Marking Time


I've spent a lot of time trying to figure out if anything stood out for me in February ... and nothing does. It was just a month - 4 weeks, 7 days each - nothing special! The most that can be said for it is that I marked off all the physio and chiropractic appointments I had to go to to for my hip. It was a very boring, uninteresting and nothing month. So that's what I made - a boring, uninteresting piece that was just about marking time!!

Now that it's done I can move on to March - I have two ideas for that or maybe it's one for March and one for April. That could be it. Anyway, I should have them both finished before the end of May which would bring me right up to date. Yeah!!!!

Comments

KV said…
Well, I don't find this page boring at all -- it is a good abstract design and tells it like it was!


Kathy V in NM
April 19, 2009 at 8:57 PM
pam T said…
LOL! seeing as my computer is slow, I read your explanation of February before the pic showed itself and wondering how you were going to bead it - I love it! Very, very creative! Definitely the way I feel about February (and March) too... just waiting for them to pass to get on with the "good" months... Love this!
April 20, 2009 at 5:01 AM
Sabine said…
This seems a very good idea to me to show a month that didn't have anything special to offer. The days go by anyway - full or empty.

Sabine
April 21, 2009 at 8:02 AM
CC said…
I love it! I know you were stuck, but this turned out great! I think it shows alot of creativity! And a good comment on how not everything is always so beautiful! Congrats on a job well done! A teacher in art school years ago told me that "Idea is King"! This proves it!
Warmest aloha,
CC
April 25, 2009 at 9:47 PM
Marty S said…
We all have months like that, but not all of us would be able to show it so well. Nice!
Marty S
Crackpot Beader
May 3, 2009 at 11:17 AM
Anonymous said…
brilliant solution and it works outs beautifully.
May 10, 2009 at 10:14 AM
Robin said…
As Sabine says... the days go by... full or empty. I'm wondering how March, April and now May are for you? Marking time (or "on hold" as I call it) is something that happens to many of us from time to time... and it's not always something that confines itself to a single calendar month.... I hope your spate of it is finished... if not, I'd understand seeing calendar #2. Robin A.
May 11, 2009 at 11:26 PM
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