Dreaming

Above is a sketch of our future backyard with a stone path, waterfall, caravan and sauna.  I made this sketch a couple years ago to make sure my dream stays alive even though much time has passed.

Just after thinking about putting a sauna in our backyard, I received many plants from my mom and stones from a friend of hers...so I thought, why not begin with the garden and the rest will materialize in good time.  Later that summer, my neighbor came over with a sauna door! 

Creating Cloudbeary

There was a couple weeks in the beginning of January where I had some time to create a drawing or art work each day.  One of the art pieces was a sketch of ideas for this blog.  I already knew the name, one that I created years ago while living in Paris.  It connected me to my beginnings when I felt so far away at the time.

A week or so before posting on the blog for the first time, I began playing around on the computer to create the header...I thought the blog needed to be "perfect" or just how I wanted it, before I began posting.  With some inspiration from another blogger's post, I jumped right in. Even though I wasn't finished with all the details...I knew to follow my heart.

While thinking about how to maneuver the computer rendition to my liking a few different things inspired the following work in progress... several visits to the Matisse exhibit, some Eeboo paper in several patterns and colors and a conversation with my mom about paper cutting.