Remember this painting from before I began the mural? (I certainly hope so, since I showed it to you yesterday with a few trees completed on the left.)
I finished landscaping the distance. (Maybe. There’s always room for improvement.)
Then I texted Mr. J. (the customer) with a photo and this question: “Can you say if the roof color moves more toward a brownish gray or toward a bluish gray? I know that’s getting into some artsy nitpicky details, but I have to ask in case [it matters]. Maybe I should make my prices 10 times as high so I can fly places and check out things with my own eyes!” (Yes, I am editing my text for you, Blog Reader, so it makes the most sense)
Mr. J. replied: “Maybe include it as an option for customers to pay directly.”
I responded: “That is an excellent idea. Would you like to be the first?”
Mr. J.: “Like to? Yes. Able. . .?”
Me: “Shoot. I thought you were going to send me an airline ticket. I was momentarily confused, forgetting that we met on the Frugal Girl blog.”
Then I put down the phone and painted a new layer on the roof.
For this type of precision painting, I often rotate the canvas so that I can precisely monitor the edge of the brush. If the handle or my hand is blocking the view of the bristles, how can I be accurate?
CORRECT! I CANNOT!
Next, bricks and shutters and windows.
Much more detail remains for the windows and doors and landscaping. I carried it into the warm house for quicker drying. This is very intense work, and in order to apply detail, the paint beneath must be dry, or almost dry. The shine on the sky is an indication of wet paint, and the changing color on the roof is an indication of the changing light as the day progressed.
It was an interesting painting day, because I’d paint about 15 more minutes which turned out to be an entire hour. I must have been having fun, because time flew. There were no walks, no sitting in the sun, and lunch was quickly scarfed down while standing at the kitchen counter until I realized that I could finish it while walking back to the workshop.
I am seriously grateful to Trail Guy for keeping the house warm and fixing dinner. How do people manage without supportive spouses??
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More like, God has the perfect plan for your life and in this, I am content.
Or, as a wise (single) friend of mine says, “It better to go through life wanting what you don’t have rather than having what you don’t want!”
My old roommate’s mom used to tell us, “Better to be single than to wish that you were.”
Count yourself blessed. For the rest of us? We just manage by our little ol’ selves!
Sharon, life is a series of decisions and choices. Singleness also has its benefits at times, so fret not, my friend!
It is a lonely life to be partner less but when I start feeling sorry for myself, I think of the hell on wheels marriage I had and I’d rather be by myself. Sounds like you’ve got a good one!!
Aw, Kathy, I’m sorry yours was so terrible. Yes, aloneness is certainly preferable to hell on wheels.