Quick Update

I just wanted to add a quick update on my happenings here in the great Midwest. Nothing overly thrilling. Summer has arrived and we are hot and humid... flashbacks of Florida, complete with afternoon thunderstorms and tons of bugs. My hikes at Big Bone have tapered off due to the humidity and bugs, plus the thunderstorms makes the trails very slippery. Unlike Florida, we don't have sand so when our trails get wet, they slime-up!

Wildflower taken at Big Bone on  my last hike.

Update on the baby birds,  they have all taken flight! On my last trip out there, the nests were empty and there were lots of little birds zooming around the fields. I'm told to keep watching the boxes for more eggs, at least until August.

Update on The Magic of Thinking Big, great book! Wow! Really good advise and written in an entertaining and sincere manner. It is about the power of positive thinking but it goes beyond that to the power of positive actions. I think I originally compared it to The Secret but it is nothing like that book, which I kinda chocked up to wishful thinking and blew off as a bunch of hokey. The Magic of Thinking Big is all about how you have the power to make your own life however you want it to be, there's nothing luck or fate or meditation can do for you, you have to act properly to get results. Amazing that it was written nearly 60 years ago and besides his references to a "successful salary of $30,000", everything is still relative to today's society.

And finally, my last noteworthy happening here in the great Midwest, is a shout out to the wonderful job our library does. This past month I took a watercolor class and loved it. I'm inspired to buy some supplies and paint a few more pictures. I will probably do nothing with the finished pieces but hide them in my closet, but it was the most relaxing and enjoyable experience. The teacher was wonderful and the other ladies in the class were fun to talk with. It was a great price too, $15 for four lessons! Where ever I end up, it must have a great library with continuing adult art or cultural enrichment type classes. Gasp, am I really going to post them?! Well, here are my works of art :)

Oops, my horizon looks a little off, everything is leaning. My tree is a bit juvenile too!

My car and buildings are cartoon-ish, but it's not bad for a first time water color-er.

This one was all about intensity of color to create effect with just one color of paint. A little boring if you ask me, I prefer lots of colors, but this was a class and I sure did learn a lot! I can throw crazy colors together next time.