Rediscovering WordPress + backyard flowers in watercolor

Rolling out my new blog! I did it…the past 2 weeks of writing inspired me to go to the next level…my first blog post on this site!   You can still find my http://www.aspiretoyourdream.wordpress.blog as well. I had visited the wordpress website a while back when this urge to start writing on a more consistent basis first began nudging me. I was surprised, then, when I went to wordpress.com and saw that my aspiretoyourdream site was still available for anyone to read. Wow! It had been years since I looked at it. I read a few entries and found myself reliving the days of Words and Watercolors with mixed feelings. I missed a lot of the “creative life” I was living at that time but also so very grateful for my current life (a subject for another post).

This past week when I went to wordpress, determined to set up a new site, I was dumbfounded…I kept clicking around, trying to figure out what to do first. I was able to secure the name “observationsoflife” and paid for a premium site ($8. A month) so “wordpress” would not have to be in the web address. Then I attempted to customize the site by selecting a theme, updating a logo, changing my photo, in general clicking around and around. Technology is not 2^nd nature to me so this took some time (a few days). I had my own internal deadline for a Sunday post. Pea-picken proud that I made it!

I’m going to try my best to post weekly and not only have writing to share but a sketch or watercolor or photograph. I view this format kind of like a journal. Having been one who writes/draws/paints in a journal most of my adult life, this format seems to be an extension of that…and one I’ll share with the entire web as opposed to compiling journals in boxes that sit on shelves in my basement.

Yesterday morning I was out in the backyard watering before the heat of day…I’ve been thrilled to have my own backyard flowers grace my tables the past few weeks. Time to cut another bouquet….this one grew with the lilies that had bloomed, the blue hydrangea and lavender that I added to the wildflowers (sown from seed this spring). I’ve attempted to capture the beauty in a few paintings but haven’t really liked the end result enough to post.   So yesterday I began with the pencil sketch as my rough draft. I realized, like writing, it typically takes me a few times of sitting down to create a piece. Played with the paints and when I was in the midst of it I struggled to see it “complete”. I got up and walked away again, coming back refreshed a few hours later. Add in some jazz to listen to, which helps loosen me up, and I was able to not only complete it but was happy with the outcome.

I hope you enJOY the end result of both words and watercolors and I look forward to exploring more new things as I work on this. What new things have you explored lately?!?