Sleep well and Sweet Dreams.
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
12:15pm : Good Morning, Awesome Lady. I am getting a late start with my writing because, when I was making my brown rice and veggies, I added some flax seeds to the rice. I've had a bag of flax seeds in my refrigerator for a while. I bought 'em cause they're supposed to be good for you, and from time to time I sprinkle some on my oatmeal. Never have cooked 'em before, though, and oh boy!, what a fun surprise I got. A big gooey mess all over the place. It took me a half hour to clean it up just now. I didn't know what the deal was, if the seeds had gone bad, or shouldn't have been boiled, so I Googled "boiled flax seeds" + "gooey mess" (yes, those were my search terms), and a link came back about making flax seed jelly for horses. It's good for them, too, apparently. I read the recipe, and it said to be careful when boiling the flax seeds, because they tend to boil over and create a "gooey mess". Yep, someone else had the same experience.
I am glad to know I won't be poisoning myself when I eat my rice & veggies in a few minutes, but I am swearing off flax seeds. I mean, the viscosity of this stuff......my goodness! You could use it as mortar for laying bricks.......
I hope your day is off to a good start. I liked once again the Wooden Doors photos, and the picture of Varg with the cat. I actually have a few Burzum albums, which I play from time to time. Good old Varg.......not a bad musician, for a psycho. :)
We should have a good week coming up. I will try to find some interesting hikes. One thing I wanna do at some point is drive in the other direction toward Topanga Canyon and Malibu, and maybe photograph the ocean, but I don't know if I could pull it off in a two or three hour break at Pearl's. So I may have to plan it out and wait til it's possible, but there are a ton of unhiked trails in that area, and the landscape borders out beaches, so that would be different. At the end of the week, I will get two sleep-ins, so that will be good, too.
That's all I know for tonight. I hope you have a great week, and a great Monday. Take tons of pictures, write things down, absorb your experience to the fullest!
I Love You, Sweet Baby. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
I am in the middle of my Sunday Stuff, doing laundry, taking Kobi to CSUN & Pearl to church, etc., but I wanted to let you know that I loved your posts this morning. Did you see "Cinema Paradiso"? In Italy? Maybe you saw it yesterday, but anyway, not just to see it, but to see it in Italy is beyond incredible. It's so romantic and such a beloved movie, a real gem of foreign cinema. Oh man........I am glad you got to see it!
And that will be me when I see you for the first time, and I can't wait. Just to see you, walking toward me.
To touch you for the first time. To hug you......to hold you. To kiss you. These are things to anticipate. :):)
I hope you had a wonderful Sunday. I saw your response to the Wisconsin weather report: funny, but not funny, I know. A funny response to unfunny weather. Well, right now you are in Florence, and enjoying - as I see here on weather.com - nice days in the upper 70s to low 80s. It is 70 degrees at the moment, a balmy evening. And here in Northridge it's about 95 or so. So for now we're both staying warm, and we will worry about the cold weather later. In Wisconsin, all we can do is hope for the best and pray for no repeat of last year's deep freeze. And in Northridge, all we can do is pray for a delay of the insufferable L.A. Cold, when the nights get down to the low 40s or even (shudder) the upper 30s, and we freeze to death in our thin SoCal skins and thinly-walled apartments. When that happens, I will join you in raising a finger to the weather report, haha. :) But for now we will enjoy our respective Mediterranean climates. Hurray for the Medium Terrain!
Yeah, I know I'm pretty goofy. :)
I am gonna go pick up Pearl in a little while, and then at 2pm I will head down to the corner of Reseda & Rayen, in my old neighborhood (1/2 mile from where I am now). That's where they will be unveiling the new Northridge heritage mural, which has been painted on the side of an old brick building that used to be The Liquor House. Don't know what it was before that, and it's now a used CD shop, but the building itself has probably been there for close to 100 years, and when I lived on Rathburn St. nearby, that's where we used to go to get beer, lol. So now they've painted a cultural mural on the side, and our city councilman is gonna be there, etc. So as a 46 year Northridger, I should be there, too. It'll be fun, and it's important to celebrate the rural & agricultural history of The 'Ridge. So, I will check in again, either just before or right when I get back to Pearl's at 4:30.
Sweet Dreams if you go to sleep before then......
