I took this picture driving home from the Farm Saturday. Oh how I would love to live in the country! The city life has it's conveniences, but it's not for me. I was discussing this very issue with my sister on the phone today; we are not cut out for neighborhood conformity! We need to let the dogs run around with no neighbors to bother, and no neighbors to expect us to have groomed lawns. As she put it "I'm tired of trying to keep nature at bay", meaning cutting the grass; truly a fool's errand. That and raking leaves, stupid!

I hastily shot this one out the window while driving through Monroe. I am so enamored of older buildings, buildings and cemeteries. Isn't it gorgeous? I'd so rather have a view of this than your average Rite Aid or Exxon on the Run, which are both plentiful in town. Yuck.

When I got home I finished this hot air ballon that's been patiently waiting for my attention. I drew the silhouettes in September and hated them! I hated everything I did that month, just had a bad run of it. When I showed it to Brandi (my personal life coach & sister) she said it was great and I just needed to finish it to sell on ebay and get rich! She says everything with gusto! And really fast! If ever you are feeling uninspired just call Brandi and she'll light a fire under your ass. You'll feel tired on one hand and yet enthusiastic at the same time, common side effects of Brandi.
I had the most fun positioning the skeletons and hot gluing them into place; it's the same kind of fun as playing with toys when you were little. I put a battery operated tea light in the pumpkin basket and wrapped it in hand painted vellum flames! The tea light flickers and casts such a cool erie glow on the passengers. They look to me like they are having fun, but I don't entirely trust them, I'm sure they're up to no good...skulduggery if you will!

I have it listed on ebay and the auction ends Saturday night.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250512128859&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT

Today was mildly cold & rainy, weather that I really enjoy. Not good ballooning weather I'm sure...
It is good weather for fires, be they in a fire barrel or the fire place, and good weather for hot tea, taking a shower and curling up in bed.
Since I'm not building any fires I'm going to indulge in the latter...