a new step

Here it is, another grey morning as the rumble of rush hour accompanies me. So glad you can join me again.

 









 

morning at the laptop

 

 



Yesterday I promised myself that I would have something creative to show you. Since I don't have a designated studio yet, I knew I would be working in the kitchen. As the day carried on it became a matter of urgency that I cook instead of sew.  Procrastinating is easy when one must constantly be refilling the Brita pitcher  (I can't bear the chlorine in our town water) and work at counters 3 feet high.  So to entertain myself, I decided to photograph the process of supper.

 

To the left of the sink a chopping board with an onion and a knife.

 

 

 

My new favourite: stripey beets that don't discolour my hands or stain my clothes!

  

 

Creative energy went into embellishing this soup with more and more, starting with:

lentils that cook so easily and quickly from scratch just needing a good rinse when done,

then came an onion, a parsnip, 4 small beets, beet stems and leaves chopped, a handful of sorrel and finally a handful of purple dulse (a local seaweed) that fairly melts into the hot soup.

  

 

And Voila! Yes, it was good!

  

 

And finally, graphite B to lovely recycled paper

I start my new sketchbook at 9:30 last night

relishing the soft flow of line and texture.

 

"You see," I say to myself, "it wasn't that hard. Why don't I start sooner next time."

And so I will. Grey days are great for new starts.

 

Carry on by beginning again, each step a new step, each moment a fresh one we've never had before!