The Saturday Post

We have been having the most wonderful time taking mini vacations.  We take off for the day to explore and play.  It is ever so much more economical than our driving trips across country that we took last year. Less gas, less restaurants and no lodging.  There are definite pitfalls, though.  A few days ago we decided to go to Pittsburgh to visit the Andy Warhol Museum which is less than 3 hours away. We had visited the museum a few years ago when we were dating and really enjoyed it.  It is definitely worth a repeat visit. Unfortunately we stopped at Ikea on the way down.  It is the closest Ikea to us (2 1/2 hours!) so we had to.  It is a rule.  Definitely.  We spent so much time there that we ended up just returning home, skipping the Warhol Museum.  We bought a wonderful drawer unit for my art room that will be delivered today which requires an entire art room makeover.  I keep my art room pretty tidy, but this is what my art room looks like in the process of moving stuff about.

I liked my art room before, but one always needs more storage...c'mon, agree with me here.  And I wanted to rearrange it so I could have friends over to play.  That is my rationalization and I am sticking to it.  All materials used in our new purchases are from renewable sources and recycled materials.  We asked.  

Do you remember a post I did last year about a woodsy area near here where the trees were being cut down?  Nothing was ever built there, but the tree killers are back, cutting hundreds more trees down.

I called City Hall and asked what was going in there and I could not find anyone who would give me an answer other than it was private property.  I asked if the owners were required to plant trees to replace those cut down and the answer was no.

It has been absolutely wonderful weather here in the high 70s, breezy, sunny and lovely clouds.

I love it here in Ohio, not too hot and lots of sky.  One night last week there was an electric storm over the Lake that provided a better show than any fireworks display.  John and I sat and watched it for quite awhile before it finally moved East.  But then the next night, we sat outside at Tim's for another BBQ after the men played in a charity golf tournament.  It was just perfect.   

Comments

[Dot McQuade]

What wonderful clouds!! I just learned of a site that loves clouds... I got it off of someone's blog... can't remember who now... http://www.cloudappreciationsociety.org/

I ended up buying a book on clouds. Your picture is just beautiful!

I hated to see that your neighborhood was losing trees. It's ashame that people don't respect the earth.

Thanks for your post!!
dot

[Kimberly]

Organization is definately a must. I am always reorganizing my supplies, I would love to go to an Ikea...I hear so much about them from other crafters.

[Rachel Greig]

Ahhh, one piece of furniture and the whole art room gets moved around... I know that feeling well. We tend to move around the whole house when that happens! One day we moved just one picture on the wall and ended up moving bookshelves, lounges, cabinets etc - and our home is very small so there aren't a lot of options! But we manage to find new ways to have everything. A change is as good as a holiday, right?

[luftmensch]

There are more trees in the US now than ever.

[Kari McKnight-Holbrook]

Ginny- I so appreciate your blog- and enjoy it almost daily, (Don't comment that often, as I peek from my phone and those little buttons are killers!) But I wanted to let you know how much I did appreciate your creative eye! You always inspire!
((And I have a job in Canton this week, so for sure I'll be dropping by your delicious find of "the Blissful!")) Thanks for being so generous and sharing!

[Joan]

Hi, Ginny,
I met you at Artiscape at Kalahari. I, too, live in Ohio, about an hour from Cleveland. My sister and I are fellow artists and also neighbors. We are always organizing our studios. Now if I could just stop buying so much stuff.... lol
Joan

[Just a Plane Ride Away]

You have some fabulous clouds in Ohio! We had great, dramatic ones back in Texas, but in England... let's just say it's sunny or it's not ;-)