brightness...

today the sun came out and i am endlessly grateful for it. i lost way too many days during the last week to rain and the resulting lethargy. but today, i climbed back on my good, grey horse and got down to some serious painting. the oils. oh, they smell so good! and they're beautiful too. i hope to prove that last statement here shortly. i'm going to try to hustle, hustle, hustle and get these big beauties wrapped up before a consistent winter sets in. and since i started them in 2009, i'd like to finish them in 2009. yep, thinking of the new year already... and resolutions- all the things i'd like to do and the things i'd like to change... the things i need to change. but i'm hopeful and that leads me to believe that great things can, in fact, be accomplished. today i made a list of all the things i'm grateful for. i wrote one thing on a post-it note, one right after the other, and covered my refrigerator with the little suckers, er, stickers. i've left them up all day, picking them up and sticking them back in their spot when they fall from their delicate hinge of weak adhesive. they make me happy and look like a pretty sweet piece of conceptual, post-modern installation. ha! maybe i'll take their picture. at any rate, it was a good way to start the day. it's a good way to keep the day good.