I Love You, Elizabeth. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
4:30pm : Happy Late Night, Sweet Baby of Mine. I am just getting to Pearl's, and I wanted to say goodnight before you went to sleep (if you are still awake, that is). I went to the mural ceremony and met my friend Dennis there, with his two kids. We had fun talking and taking pictures, and we even got interviewed by the local newspaper, so if they publish us I'll letcha know.
I hope you had a nice evening, and are looking forward to another interesting week of school. It'll be a fun week, I love this time of year when we head into Halloween. Do they have anything resembling Hallowen in Italy? Ya gotta do something on October 31st regardless...... :)
Well, that's all I know for now. I will go home at 6:30 and listen to the Angels lose their third playoff game in a row, which will end their season. It's guaranteed to happen. Then I will go for my walk. And I will write more at the usual time.
I Love You, my Darling! Sleep well and Sweet Dreams.
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
12:15pm : Good Morning, Awesome Lady. I am getting a late start with my writing because, when I was making my brown rice and veggies, I added some flax seeds to the rice. I've had a bag of flax seeds in my refrigerator for a while. I bought 'em cause they're supposed to be good for you, and from time to time I sprinkle some on my oatmeal. Never have cooked 'em before, though, and oh boy!, what a fun surprise I got. A big gooey mess all over the place. It took me a half hour to clean it up just now. I didn't know what the deal was, if the seeds had gone bad, or shouldn't have been boiled, so I Googled "boiled flax seeds" + "gooey mess" (yes, those were my search terms), and a link came back about making flax seed jelly for horses. It's good for them, too, apparently. I read the recipe, and it said to be careful when boiling the flax seeds, because they tend to boil over and create a "gooey mess". Yep, someone else had the same experience.
I am glad to know I won't be poisoning myself when I eat my rice & veggies in a few minutes, but I am swearing off flax seeds. I mean, the viscosity of this stuff......my goodness! You could use it as mortar for laying bricks.......
I hope your day is off to a good start. I liked once again the Wooden Doors photos, and the picture of Varg with the cat. I actually have a few Burzum albums, which I play from time to time. Good old Varg.......not a bad musician, for a psycho. :)
We should have a good week coming up. I will try to find some interesting hikes. One thing I wanna do at some point is drive in the other direction toward Topanga Canyon and Malibu, and maybe photograph the ocean, but I don't know if I could pull it off in a two or three hour break at Pearl's. So I may have to plan it out and wait til it's possible, but there are a ton of unhiked trails in that area, and the landscape borders out beaches, so that would be different. At the end of the week, I will get two sleep-ins, so that will be good, too.
That's all I know for tonight. I hope you have a great week, and a great Monday. Take tons of pictures, write things down, absorb your experience to the fullest!
I Love You, Sweet Baby. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
Saturday, October 4, 2014
Painting, But Not A Picture (two walks)
Good Evening, my Beautiful Artistic Baby,
I am on a short break at home. Today I am painting at Pearl's, doing the touch-up work around the new cabinets that I've been putting off. There's some procrastination for you. :) It's taking longer than I though because it's needing a lot of coats, so while the latest coat was drying, I went to the store real quick and then came home to say Hi to My Baby Who I Love Very Much. :):)
Did you have a good Saturday? I say yes, you did! I like the Wooden Doors pic - he is doing something really cool with these recent images, and that is introducing a subliminal visual suggestion or suggestions. That's what I have been trying to do as well in some shots, to just create a vagueness or suggestion. I don't know if he is using multiple images ala Jerry Uelsmann, or if it's just a single image. My guess is multiple, but he is getting a bit of a Hireonymous Bosch effect, especially in his latest one. Good stuff!
It's superhot, so Vickie didn't come over. I am gonna head back to Pearl's in a couple minutes to finish up my painting for the day. I'll have to do some more during the week in order to finish the job, but no biggie. Tonight I will hang out and either listen to the Dodgers lose another playoff game, or watch a movie or an X-Files. Enjoy the rest of your evening, and let the creative energy flow, even when you sleep!
I Love You! xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
Midnight : Good Morning, my Darling. I got a late start tonight because two friends came over for two seperate walks. Ono brought his doggie over for a CSUN walk, and after he went home, Dave F. came over with his daughter, and we went for a second walk, down near the town center of Northridge at Reseda and Nordhoff Streets, to look at a new mural that is being painted in honor of our town's history.
