On the Move

Heres the deal...after almost 10 years of the sedentary life I will be on the move again starting on July 6th. My gallery will be closed to new commissions during the next 2 months at least. The store will of course be up and running with my designs available on all sorts of fun things including tee shirts, drinkware, stickers and much more. New designs may show up but it is unlikely.

No new fan art in this time either. I will be on the East Coast for the next couple of months enjoying a much needed vacation and contemplating where my life will end up... there or a return to the West Coast. While I will have access to the net updates will be rare. I will try to check in here.. but we will be focused on whats going to happen next with my personal life.

I really need this... and while I will try to be frugal... I'm betting I drain my savings on this one and I just don't care. I need a long vacation. I think Fanatic and V will understand. Wink

I will be back no matter what though, by Sept at least. I just need to get myself together again.

A New Year!

Here is hoping it is as wonderful as the last. :) Or even better. LOL I have been very lucky this past year. The art has continued to do better and better in sales. I have remained healthy and gotten in even better shape. My family are all healthy and doing well. I have made many many new friends and found a way to both put my own well being and interests first without totally neglecting those I care for.

Finding balance is hard... but when it's found you just don't lose it easily. I have been fortunate to reacquaint myself with a couple of old friends with whom I did not part well. I am happy to say we have all managed to leave that past where it belongs and move on to a new better time. It's amazing how much I have changed in the last 5 years. Sometimes it feels like I really died at some point and became someone else. They say that happens to a person every 5 to 8 years. I hope I keep changing for the better. :)

So to all my friends out there who drop by this blog (not many really.. as you guys hear from me elsewhere. LOL)I hope you had a wonderful and safe holiday time. A fun New Years day and I wish you all the very best for the new year!! Love you guys! ;)

What a stressful sad week. There is always hope for tomorrow... but some weeks just hit to hard. My best friends dad died over the Thanksgiving day weekend. They were also celebrating their 44th anniversary. I was not able to get back to him right off as my computer had been slaughtered with a really bad virus. I feel so bad I can't be there for him.

I am still waiting to hear back from him. I know he's busy now... but I worry about him.

The house is coming a long. Things are going very well out here... except the computer thing. My new security software has been locking me out of my ftp. So until I get that resolved this is the only place to get my new work. LOL OK here and my DA account. Anyhoo.. here is my new winter work. Took starting over 3 times after getting half done and deciding I didn't like the pose. Fourth time was the charm. :)

Jack Frost Conceptual Illustration:


Full pic here: http://spiritonparole.deviantart.com/art/Jack-Frost-105720629

Tequila Label!!

Help a girl out and vote/rate my label here. Just click on the number of stars you give the design. If you want to see the full pic first check it out at my DA account here

A vote would be very very much appreciated! Spread the word to. Here is a link to the code to embed this. Again thank you to everyone who votes and helps support my artistic endeavors. :)

The Triangle Complex Fire

Yes I was actually on my walk/run at just after 9 am and saw the first wispy plumes of smoke. I thought it was another house fire. We've had a couple this year locally. Which has made me paranoid as heck. Anyhoo....who knew it was gonna grow into the howling monster it became. We were about 4 mile from the eastern flank. Which made for a great view... and a few terrifying nights hoping the wind didn't shift. Here so pics, I didn't take these... but I do have a couple from my street. I'll post those soon. :)!

Cards up

I have some new cards up at the Zazzle store for the holidays. Stamps too. Don't know where I found the time.

Good Riddence!

They raise taxes and blame the dems
They screw up the economy and blame the dems
They start a war and blame the dems
They increase the debt and blame the dems
They kill education and blame the dems
They kill all moral values and blame the dems

Seriously... during both past elections I read more crap from conservatives saying it was all just "sour grapes" from the liberals. Telling us to get over it and accept Bush was my president too. I just shook my head and waited. Like all things everything comes in waves and I knew the Democrats would come to power again soon. And on that day I knew all those conservatives who told liberals to shut it and accept it would be parroting back our words to us ( as they wouldn't be able to come up with their own.)

They would like to blame the dems for the downturn in the economy since we controlled the senate for the last 2 years (But they only controlled by a slim margin starting in 07). But we all know... whether we like it or no... that this downturn was in the works for far more years that that. With seriously lousy conservative leadership.

Smartest thing America has done in 6 years!