Artist Date and Happy Birthday, Willie Nelson!

I think most of ya'll know that I have been doing the whole 'Artist's Way' thing for I guess two years now- since 2021 when we were living in Wilmington, NC.  The district offered professional development credit for a course based on reading the book, doing the morning pages, the artist date and a series of 'Weekly Check-Ins'...I started it, got the credit and just kept on going.

I still get up extra early every day to write my three pages, I can't remember how many journals I have finished, it's over 10 (too lazy to to get up and go count)...I 'check in' with myself at the end of each week to see my progress on different goals, etc.  And I try to make time for an 'Artist Date' each week.  Some weeks I do a better job than others.  This week- I really had a full dedicated day because I tagged along with my husband to his conference and had the whole day to myself at the hotel.  

Dinner date with John the night before, then while he was at his conference the day was all mine! Morning pages, reading by the pool, a lil' field trip to the mall. I got a chance to check out the Young at Art space, and see the Broward Art Educator's Association show, and finally, get coffee and sketch in my journal at Barnes and Noble. It was a good day.

...made a Broward-themed collage in my journal based on our mini-staycation.

Oh, and it's Willie's birthday today- 90 years old! Saw him for he first time at Coachella in 2007, here are some pics from that show. That man is a national treasure.