So watcha doing on Sunday morn? Having breakfast, probably. A cappucino? Maybe. It will be a good day for sure. I was glad to finish the section of kitchen I was painting this afternoon. I still have more to do, but it looks good so far. I will get back to my hikes and taking pictures very soon, I just got delayed by the King Crimson concerts, and also the desire to find new locations, which will be a bit difficult I think. But, I will let inspiration lead the way.
That's all for this evening, my Baby. Have a wonderful day!
I Love You. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
I am on a short break at home. Today I am painting at Pearl's, doing the touch-up work around the new cabinets that I've been putting off. There's some procrastination for you. :) It's taking longer than I though because it's needing a lot of coats, so while the latest coat was drying, I went to the store real quick and then came home to say Hi to My Baby Who I Love Very Much. :):)
Did you have a good Saturday? I say yes, you did! I like the Wooden Doors pic - he is doing something really cool with these recent images, and that is introducing a subliminal visual suggestion or suggestions. That's what I have been trying to do as well in some shots, to just create a vagueness or suggestion. I don't know if he is using multiple images ala Jerry Uelsmann, or if it's just a single image. My guess is multiple, but he is getting a bit of a Hireonymous Bosch effect, especially in his latest one. Good stuff!
It's superhot, so Vickie didn't come over. I am gonna head back to Pearl's in a couple minutes to finish up my painting for the day. I'll have to do some more during the week in order to finish the job, but no biggie. Tonight I will hang out and either listen to the Dodgers lose another playoff game, or watch a movie or an X-Files. Enjoy the rest of your evening, and let the creative energy flow, even when you sleep!
I Love You! xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
Midnight : Good Morning, my Darling. I got a late start tonight because two friends came over for two seperate walks. Ono brought his doggie over for a CSUN walk, and after he went home, Dave F. came over with his daughter, and we went for a second walk, down near the town center of Northridge at Reseda and Nordhoff Streets, to look at a new mural that is being painted in honor of our town's history.
So watcha doing on Sunday morn? Having breakfast, probably. A cappucino? Maybe. It will be a good day for sure. I was glad to finish the section of kitchen I was painting this afternoon. I still have more to do, but it looks good so far. I will get back to my hikes and taking pictures very soon, I just got delayed by the King Crimson concerts, and also the desire to find new locations, which will be a bit difficult I think. But, I will let inspiration lead the way.
That's all for this evening, my Baby. Have a wonderful day!
I Love You. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
Friday, October 3, 2014
Sleep Recovery (surround)
Good Evening, my Baby,
Happy Friday. Boy, I was really tired there, lol. I started to fall asleep sitting in front of the computer last night, and then this morning, after coming home from Pearl's, I fell asleep again from 11:30 til 1pm. Too much go,go,go, I guess. Caught up with me. :)
I feel good now, though. This morning we went to Lake Balboa, saw lots of ducks, gulls and coots. I see by your posts that maybe you are seeing and photographing birds as well? That would mean perhaps that you are still at the cabin with your class? I bet you are getting a ton of great pictures and video, too. I'll be looking forward to seeing your work! I hope you are enjoying the start of your weekend, whether the weekend involves school or not, because it's all part of your artistic Italian experience.
I am chillin' this afternoon. I wanna get my energy back so I can get back out there and enjoy the 100 degree weather while we still have it, haha. :) But today and tonight I am just gonna take it easy, do all the dishes I didn't do for the past few days (gross, I know, but I'm really pretty neat), and generally straighten the pad. So, I'll be home until it's time to head back to Pearl's at 4:15.
I Love You! xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
11:50pm : Good Morning, my Darling. I am back from my late walk, and listening to Faure. I got a late start because I was listening to some lousy playoff baseball, in which both of our local teams (Dodgers and Angels) lost. Typical. But it's only sports, I realise........ :)
I hope it is a beautiful morning in Florence, and that you have a fun day ahead of you. You haven't posted about your stay in Florence, but when you get back, you will be able to put together quite a scrapbook. It's fun, as a creative person, to simultaneously have something new to work on, or to think about, in the present time and moving forward, while also studying and pondering past work, especially work of the recent past, so as to relish that experience as well. That way, you move constantly surrounded by your output, and your output is an extension of The Innermost You.
Look at your photos from the night before, the week before, as you get ready to photograph today. Always immerse yourself in your creativity, in whatever manner your intuition directs you. Pick up pen and paper and write as well, if you are moved to do so.
