Hi Diddly Ho Quarantinarinos
Mar. 25th, 2020 09:40 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pshaw_ravenI should put more of an effort into posting here, and I can't even use the excuse that I've been busy, just that it hasn't crossed my mind as much. There isn't a lot going on out here. With the exception of not going into town, life is kind of the same as usual. Fox's allergies have picked a less than stellar time to start bothering him, and he's miserable. It hasn't rained in a long time and I'm now watering my garden daily, looking to step up to twice-daily. My seed tray looks good, though some of the seedlings are leggy, but everything's coming up nicely. The garden itself is full of leafy greens, and the serrano pepper is coming back to life after the winter, though it needs pruning.
Today I'm going to do a detailed assessment of what food I have, make menus with what's here, and from there determine when I next need to go grocery shopping. Considering I have already found two packages of prepared jackfruit, that needing-to-go-out date got pushed forward a couple of days. I should have more than enough meats for Omnivore Fox. Since I've got a garden started, and Middleburg is one of those towns where no one's a vegetarian, Veggie Bird should be fine, too. The last time I was at my local Publix, the produce section was really well stocked up. We're still out of or have limited amounts of other staples - rice and beans, flour, sugar, etc, but I had already started stocking up on those things before everyone started panic shopping. And since we're on Team Bidet, toilet paper isn't a problem, either.
Basically the only thing I'm interested in doing lately is drawing. I finally have a title for a new comic story, which for whatever reason for me is necessary before I really get writing. So now I can start drawing character sheets, writing an outline, etc. I'm going to take on a commission and maybe do some personal pieces while I'm gearing up for that.
Some of the books I stress-bought through Amazon Marketplace are coming in. One is It Must Be Art: Big O Poster Artists of the 60s and 70s which turned out to be a huge hardcover and is in really good shape. The color register is good, the binding is a bit cracked, but the pages are secure, so I'm really pleased with it, considering I paid three bucks for the thing. It covers a lot of illustrators and artists whose work I grew up looking at - HR Giger, Roger Dean (of Yes album cover fame), Rudolf Hausner whose surrealist-inspired self portraits I saw in the pages of Omni Magazine, Rodney Matthews, and the sublime Abdul Mati Klarwein. Absolutely wonderful.
Today I have some hill repeats to run on the treadmill, a weight lifting workout, and I'm painting my nails. No one but me and Fox will see them but it cheers me up. Especially the choice of color - OPI's "Orange You A Rock Star?" which is this retina-poking neon orange. I mean, this is a really obnoxious color, I love it. Also doing homemade pizza tonight. I did these recently and didn't chicken out on cranking the heat up, so I actually got nice char and blisters on my crusts. It'll probably get a little smokey in here but it shouldn't be too bad. Last time I did this, the windows were still open.
Today I'm going to do a detailed assessment of what food I have, make menus with what's here, and from there determine when I next need to go grocery shopping. Considering I have already found two packages of prepared jackfruit, that needing-to-go-out date got pushed forward a couple of days. I should have more than enough meats for Omnivore Fox. Since I've got a garden started, and Middleburg is one of those towns where no one's a vegetarian, Veggie Bird should be fine, too. The last time I was at my local Publix, the produce section was really well stocked up. We're still out of or have limited amounts of other staples - rice and beans, flour, sugar, etc, but I had already started stocking up on those things before everyone started panic shopping. And since we're on Team Bidet, toilet paper isn't a problem, either.
Basically the only thing I'm interested in doing lately is drawing. I finally have a title for a new comic story, which for whatever reason for me is necessary before I really get writing. So now I can start drawing character sheets, writing an outline, etc. I'm going to take on a commission and maybe do some personal pieces while I'm gearing up for that.
Some of the books I stress-bought through Amazon Marketplace are coming in. One is It Must Be Art: Big O Poster Artists of the 60s and 70s which turned out to be a huge hardcover and is in really good shape. The color register is good, the binding is a bit cracked, but the pages are secure, so I'm really pleased with it, considering I paid three bucks for the thing. It covers a lot of illustrators and artists whose work I grew up looking at - HR Giger, Roger Dean (of Yes album cover fame), Rudolf Hausner whose surrealist-inspired self portraits I saw in the pages of Omni Magazine, Rodney Matthews, and the sublime Abdul Mati Klarwein. Absolutely wonderful.
Today I have some hill repeats to run on the treadmill, a weight lifting workout, and I'm painting my nails. No one but me and Fox will see them but it cheers me up. Especially the choice of color - OPI's "Orange You A Rock Star?" which is this retina-poking neon orange. I mean, this is a really obnoxious color, I love it. Also doing homemade pizza tonight. I did these recently and didn't chicken out on cranking the heat up, so I actually got nice char and blisters on my crusts. It'll probably get a little smokey in here but it shouldn't be too bad. Last time I did this, the windows were still open.
