Realizing How Long...
May. 17th, 2020 09:47 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
madshutterbugYes, I've been here. Infrequently recently. Still, I've noted some things changed, but it occurs to me I've not noted all the changes. Well.
Sad one first, I suppose. Houdini, last of the BorderCollieBros, died four years ago. Miss all those boys, I do. Velvet came to live with us a year before he died, so the transition went smoothly. She's a blessing. When we met her, at eight weeks, her colors and her attitude (she stomped up to us, standing between us and the cats of the household, and BARKED), well, I turned to Partner and said, 'The Rottweiler is strong in this one.'
Vale, Houdini.
A few years back, we started several large projects on the Ranch. Cross fencing (much of which replaced old fence now decayed and falling apart), a pollinator project, where we put in plants (either seeding or transplanting, both) which attract various pollinating creatures, and a 'High Tunnel'. The latter is a greenhouse on rails, so that 'Two people can move this along to allow areas to rest fallow while others are being cultivated.'
Right. Once done, we determined that two people, plus a tractor, could move it along. It's not moved since, might move in future. Still learning how to work it, particularly in the North Central Baja Jorja summer heat.
Those projects, though, ate up so much time that visual art moved somewhat to a very back burner. I'm continuing to do shows, but all indoor shows in galleries. Two to three a year, and those using existing inventory. Well, existing in the sense that I've not worked up new prints in that time, though I've made new prints of pieces completed. The new prints, a good number, are on metal. They transport somewhat easier, and are more resistant to damage. In my previous entry when I mentioned giving Guest Celebrity a gift, it was one of those metal prints.
But my new artwork, well I turned to another medium I've worked with before. A long time before. While in high school and my first couple years of college (it was a small place, not a university), I wrote a good bit. During my years as a Federally Subsidized Tourist, and my early years as a Registered Nurse, I wrote somewhat less, but still wrote. When I got quite busy in additional professional Nursing activities, I continued to write, now as non-fiction for a few publications. Then... I stopped for a good bit. Not totally, this blog was a part of continuing to write. But more just to write, to keep the habit going.
In the autumn of 2018, at Necronomicon, I attended a panel about Fan Fiction. I'd been reading some for about a year. Going way back, to the days of Fanzines, I'd been reading for years, but again, with a big gap between. The Internet helped with that. At any rate, attending that panel I received a bit of a challenge from a friend, and so I started writing fan fiction. Specifically, Harry Potter fan fiction. Starting early in 2019 I posted my work, and nine pieces went up over 12 months, around 59K words. I'm using two. three sites to post this, and I'll revisit on another occasion. What I'm thinking, though, is starting to also post some here. I know my following is dropped way off, but...
What do you think? Curious enough to give it a go?
Sad one first, I suppose. Houdini, last of the BorderCollieBros, died four years ago. Miss all those boys, I do. Velvet came to live with us a year before he died, so the transition went smoothly. She's a blessing. When we met her, at eight weeks, her colors and her attitude (she stomped up to us, standing between us and the cats of the household, and BARKED), well, I turned to Partner and said, 'The Rottweiler is strong in this one.'
Vale, Houdini.
A few years back, we started several large projects on the Ranch. Cross fencing (much of which replaced old fence now decayed and falling apart), a pollinator project, where we put in plants (either seeding or transplanting, both) which attract various pollinating creatures, and a 'High Tunnel'. The latter is a greenhouse on rails, so that 'Two people can move this along to allow areas to rest fallow while others are being cultivated.'
Right. Once done, we determined that two people, plus a tractor, could move it along. It's not moved since, might move in future. Still learning how to work it, particularly in the North Central Baja Jorja summer heat.
Those projects, though, ate up so much time that visual art moved somewhat to a very back burner. I'm continuing to do shows, but all indoor shows in galleries. Two to three a year, and those using existing inventory. Well, existing in the sense that I've not worked up new prints in that time, though I've made new prints of pieces completed. The new prints, a good number, are on metal. They transport somewhat easier, and are more resistant to damage. In my previous entry when I mentioned giving Guest Celebrity a gift, it was one of those metal prints.
But my new artwork, well I turned to another medium I've worked with before. A long time before. While in high school and my first couple years of college (it was a small place, not a university), I wrote a good bit. During my years as a Federally Subsidized Tourist, and my early years as a Registered Nurse, I wrote somewhat less, but still wrote. When I got quite busy in additional professional Nursing activities, I continued to write, now as non-fiction for a few publications. Then... I stopped for a good bit. Not totally, this blog was a part of continuing to write. But more just to write, to keep the habit going.
In the autumn of 2018, at Necronomicon, I attended a panel about Fan Fiction. I'd been reading some for about a year. Going way back, to the days of Fanzines, I'd been reading for years, but again, with a big gap between. The Internet helped with that. At any rate, attending that panel I received a bit of a challenge from a friend, and so I started writing fan fiction. Specifically, Harry Potter fan fiction. Starting early in 2019 I posted my work, and nine pieces went up over 12 months, around 59K words. I'm using two. three sites to post this, and I'll revisit on another occasion. What I'm thinking, though, is starting to also post some here. I know my following is dropped way off, but...
What do you think? Curious enough to give it a go?
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Date: 2020-05-17 02:57 pm (UTC)We moved from Kent down in the southeast and are now living in Shropshire over close to the Welsh border.
No regrets at all about that move!
We have this in the doorstep!