By recording things : photographs, thoughts on paper, drawings, and recording by memory through reviewing recent photographs, you are building a dimensional framework around your creativity, surrounding yourself within it's structure. In this way it is your fortress, from which you will continue to create, with each creation contributing to an ever more substantial structure.
Surround yourself with your work, think about it and let it settle in you and make you think about it. Let it tell you whatever it will, but stay with it. Look at pictures over and over again. Read what you write, if you have written. Do these things and become your biggest fan, not out of adulation but because the work calls for it. It calls you to study it, to go forward into the next project while reviewing the past. In that way, you are in the middle of what you are creating. Your life is in the center of your creativity, and your creativity - which includes your thoughts and simply the way you live - will be the center of your life.
It surrounds you, you surround it. You respond to it, and it builds.
That's all I know for tonight. I hope you are enjoying your course(s), and enjoying your stay.
I will see you in the Northridge version of the morning, and until then, have a wonderful day!
I Love You, Elizabeth. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
Happy Friday. Boy, I was really tired there, lol. I started to fall asleep sitting in front of the computer last night, and then this morning, after coming home from Pearl's, I fell asleep again from 11:30 til 1pm. Too much go,go,go, I guess. Caught up with me. :)
I feel good now, though. This morning we went to Lake Balboa, saw lots of ducks, gulls and coots. I see by your posts that maybe you are seeing and photographing birds as well? That would mean perhaps that you are still at the cabin with your class? I bet you are getting a ton of great pictures and video, too. I'll be looking forward to seeing your work! I hope you are enjoying the start of your weekend, whether the weekend involves school or not, because it's all part of your artistic Italian experience.
I am chillin' this afternoon. I wanna get my energy back so I can get back out there and enjoy the 100 degree weather while we still have it, haha. :) But today and tonight I am just gonna take it easy, do all the dishes I didn't do for the past few days (gross, I know, but I'm really pretty neat), and generally straighten the pad. So, I'll be home until it's time to head back to Pearl's at 4:15.
I Love You! xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
11:50pm : Good Morning, my Darling. I am back from my late walk, and listening to Faure. I got a late start because I was listening to some lousy playoff baseball, in which both of our local teams (Dodgers and Angels) lost. Typical. But it's only sports, I realise........ :)
I hope it is a beautiful morning in Florence, and that you have a fun day ahead of you. You haven't posted about your stay in Florence, but when you get back, you will be able to put together quite a scrapbook. It's fun, as a creative person, to simultaneously have something new to work on, or to think about, in the present time and moving forward, while also studying and pondering past work, especially work of the recent past, so as to relish that experience as well. That way, you move constantly surrounded by your output, and your output is an extension of The Innermost You.
Look at your photos from the night before, the week before, as you get ready to photograph today. Always immerse yourself in your creativity, in whatever manner your intuition directs you. Pick up pen and paper and write as well, if you are moved to do so.
By recording things : photographs, thoughts on paper, drawings, and recording by memory through reviewing recent photographs, you are building a dimensional framework around your creativity, surrounding yourself within it's structure. In this way it is your fortress, from which you will continue to create, with each creation contributing to an ever more substantial structure.
Surround yourself with your work, think about it and let it settle in you and make you think about it. Let it tell you whatever it will, but stay with it. Look at pictures over and over again. Read what you write, if you have written. Do these things and become your biggest fan, not out of adulation but because the work calls for it. It calls you to study it, to go forward into the next project while reviewing the past. In that way, you are in the middle of what you are creating. Your life is in the center of your creativity, and your creativity - which includes your thoughts and simply the way you live - will be the center of your life.
It surrounds you, you surround it. You respond to it, and it builds.
That's all I know for tonight. I hope you are enjoying your course(s), and enjoying your stay.
I will see you in the Northridge version of the morning, and until then, have a wonderful day!
