House Finch

On Drawing

When hubby got home yesterday I showed him my latest drawing.

I never really have a long time to sit and draw, but I find it so very soothing to just get in my little living room once in awhile, put on something like Verdi: Choirs and Overtures and draw for a half hour or so. 

I asked hubby, “Do you know what kind of bird this is?”  (This was before I labeled it.)

“House finch,” he said. 

I was happy.

On School

School here goes well, except that I wish we could shake this virus that wants to visit us all.  Now one of my boys has the same cold that Miss Priss had.  He’s home from school today.  Sigh.  It could be so much worse, so I won’t  complain. 

Hamlet continues to be such a worthwhile project.  I’ll be honest, Princess of the Universe is a bit bored (overwhelmed?  attention span?) with it, but since she started the project with us I am going to continue to include her in it until the end.  If I felt she was truly suffering, I would release her from the project, but her interest waxes and wanes and I think the oral reading alone from this project is good for all of us.  We are taking it slow for several reaons, one being the aforementioned short attention span, but mostly because you just cannot read Shakespeare fast. 

(Yes, I know that now. )

I figured the reason it took so long in public school was because there were so many clowns in the class, but that was probably the reason that all of us didn’t really enjoy it back then like we should have.  No matter what setting you’re in, however, I think to really savor the language and the comedy in Hamlet, it’s simply a slow process. 

We continue to be amazed at all the modern sayings that came from Shakespeare.  Polonius rocks on with stuff like “brevity is the soul of wit” and referring to Hamlet’s affection for Ophelia as “hot love on the wing.”

You know we’ve GOT to take time to stop and laugh over stuff like that.  Right?

On Working

Today and tomorrow are work days for me.  Not the usual around here, but I have to be off this Friday and Saturday because Joseph, Princess of the Universe and I will test for our yellow belts in Karate.  Yes!  We are practicing every day and I’m trying to get my cat stance and knife hand block just right.  Who knew a person got so rusty in their 40s?  This class has been good for me.

Enjoy this day,

Lynn