Still getting adjusted

Well, here it is. It's been 8 days since I left Facebook. On the first day I lost count of how many times I checked my email. I must have been suffering from withdrawl. Haha! Since then I've become more adjusted. This has been easier than giving up chocolate, which I probably NEVER will do. I really don't miss all the entries that were mine for the reading.  I do miss interacting with the garden group but I'll get over it.

I'm taking another online art course, Watercolor Sketchbook, Designs for Life with Jane Lafazio. lots of fun. I'll post some of my sketchbook work in the future. I wanted to post this week so everyone would know I'm still here. I probably won't post again until after Passover. More cleaning and planning meals for that week.  As for now, I've been playing with Photoshop and tweeking some photos I took in the neighborhood. Cool, huh?

Facebook No More

As of 5 PM yesterday I now no longer have a Facebook page. Why you ask? Because, frankly, it was a time sucker. I would say oh, I'll only be on it an hour or so. Before I knew it  three hours or more had gone by. That was three hours (plus) I lost to the day. I just had to read everything those on my friends list posted. The housework suffered, my quilting suffered and I never got to the studio to work on my art. So I said goodbye to Facebook. I will miss the interaction but I'm keeping contact with friends that have become special to me. I will never regret meeting many interesting people on that forum but it was the end of that season for me and on to the next one. Now I have to get into a routine. I fear that is easier said than done but I'll give it a shot.

I'm sharing a picture of crocuses blooming in my garden last week. It's rained a little since I took this picture so now the flowers are no more but I thought you'd enjoy the sight. It is going down to 17 degrees here tonight. We've been spoiled with such nice warm weather the past week. The trees and bushes are budding out but with the cold tonight they won't fair well and have to start their grow all over again.

With more time on my hands, I'll be posting more often here. Maybe I'll even get into a routine.

Oh Goodie! It's Wednesday

  Here it is again. Wednesday comes around so fast. Time to post my new flowers for the week. Aren't they purdy?

  Forgive me but I'm in one of those moods. I'll try not to rant. Facebook was miserable last night and refused to post links to a National Geographic article. Can you imagine? National Geographic being censored by the administrators at Facebook. What is the world coming to? Apparently I complained loudly enough and the right people must have seen it because 2 or 3 hours later...voila!... link accepted.

  It's going to be a busy afternoon so I'm getting this post out earlier than I usually do. First, stop at the bank, then on to see my 93 year dad on the other side of town, take him for a ride and buy him an ice cream cone. Then to the garden store and stop at the grocery store. On my way home I'll be stopping at my daughter's place and raiding some of the plants I put in the garden when I used to live there. Of course, her coffee pot will be on and we'll chat a while. Finally, home and back to the garden until the bugs chase me inside. What a life!

  Lastly, here's my finished mystery quilt I did with my quilt guild.