I felt the cool rain strike my warm face,
Stinging.
Mixing with warm tears.
A distance of a thousand years,
The time of a million miles.
A bursting heart within a barren soul.
Contradiction.
Two hearts, two minds, two lives
joined as one,
Suspended.
A perfect world in a shattered glass bottle,
To be looked upon and repaired…
Tommorow.
The Earth cries for me.

~Kryson

Wax Mums #2

These colorful chrysanthemums, often called mums, are enhanced to give them a slight waxy look.

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• Another cat is sick and going to the vet tomorrow. Hail storm just eased up. What a day. #
• Anyone want to go swimming with me? Street is completely flooded. #
• A few limbs down and a few dents on the car. Will check the roof tomorrow, but it looks like we made it through alright. #
• @JaneJournal Thanks. Me too. in reply to JaneJournal #
• The power flashed and my laptop beeped really loud. I think I just wet myself. #

It took another two weeks to get one weeks worth of The Artist’s Way finished. I felt bad about it last time, but not this time. We had to put one of our fur babies to sleep and got a bit accomplished in the house, so it’s not like I didn’t do anything while I wasn’t writing. I should have found the time to do it anyway, but the time was well spent just the same.

The reading this week actually caused me to take a look at how I handle my everyday life and commitments. Many times I feel like The Artist’s Way is suggesting that I should put myself first and everything else second, which is a foreign concept to me. People that do that seem self-centered and pompous, but I know there’s a happy medium there somewhere. I’m not saying I only do for other people and never myself, but there’s rarely a time when I put myself first.

Quite a few of the tasks this week involved gathering pictures for an image file. I enjoyed this more than I expected. Scouring the internet to find good pictures to represent places I wanted to visit and things I would like to have was fun even though I felt a twinge of guilt. I’m not really sure I can put my finger on why I felt guilty. Obviously it felt selfish to me, but it’s not like I’ve never had the “if we won the lottery” conversation with people before. Maybe it was because I was putting time and effort into the project. I’m not sure. Either way, I enjoyed the exercises and hope there are more like them in the weeks to come.

I know I need to work on saying no. Several times recently I planned on getting some writing done, but when I was faced with something I could have said no to so I could write, I didn’t. If someone wants to spend time with me or talk to me or chat with me or play a game with me or my help with something, I have a hard time saying no to that. This was also something in this week’s text of The Artist’s Way, so I paid more attention to what I was doing without actually changing my habits. Needless to say, I was surprised how many times I could have said no and didn’t. Several times I should have said no, but this is another happy medium I need to find.

I didn’t do my artist’s date on purpose. I did wind up doing some work in the house I’d been putting off, which made me feel like I accomplished something even if it wasn’t the something I wanted to accomplish. I’m hoping to do something a little more creative next week.

I am but a pebble
in the sands of your memory
I am but a rose
within the garden of your recall
I am but a single person
among the millions
you have encountered
But I hope that I have sparkled
just a little brighter
that you might love me
just a little more

~Kryson

Sane People Make Me Crazy

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• It turns out that blind kitty has Feline Leukemia. Under the advise of the vet and to protect our other cats, she's being put to sleep. #

The blind kitty, aka Daz, that I’ve been talking about for a couple of weeks now was diagnosed with Feline Leukemia today. She had already contracted several other conditions (ulcers on her eyes, respiratory infection) and the vet told us she would more than likely contract more. This not only put our other cats in danger of getting Leukemia, but anything else she contracted as well. So, with the advice of the vet, we put her to sleep today.

This was not an easy decision, but it was the right one for all animals involved. We loved her and we will miss her greatly. We are heartbroken today.

RIP Daz

I’ll be posting more information about this at a later date. Several people asked questions that I can’t go into in just a short post. So, I’ll tell the full story with photos later for those of you that asked me specific questions.

White Wolf

A beautiful white wolf taking a breather in the cool grass.

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