Some of you wondered if youâd missed an entire subject on the blog; clearly you havenât, I just suddenly didnât write much about my antics for several years.
I donât have a full recollection of my timelines even though I do remember what happened. It either feels like ârecentlyâ or âmany years agoâ (or both). But I do sort my photos in year-folders, so itâs fairly easy to go back and check on my own life.
First studio build, various health issues and Instagram seem to be the culprits, I was either busy or incapacitated. And the last three years Iâve just been caught up in all the new stuff that replaced my horsey time; courses and experiments.
Speaking of which, Iâve noticed that things I was certain I knew about way back since school, always have and assumed the information was still there, suddenly wasnât when I wanted to pick something up at random. I can tell itâs been there, Iâm just not sure of the details anymore. I guess you can fill up your harddrive if you keep learning new things; eventually some old stuff goes, like, how are atoms put together? Luckily itâs mostly stuff that I donât need which fades and besides, I think they redesigned those atoms since the 1980’s anyway, didnât they? And thereâs Google now, Iâll manage. Anyway, that was off topic. Soâ¦
Iâll make an effort from now on to keep you up to speed and share what I learn.
Perhaps many life changes in a short amount of time also creates a sort of sluggishness, a need to catch up to yourself first?
My current (main) collection of interests:
- Painting in various forms and media
- (Paper) sculpture; vessels and creatures
- Yarn – mainly spinning and weaving – although on the back burner right now.
That seems like a really short list, right? If you remember my mind maps from January, itâs a bit more complicated than that, themes and connections and a lot of research in some cases. I often think I should just write about all the things instead of doing them, that might fit a normal daily schedule. But I can’t imagine I’ll ever want to specialize in just one thing, tbh.
I still have a garden and it still interests me, but I just canât work it alone, so itâs getting rewilded. Deer walk right in and ravage my strawberry plants, a hedgehog owns the last pile of straw in the stable, so I canât move it out. Last summer I grew 1 hokkaido plant, the pheasant king nipped the rest in the bud. My giant apple tree is slowly dying! I did NOT count on that. I found some old photos of our house online so Iâm guestimating itâs 60-70 years old – is that about the limit for fruit trees? (Belle de Boskoop for those interested – excellent for apple sauce, which I rely on heavily in winter with my porridge)
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And that’s it for 2021, I’m wishing you all a happy next year and not as it sounds; 2020-too. If you didn’t already, swing by my previous post with photos from my open studio days in November!
Vi har også sådan et gammelt æbletræ, der er lige så gammelt som huset i hvert fald (en gang i 1920erne), men af ukendt sort. Det synger også på sidste vers, så du kan have ret med hensyn til æbletræers holdbared.
Hvad skete der med den “piglet” du hentyder til i overskriften, eller er det bare min vaccinedøs (vi fik 3. stik i gÃ¥r)?
Klik på ordet hedgehog!
Tak, den er sød – jo, pindgris = piglet, ganske klart – bare ikke for min omtÃ¥gede hjerne! SÃ¥dan én har vi ogsÃ¥ ofte besøg af. Den overvintrer pÃ¥ skift i vores kompostbunke (lev livet farligt pga. spader om forÃ¥ret) eller under naboens halmballer (lev livet farligt pga hunde, katte og æsler) 😉
Seeing your blog again makes me so HAPPY!!!
Oh wow, you certainly have a gift for making a gal feel appreciated! â¤