Grow Your Own
Jun. 25th, 2020 10:16 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pshaw_ravenSorry I haven't posted a lot lately, but there hasn't exactly been a lot going on. Obviously we're still not going anywhere much, despite Florida in its "infinite wisdom" deciding to reopen. Fox and I are choosing to remain as isolated as we can manage, only going out for weekly grocery shopping, doctors' appointments and other errands only as needed, etc. Chamblin Book Mine is even open and I just haven't gone. Aside from not wanting to contract "the corvids," I'm also settling into the habit of simply not going anywhere. I'm turning into a deeply-rooted creature and may have to change my persona from a Raven to a plant of some kind. A plant bird. Water me.
Anyway.
Gardening is going pretty well. The pumpkins are ridiculously huge, sprawling all over three 8x4' garden beds now. The other day they had a couple of big yellow blossoms and I got excited because blossoms mean gourds! Now they have ... a whole bunch more. I get the feeling later this summer I'm going to have an embarrassment of garden riches. The serrano pepper is still going strong, and a couple of new ones are springing up from peppers it dropped. The Meyer lemon tree is covered with so many new lemons that I lost count - but it's going to be way more than ten pounds this year, and winter might see me parked out by the highway with a hand-painted sign saying "LEMONS 4 SALE" or the apocalypse will have already arrived and I'll be able to trade them for new boot soles.
I finished a commission recently that I'm really pleased with - Upgrading Aura is actually set in Muna and shows off how one of the alchemical birds looks on the inside. Both of the eagles and the raven are constructs, but Steelwing is a much more advanced build from a different universe/timeline. I really enjoy the texture and detail I was able to get on this one.
I'm now working on a new story, "Feather and Bone," as well as just knocking out character sketches and imagery for Muna world building. I am also working on teaching myself to create glow effects, rather than spending money on brush packs.
I have 400 meter sprints to run today, and I need to get back to a strength training routine. I keep saying that, but then I keep putting it off, despite knowing that doing some resistance work is one of the best things I can do for myself. But then my schedule has been off the past couple of weeks so I'm not going to beat myself up too badly over it.
Anyway.
Gardening is going pretty well. The pumpkins are ridiculously huge, sprawling all over three 8x4' garden beds now. The other day they had a couple of big yellow blossoms and I got excited because blossoms mean gourds! Now they have ... a whole bunch more. I get the feeling later this summer I'm going to have an embarrassment of garden riches. The serrano pepper is still going strong, and a couple of new ones are springing up from peppers it dropped. The Meyer lemon tree is covered with so many new lemons that I lost count - but it's going to be way more than ten pounds this year, and winter might see me parked out by the highway with a hand-painted sign saying "LEMONS 4 SALE" or the apocalypse will have already arrived and I'll be able to trade them for new boot soles.
I finished a commission recently that I'm really pleased with - Upgrading Aura is actually set in Muna and shows off how one of the alchemical birds looks on the inside. Both of the eagles and the raven are constructs, but Steelwing is a much more advanced build from a different universe/timeline. I really enjoy the texture and detail I was able to get on this one.
I'm now working on a new story, "Feather and Bone," as well as just knocking out character sketches and imagery for Muna world building. I am also working on teaching myself to create glow effects, rather than spending money on brush packs.
I have 400 meter sprints to run today, and I need to get back to a strength training routine. I keep saying that, but then I keep putting it off, despite knowing that doing some resistance work is one of the best things I can do for myself. But then my schedule has been off the past couple of weeks so I'm not going to beat myself up too badly over it.
