Starting the new year

I’m trying to spend some time each day drawing and painting with my left hand. While frustrating, it has also been a very interesting experience. It may be as close to meditating as I've ever gotten. It takes complete focus to translate the signal from my brain to my hand, and I am inordinately pleased whenever a line comes out right. I think our chickens will be good subjects for me to work on!

In other news, my trip to the orthopedic folks did not go as I had anticipated. Next Friday I'll be heading in for wrist surgery, getting a plate or two put in. I've heard both success stories and horror stories with this sort of thing, so, fingers crossed (both left and right hand!) by the time spring rolls around I'll be done with PT and be able to garden and draw to my hearts content.

Happy new year to all of you and take care!