By the time I neared the end I had in mind "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie ..." 😂
Love see those old photos of your family! And thank you for the shout-out. I am indeed slightly obsessed with the light here, maybe related to the fact that I love love love winter. I sympathize with people who struggle with the short days, cold weather, and gray skies, but I am not one of them. Relentless summer days is when I shut down; this is my alive them. :)
I love American Christmas photo cards. British Christmas cards are all illustrations of impossible Victorian snow scenes or elegant woodcuts of secular wildlife. No photos: we're British! Which has always seemed a shame. I like to see how folk look now.
You have snow! That is a super rare occurrence down here in South Carolina. Because of this, we don't have snow plows and the like. Everything shuts down since nobody seems to know what to do except walk around in wonder at the beautiful, white blanket covering everything.
And what is that lit up, collar thing that Beryl is wearing?? I must get one for my two. And the photographs... gosh, those are precious!
Cards... I've never been big into them. I don't remember my family sending them either. Maybe that's it... you're either a card family or you're not. However, I do like the idea of hand painted cards. I think I may adopt this idea! But not the block printing... I would impale myself on the carving instrument, I just know it!
Otherwise, (and I may be reading into something that isn't there...) it seems a lot of people are having a bit of a tough time getting into the Christmas/holiday spirit. Maybe we're all just collectively tired from all the stuff going on in the world. Yet, there are always creative things to get into, fatigued or not. To my way of thinking, it's a two-fer... one can make something and then gift it, receiving both the joy of making AND giving.
Ooh, I got a word for you: Hypnopompic--the waking up state. (The glorious equivalent is hypnogogic--the falling asleep state.) These are two immensely creative states--they are times when the inner editor has been quieted, and you are less likely to dismiss a blissful idea. I get my best book ideas when brushing my teeth in the morning--my creativity likes the hypnopompic state. You too, I'm thinking. Love this post; I'm working on my card today, too--which will not actually include a card this year and only a newsletter! Smooch!
I'm with you on footnote #7! I can find more ways to make a simple project not so fast and not so simple.😣😣 And you remind me, it is time to get going on my cards! I still make my cards via photos and PowerPoint, write on and send with a stamp.... Maybe because of the delight I have when I get a USPS letter?? 😊
Love this - your photos of your Dad are eerily evocative of mine, right down to the pipe.
Love this so much!
Just lovely to dilute the short days and long nights. Thank you
By the time I neared the end I had in mind "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie ..." 😂
Love see those old photos of your family! And thank you for the shout-out. I am indeed slightly obsessed with the light here, maybe related to the fact that I love love love winter. I sympathize with people who struggle with the short days, cold weather, and gray skies, but I am not one of them. Relentless summer days is when I shut down; this is my alive them. :)
Very cool post about your cards thru time! Love your drawings.
I love American Christmas photo cards. British Christmas cards are all illustrations of impossible Victorian snow scenes or elegant woodcuts of secular wildlife. No photos: we're British! Which has always seemed a shame. I like to see how folk look now.
You have snow! That is a super rare occurrence down here in South Carolina. Because of this, we don't have snow plows and the like. Everything shuts down since nobody seems to know what to do except walk around in wonder at the beautiful, white blanket covering everything.
And what is that lit up, collar thing that Beryl is wearing?? I must get one for my two. And the photographs... gosh, those are precious!
Cards... I've never been big into them. I don't remember my family sending them either. Maybe that's it... you're either a card family or you're not. However, I do like the idea of hand painted cards. I think I may adopt this idea! But not the block printing... I would impale myself on the carving instrument, I just know it!
Otherwise, (and I may be reading into something that isn't there...) it seems a lot of people are having a bit of a tough time getting into the Christmas/holiday spirit. Maybe we're all just collectively tired from all the stuff going on in the world. Yet, there are always creative things to get into, fatigued or not. To my way of thinking, it's a two-fer... one can make something and then gift it, receiving both the joy of making AND giving.
Ooh, I got a word for you: Hypnopompic--the waking up state. (The glorious equivalent is hypnogogic--the falling asleep state.) These are two immensely creative states--they are times when the inner editor has been quieted, and you are less likely to dismiss a blissful idea. I get my best book ideas when brushing my teeth in the morning--my creativity likes the hypnopompic state. You too, I'm thinking. Love this post; I'm working on my card today, too--which will not actually include a card this year and only a newsletter! Smooch!
I love your family pictures and you all look so happy and fun. Have a lovely winter.
A fabulous missive Sarah :)
I positively love the meanderings of or should that be in The Gusset. Your chain of thoughts is engrossing. Keep up writing and sketching.
I'm with you on footnote #7! I can find more ways to make a simple project not so fast and not so simple.😣😣 And you remind me, it is time to get going on my cards! I still make my cards via photos and PowerPoint, write on and send with a stamp.... Maybe because of the delight I have when I get a USPS letter?? 😊
Good luck!!
I just love going along for the ride through your thinking process with all the added visuals of art and photos.
The pictures of young Sarah are priceless. Thank you for sharing.
You always manage to touch my heart--I'm also a new widow and somedays, The Gusset is all that keeps me going...