For some time now, it seems as if I move backward a lot more than I do forward. At night before I sleep, I ponder all sorts of things that I need to do come the following morning. I have good intentions but, for some odd reason or another, I never seem to even start. One day, the washing machine refused to spin so I worked on it a bit until my finger became smashed beyond any use, so I went fishing. Another day, the old Bayou Queen, Ms. Put, (the old cat) fell ill and needed attention. You can probably imagine what the day entailed with that so there is no need in elaborating. After cleaning up behind her for most of the day, I went fishing. Then last night we had storms. Torrential rains, fierce winds and....a leaky roof. Well, there went the plans for decorating the Christmas Tree. I did not go fishing, though, as the weather was still misbehaving a tad. The roof was tended and hopefully drip, drip, drip will not be heard tonight as we, once again, are going to be under the gun weatherwise. The old Bayou will be a wild place again tonight. Thunderstorms will roll through right about high tide. The south wind will push the tide even higher so things on the pier had to be secured. The possibility of even more severe weather than last night could be interesting. No drips, please!
All of these distractions have kept me busy to the point that nothing...nada...zilch has been done on my mental list and surely, creativity has gone the wayside. Today, however, I had inspiration! A very nice lady inquired about some of my painted gourds. I was bound and determined that I should start painting once again. Other things can wait! The gourds were all scrubbed clean and paints, brushes and gourds assembled. It felt good to be back again. My artistic side was in a giant slump until this.
Thank you, Ms. Marilyn, your kind words have inspired me to create! Perhaps now those backward steps won't seem so heavy and I can bounce forward with eagerness each morning! Let the storms rage....I have a project!
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