9 posts tagged “grunge”
For the first time in the many times the kids have gone back and forth between the Ex and I... This time feels permanent. She is almost 18 this time, she has a partner that she is moving in with. She is making plans for her future. It has left me with a bit of an empty spot.
I joked for years about how I would never NEVER suffer from empty nest syndrome. Actually looked forward to finally having time to do all those things that I wanted to do! But with the daughter moved out and the addition of my youngest hardly ever home due to football and his new found friends. The house is just... too quiet. All the places I wanted to take the kids to see, the places to do stuff, movies, games... they are no longer young enough to appreciate it anymore. It's all a headache to them to do silly stuff like going sight seeing, going for long rides, having their pics taken in front of silly stuff. They have their own agenda's now.
Sooo... my secret is trying not to dwell on it. I have gotten alot of editing done and my house is really really clean lol. I am starting to have time to stop and smell the flowers. I got my backyard looking awesome yesterday, hammock is set-up. Workout bench and some seating for if the son has friends over to lift weights. Pic-nic table, yard is weeded.. yeah it was gorgeous outside yesterday and I didn't have to stop mid job to drive anyone anywhere woot!!!
I noticed a bit of change in my editing last night, I think it may be from the changes in my life, I got an invite from a "whimsical group".. a year ago I was getting invites from groups catering to goth and graveyards. So yeah things are starting to look up! :D
So, where to start.
It's only 10:00 a.m. and I have...
half of my laundry done already
vacuuming done
dishes done
living room done
beds stripped
Still need to do...
yard work (that will have to wait now.. too hot!)
counters wiped down
floors mopped
bathrooms cleaned
So basically I am half done with chores yay!
The best and worst of the deal... I now have an extra room of my own to do with as I please. The daughter moved back to Illinois, Arizona was too hard on her. 18, out of school, no friends... She moved back to her hometown. I can't blame her, it's hard to start all over in a new place when you know no one. At her age you need friends, it takes years to learn that you can amuse yourself right? Ok.. we always need friends who am I kidding!
So at first, I thought hey, I can get some stuff out of storage and go through it in there.. then I got it cleaned up and saw this little sign I had made for my last work out room and decided hell with storage space, I need my work out room back! So that will be my last chore of the day. Moving all my work out gear in there! One thing that is totally cool out here in AZ is that the weight bench can be left outside! Glad I don't have to bring that in. The nights and dawn are perfect for working out too, nice and cool.
Fall is almost here, I am looking forward to a nice warm (not hot) season. I have intermittent bouts of missing New England, but we have plans to drive up to the Flagstaff/Sedona area soon. That should be enough to remind me of how green the world is :)
I am also slowly getting back into editing mode. I have been scrounging around in my older albums and looking at alot of photos in a whole new light! It is such a good idea to never delete old photos, beauty that may not be here today, might show up tomorrow!
Hope everyones summer was great and not too wet!
And with that title it kinda says it all!
I am still unpacking.. you know this ;)
I am still adjusting to Arizona.. you know this ;)
I am still using way to many emotes.. you know this :D
I don't have a whole lot to write, I haven't gotten a whole lot of chances to do any photography yet, monsoon season has been hiding, other than a couple little blowby storms, there just is not a whole heck of a lot going on in my life!
I did have time to edit a few of pics though, so I will at least share those to those of you who care lol.. So, back to unpacking and or.. editing more pics. My life is so redundant atm!
Only a few more weeks and I get to say bye bye baby bye bye to this weather for good. We have had day after day of rain here, damn I hate arthritis!
We decided to head out of town for the holiday, I seriously think we are traveling more in the past few months then ever. Figures right? It's not as if we're packing to move or anything important heh. In all seriousness though, we had to bring some of our furniture up to the cabin before the move. It was not going with us and we had to do something with it.
There was no rain in NH this weekend yay! We got to say goodbye to family we won't see for a few years. Alot of family was at the cabin for the weekend so we got so very little sleep :). On our way home we decided to try one last time to find "The Bridge of Flowers". It is right off of beautiful Rt. 2 that I have mentioned a few times. Well, we finally found it! Wow even with it being so early in the growing season there were so many flowers to see!
