Getting there.
Day to day
Prints 7
It was a big day in many ways. Of course it was another printing day, with one more word and one more color pressed onto pages. I also got to help take apart the press and clean her up! You never know what you will get to do during open studio hours at MCBA! All of this was followed by a beautiful bike ride home. Wash, rinse, repeat tomorrow.
Prints 6
I admit it. I skipped yoga class today to print more. But I managed to get two runs done instead of only one. Two colors instead of one. One single word run, and one run made up of three words. It felt good to make that much progress!
Another day of printing tomorrow, and monitoring the screen printing studio tomorrow night. I love being at MCBA as much as I am right now!
Prints 5
I finished the fifth hash tag print run today! Now if I could only find where I last put my keys, everything would be awesome….
I have also made it to yoga four times this week. That is a record for me! And one more thing I would like to keep up with…
Prints 4
Today there was more printing
And purple ink
And awesome people in the print studio
And so much laughter
And hula dancers
And after-chemo hair
And popsicles
And learning
And feeling a part of a community
And I am exhausted, but I can’t wait to go back.
Bright lilac ink (the fluorescent lights throw the photo’s color off) on the Universal 3 Vandercook at MCBA.
Prints 3
Too exhausted for words. But the third hashtag is done! And I biked to the library and MCBA today….the fresh air was good, considering all the time I have spent in the basement printing…..
I came home today to see that we have a few white lilies growing in the abundance of yellow and orange lilies. My yard continues to surprise me.
Prints 2
Day two of crazy printing week…and I just scheduled myself for a second week of this. It is truly going better than I imagined! I’m grateful for the friends I have around me at the studio, those that stop by for lunch or a time to chat, and for those sending me encouragement through social media. This little book has become quite the project!
Prints
Let the week of letterpress printing begin! Time to see how far I can get on the letterpress portion of this book in a week!
Quiet
Sometimes the quiet days are the best. Today just happened to be a quiet birthday. It began with breakfast treats from my family, yoga class, and then continued with me having a lazy day. A day where I didn’t respond to emails (unless they were personal – no work emails!) a day where I didn’t babysit my printer, or work on books. Instead I sat in my lovely backyard and journaled, read a book, and listened to music. When John came home from work, he took me to my favorite place for sushi where I had a pretty cocktail and an excellent dinner before an impromptu meet up with a couple of friends for beer. It was amazing.
Tomorrow will be back to work, with quite a bit of catching up from not working today, but if given the chance I would do it all over again.
Forward, toward the holiday weekend!
Colors
This year will be the year of replacing pastels. This year will be the year of jewel tones, and bright, bold, make-a-freaking-statement colors. Ok….maybe a bit in to next year as well….
I finished my bathroom painting project today, in between printing book pages.
In 45 minutes it will be my birthday. I admit, I have been feeling quite “over” celebrating this year. It has nothing to do with age (I could care less about age)….I’m not sure what it is about. And that is ok. I am ready for a peaceful day.
Here’s to another year!