I Love You, Elizabeth. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
Thursday, October 2, 2014
Morning/Evening Turnaround (late night love)
Good Evening, my Darling,
You know, I've gotten a little switched around on the time difference, and I have lost track of when I usually start a new blog. When you are here in America, our time difference is only two hours, so a new blog starts with each new day, in the morning or sometimes afternoon. But now, because it is morning for me but evening for you, I can't remember if I started a new one in my morning or your morning. Chalk it up to a brain meltdown on my part. :)
Here's a new blog anyway, and I hope it finds you having a nice evening. The weather seems pleasant in Florence, so you could go for nighttime strolls, depending on the rules of your school or dorm, and of course if it is totally safe to do so, which I imagine it must be. At any rate, nice Italian evenings are ensured. :)
It is gearing up to be superhot here again, beginning today and really cranking up over the weekend, to 106 or so they are saying. It will feel different now, though, because it's October, so it will be a very dry heat, probably with some Santa Ana wind to accompany it. No hikes for me today, though. Gotta recover from two nights of 5 hours sleep. Pearl is getting a perm right now, which should take a couple hours, maybe three, so I can squeeze in a short nap. Tonight I will go to the CSUN movie, which is P&P's "I Know Where I'm Going". A relaxing day and evening are in store here in Northridge.
That's all the news for the moment, my Deer (oops, I mean Dear). I Love You So Much, and I will check in again before 4:30. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
4:25pm : Hi, my Angel. Just sending you some late night love and wishes for Sweet Dreams. I am at Pearl's a few minutes early. Had to stop for supplies before I got here. I hope you had a good day. I am guessing you are back at the school by now, and I hope you are enjoying your courses. Is there more than one course, or is it a single classroom type thing, an overall art course taught by one teacher? I hope you are having a blast in any event. I am gonna put the groceries away now, and I will write more when I get home from the movie.
I Love You, Elizabeth! xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
You know, I've gotten a little switched around on the time difference, and I have lost track of when I usually start a new blog. When you are here in America, our time difference is only two hours, so a new blog starts with each new day, in the morning or sometimes afternoon. But now, because it is morning for me but evening for you, I can't remember if I started a new one in my morning or your morning. Chalk it up to a brain meltdown on my part. :)
Here's a new blog anyway, and I hope it finds you having a nice evening. The weather seems pleasant in Florence, so you could go for nighttime strolls, depending on the rules of your school or dorm, and of course if it is totally safe to do so, which I imagine it must be. At any rate, nice Italian evenings are ensured. :)
It is gearing up to be superhot here again, beginning today and really cranking up over the weekend, to 106 or so they are saying. It will feel different now, though, because it's October, so it will be a very dry heat, probably with some Santa Ana wind to accompany it. No hikes for me today, though. Gotta recover from two nights of 5 hours sleep. Pearl is getting a perm right now, which should take a couple hours, maybe three, so I can squeeze in a short nap. Tonight I will go to the CSUN movie, which is P&P's "I Know Where I'm Going". A relaxing day and evening are in store here in Northridge.
That's all the news for the moment, my Deer (oops, I mean Dear). I Love You So Much, and I will check in again before 4:30. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
4:25pm : Hi, my Angel. Just sending you some late night love and wishes for Sweet Dreams. I am at Pearl's a few minutes early. Had to stop for supplies before I got here. I hope you had a good day. I am guessing you are back at the school by now, and I hope you are enjoying your courses. Is there more than one course, or is it a single classroom type thing, an overall art course taught by one teacher? I hope you are having a blast in any event. I am gonna put the groceries away now, and I will write more when I get home from the movie.
I Love You, Elizabeth! xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
Wednesday, October 1, 2014
Crimson Again (Home From The Show) (xoxoxo)
Good Evening, my Angel,
I am home from Pearl's. She was at a Women's Club crafts meeting this morn, so I went to Towsley Canyon. Had a nice hike up and back to that rock formation called The Narrows. No pics this time, didn't see anything that struck my eye. A beautiful day, however.
I hope your day was good, too. I enjoyed your posts last night after I got home from the concert, and at our house we will have a Family Snuggle Night every night. :):) I Love You, Elizabeth! I also enjoyed the b&w picture from the photographer Wooden Doors. That image is similar to what I am trying to do now, just to create a shape or texture of something, in order to evoke a feeling or subtext of some kind. His pic looks like it might be a double exposure, and if so, maybe it is a film picture. Two things I miss about film cams are the ability to double expose and also to unfocus the shot if you feel like doing so. I'm sure you can probably do both digitally, but.............it's better in the cam. I bet you can do your own focusing with a digital SLR, though. One of these days I will get one, though I am having a blast with my little Panasonic.