So what should have been a 3ish hour ride turned into almost 8 hours. But it was well worth it :)
So yesterday I started a list of things that I will "Not have" as part of my life in a few months, it is also the inspiration for today's image. The hubby and I were driving around last summer on one of the scenic routes out here, I think it was 8A, if I haven't said it in the past, I am saying it now. If you ever get to Massachusetts, you simply must drive 8A, pick it up in either Conn. or Vermont, and just drive the whole route, you will not be disappointed! Make sure to get out of the car whenever possible and explore also, there are lots of hidden waterfalls and wow just too much to list!
Leaving everything familiar behind...
Sights,
Smells,
Memories,
No more cornfields or fall colors
No more heavy sweaters every morning of the year
No more winter jackets needed over 6 months of the year
No more digging out of snow storms
No more frozen fingers, numb ears, frosty breath fogging up your glasses making it impossible to see through
No more snow angels, or... yellow snow
No more walking like a penguin, waddling while in layer upon layer of clothing, arms outstretched to keep balance on the ice
No more dense forest growth with fairy dreams just waiting to be awoken
No more beautiful rock walls, bubbling brooks or cow fields
No more fields of rolling green
No more bears foraging in the yard
No more tall tall trees... a plus and a minus considering that they also block all the sunlight :)
No more New England history
No more living around the corner from Tanglewood with summer nights on the lawn listening to the Boston Symphony Orchestra
No more eating at Joes Diner, the inspiration for "The Runaway" by Norman Rockwell
No more Shakespear and Co around the block
This move is such a mixed blessing/nightmare. For the first time ever I have had time to think about a move and find myself actually sick at heart thinking of moving from this area. But at the same time the people who live here are all so very fake, I have posted about that for the past several years, nothing has changed in that time. I pray to God that this is the right thing to do. I feel in my heart that it is and keep asking for guidance on this choice, the fact that I have not just come right out and changed my mind leads me to believe it is right. I am still waiting for one of the dreams where he talks to me again but so far no show.. at least that I remember that is!
I love Textures, I love grunge, but there was no group here devoted to the two things I love. So here it is, hope that it is enjoyed and used well.
http://textures.groups.vox.com/
In keeping with the fantasy theme, I started this one this morning before even logging into Vox, so I ended up having alot of fun editing this image.
This is a background of a tree in Mexico, original photo is by me spring 2008 from the Music Boat cruise. Fairy's and other stock photography from unknown artist's on Deviant.com. Will add their names soon as I can find out who they are. Lots of brushes and textures and layers of darkness to give the picture an ethereal night time glow.
Also for fun, a pic of my sister that I edited for her facebook profile.She is soooo gorgeous!!
I felt like editing an older pic after browsing on flickr and finding the most amazing picture, it seriously just took my breath away with how beautiful it is. It became my inspiration tonight and I ended up with this.
The original inspiration came from Skeletal Mess
So I did a bit of photo editing, didn't get too awful much done, the mom in law is here for a visit and I don't want her to be sitting watching TV all day alone just so I can edit pics!
Still feeling blah though, when is it going to stop snowing! Gosh, I can't remember it ever snowing this much, day after day after day. I would be happy with a day here or there, you know, once the snow melted, a bit more could come down kinda thing so everything stays a clean white. But wow, I have ice sheets on my roof almost a foot thick, it's insane!
So first up is my son, I decided to do a grunge kinda theme with a pic of him I took last fall. I pulled him out of the pic and placed him over a funky background.
Second up is my daughter, I was in a bit of teen-age grunge mood so I did something along the same lines with hers. I took a pic of her and Hawk Nelson and put them on a textured background, then layered a few textures and used a TTV mask to give it an old time finish.
Last up is a small collage I made up for my son and his friends to use on their facebook. It was from last years Semi, I need to get some of these girls over here to pose for me. I can't wait til next week, I have a friend coming over for a baby sitting photo shoot! That should prove to be fun! Anyways, here is the collage :)
So, I hope everyone has a good day and hopefully I will be posting more pics later or tomorrow!
