Some days just fly by, others whiz by, not drag by for me recently.

I looked at my notes of what I did the last few days, and will only write up a few of them.

With all the added expenses in my life, I again considered canceling my hair appointment last Friday, then decided I really needed my hair cut and I haven’t had a perm in years. So I just kept the appointment and am very happy I did. I got to catch up with my friend and hairdresser while enjoying seeing her new space. She used to work out of her home, but has gone back into the hair group that she actually started many years ago.

We chatted about many things, including her downsizing and letting go of possessions that had been in her family for generations. Similar to what my brother and I had to do last year.’

Went dancing that night at Stargazers and had fun. But I suddenly felt I needed to get home before the second and last set of music finished. And they were playing way too many slow songs for someone who doesn’t have a partner . . .

When I got home there was a note from my plumber that he needed at least a partial payment by the morning, so I had to do some quick shifting and checking of funds to write him a check for part of the work he had just done on the cottage. This kept me up later than usual.

Saturday I got up later than usual and was moving very slowly. It was a perfect cloudy morning for taking photos and I wanted to get some pictures of the old carved wooden spokes I had knew were on the front porch. They were in a treacherous position, just out of reach and high. But I managed to get them down without hurting myself or harming them. They were really dirty, so washed them off and that made them a really beautiful red cedar look. They are oddly shaped pieces as they were used as spokes of an old wagon wheel for the original Commowheel Artist Co-op sign in 1974. Their odd shapes and some with two sides, made it challenging to get good pictures of them, but can always take more if they don’t look right. And besides, I haven’t figured out what I want to do with them or how to use these images. But surely they will show up somewhere on Facebook or advertising in some fun way..

I think some of the stress of many pieces of my world is wearing on me a bit, as I was feeling tired when I was taking this photos, but more energized as I played with the figures. By the time I needed to be at Commonwheel to work a shift for pay, I was feeling ready to be there. I always have fun at the shop with customers. I did bring the Festival computer and got some work done for that and had a decent afternoon of sales. I took my camera so I could add some pictures to the Facebook pages for the Spectrum of Spring show in the Commonwheel Artists Co-op Gallery.

I noticed I had more FantaFaces masks sales after Carnivale was over than before or during. Maybe the giveaway I did for Tony Laidig brought people into the shop who needed a new outlook on life and a mask was just the transformational piece they needed. Gotta get in my studio Sunday for sure!

When I got home I downloaded those and the cedar spokes. The spokes folks were really fun and look like they are dancing and smiling in many of the images I did look at. Still, how to use them . . . not sure yet.