B-b-bomb

I’ve been up since 4:34am. Mal made three very noisy trips to the litterbox. The first time, I opened the window, cleaned the box, closed the window again and went back to sleep. After the second stink bomb, I left the window open.

We didn’t do anything at all yesterday. I went out back for an afternoon spin session. However, I quickly moved to the front yard when I found the backyard seemed to be carpeted with bees. I put up the patio umbrella, lit up, and painted for a couple of hours.

I’m using a set of watercolors from Walmart that cost me about $7. It’s the first set I’ve ever bought. My great-grandmother only painted with oils, landscapes around Cape Cod and Florida. Half the art Shawshank and I had was hers. She gave a very excited 11-year old me my first set of paint in tubes -some watercolors – and a spare brush or two, and a few sheets of watercolor paper.

And she told me “Crissie, take these. I hate them.”

Last night, I splurged and ordered some new brushes. Eventually, I’ll upgrade the paints.