Weekend in Lander

My fingertips are sore.
We spent the weekend in Lander, under a hot sun, climbing some great rock. There is nothing that quite compares to making your way up a problem, your body and mind actively working together. It was also a weekend of testing out the new camper. I have to say it is quite nice, as the temperature decreases, to be snug in a cozy space complete with small furnace and warm boy.

With beautiful yellow eyes, an orange-grey coat and strong dignity, this wolf ran across our path as we were driving to Lander. He looked at us from ten feet away and then made his way leisurely through the sage brush. Olive growled quietly, sensing wildness that she possesses and also fears.

It feels great to live without much stuff in a small space. I felt like I was five and playing house, with a miniature stove and fridge. I have a feeling that the camper life will be our reality come next spring.

Olive dog has become quite the rock dog. She does wonder what we silly humans are doing when we scale rock faces, often in very warm temperatures. But she has become accustomed to finding good sticks to chew and comfortable lounging places like the one above.

So much to do on a Blog!

As I search around the web, looking at peoples blogs, I am realizing that there has been this world out there that I have been completely unaware of. It is exciting to find something new in which to be creative.

I made a piece of art today; I will post it when I can. It felt amazing to take most of my day and just paint. For the first time in a long time I got lost in the colors, the idea, the composition and didn't realize that the hours of the morning slipped away. Art, up until now, had been a chore I am realizing. I paid more attention to my watch then my canvas. And I observed my feelings today after doing art all day....I was so happy and open and truly creative. I could feel it in my blood, pulsing, as I looked at the world with slightly different eyes. I think that once you start creating, you start seeing the world as creative, put out there for your eyes to make compositions and notice color patterns and relationships.

5 grateful's for today:
1. That coffee was waiting for me, hot and perfectly strong, when I got up.
2. That I can still remember how to be a creative person.
3. My walk with Amy and Olive
4. That I got to play dress-up, one of my favorite things, at DW.
5. That I made a piece for Debauchery and Art and was able to share it honestly and articulately.

Mountain Day

After a slow start to the morning, it was wonderful to get out with my wonderful friend Julia and take a refreshing run around Jenny Lake. The towering Tetons reflected their newly white faces into the calm waters and we encountered little mud and wet. This run left me feeling so happy to live where I do; it is a gift to be able to live so closely and contently with the natural world.

I am going to start my goal of uploading a piece of art at least four times a week on Monday. It is exciting to have a motivation that is not a person or place but rather a virtual world...

Five things I am grateful for today: 1. The ability to get up in front of strangers and just dance 2. The full moon that shines through my window right now 3. My two feet that propel me forward 4. Julia 5. That Jamie wants to send out a Christmas letter to friends and family...not my idea in the least, completely his!

This is exciting...I can feel the creativity bursting already!

I just created this blog and I am going to use it for creative purposes....