Well, another King Crimson show tonight. I am glad I got tickets for both nights, even though it was expensive. These guys don't come around very often, and in the last 30 years I'd be surprised if they've even toured more than five times. So I had to go both nights. I am taking the subway again, same drill as last night. Grim doesn't have a ticket, and initially he wasn't gonna go, but it was so awesome that he is gonna go down there early to see if anybody has an extra ticket for sale. I will meet him down there.
I will be here at home for another hour or so, till 3:30 perhaps. Then I am gonna leave for Pearl's a little early to stop and pick up her prescriptions. And I will write when I get back home tonight, probably at the same time, between Midnight and Midnight-Thirty. :)
I Triple Love You, my Baby. I am thinking of you, and I wish you Sweet Dreams!
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
12:10am : Good Morning, my Darling. I am back, and once again it was an incredible show. Man, I am hoping they made a dvd of this tour, even though KC aren't big on that sort of thing. I am also hoping that they will add more shows, now that this brief tour has been such a success. It was originally billed as a farewell tour, and if that was the case, then we just saw the final King Crimson show. With guys like Robert Fripp hitting 70, you never know. But I think they will keep going. How could you not when you just turned in a performance like that........
I wanted to let you know I was home, so now I am gonna have a bite to eat and then I will check back in, in a little while, to say goodnight. I should be up for another hour or so. Hope your day is off to a good start.
I Love You, Elizabeth! xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
1:10am : Well, my Angel, I am gonna hit the hay in a couple minutes. Been going non-stop for 48 hours, so tomorrow I will take it relatively easy and get caught back up on stuff. We are in October now, one of my favorite months, so we will savor each day, whether we are doing lots of things or nothing much at all. It's the feeling in the air that's most important in October, and it takes you over. :)
See you in the morning, my Baby. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
I am home from Pearl's. She was at a Women's Club crafts meeting this morn, so I went to Towsley Canyon. Had a nice hike up and back to that rock formation called The Narrows. No pics this time, didn't see anything that struck my eye. A beautiful day, however.
I hope your day was good, too. I enjoyed your posts last night after I got home from the concert, and at our house we will have a Family Snuggle Night every night. :):) I Love You, Elizabeth! I also enjoyed the b&w picture from the photographer Wooden Doors. That image is similar to what I am trying to do now, just to create a shape or texture of something, in order to evoke a feeling or subtext of some kind. His pic looks like it might be a double exposure, and if so, maybe it is a film picture. Two things I miss about film cams are the ability to double expose and also to unfocus the shot if you feel like doing so. I'm sure you can probably do both digitally, but.............it's better in the cam. I bet you can do your own focusing with a digital SLR, though. One of these days I will get one, though I am having a blast with my little Panasonic.
Well, another King Crimson show tonight. I am glad I got tickets for both nights, even though it was expensive. These guys don't come around very often, and in the last 30 years I'd be surprised if they've even toured more than five times. So I had to go both nights. I am taking the subway again, same drill as last night. Grim doesn't have a ticket, and initially he wasn't gonna go, but it was so awesome that he is gonna go down there early to see if anybody has an extra ticket for sale. I will meet him down there.
I will be here at home for another hour or so, till 3:30 perhaps. Then I am gonna leave for Pearl's a little early to stop and pick up her prescriptions. And I will write when I get back home tonight, probably at the same time, between Midnight and Midnight-Thirty. :)
I Triple Love You, my Baby. I am thinking of you, and I wish you Sweet Dreams!
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
12:10am : Good Morning, my Darling. I am back, and once again it was an incredible show. Man, I am hoping they made a dvd of this tour, even though KC aren't big on that sort of thing. I am also hoping that they will add more shows, now that this brief tour has been such a success. It was originally billed as a farewell tour, and if that was the case, then we just saw the final King Crimson show. With guys like Robert Fripp hitting 70, you never know. But I think they will keep going. How could you not when you just turned in a performance like that........
I wanted to let you know I was home, so now I am gonna have a bite to eat and then I will check back in, in a little while, to say goodnight. I should be up for another hour or so. Hope your day is off to a good start.
I Love You, Elizabeth! xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
1:10am : Well, my Angel, I am gonna hit the hay in a couple minutes. Been going non-stop for 48 hours, so tomorrow I will take it relatively easy and get caught back up on stuff. We are in October now, one of my favorite months, so we will savor each day, whether we are doing lots of things or nothing much at all. It's the feeling in the air that's most important in October, and it takes you over. :)
See you in the morning, my Baby. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
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