life is short. art is long.

There are so many things to say. After three years there’s still excitment in your eyes and laughter. There’s still questions and surprises. There’s still unknown. Who would have thought that this would still be in three years time? We did.

Yes, there are hard times. There are irritation and annoyances, but there’s so much more joy. Happiness, caring, love. It’s amazing. Utterly amazing. I look at you and the excitment I first felt still is there. It’s amazing.

Plants. A new obessions of mine. Hoya, Croton, lavendar, aloe (x 3), aliuminia, philodendron (creeping and elephant), rose, spider plant. There’s a greenhouse at Quimby’s, and I’ve been planting for days. Spinach, lettuce, watermellon, sunflowers. There’s satisfaction in digging in the dirt, breaking up the weeds, watching for worms. There’s acute pleasure in planting and seed and having it grow into a plant. A plant that you will one day soon devour. Almost cruel in a sense, but there’s nothing like growing your own food. To think that with just a little bit of dirt, water, and sun a seed will become a living breathing entity on the world. It’s mind boggling.

speaking of mind boggling…. did you know that earthworms are NOT native to North America? It’s crazy. Look at the side walks after it rains and there’s hundreds perishing! Talk about a sucessful invasive species. You see, at one point in time there were earth worms here, but after the last Ice Age they died out. It was too cold, and they couldn’t survive. North American soils were not well aerated until some European realized that the essential ingredient to good crops was missing, and that was worms my friend. So in the 1700’s hulls of ships were filled with worms and introduced here. And now, today, finding dirt without worms is rare.

Do you think that it’s odd that I come out with these crazy factoids from time to time? Yeah. I’m a total geek. The truth of the matter is that I wouldn’t have it any other way. I love learning. I love knowing how things work, their history and useful factoids. Life long learning.

I soon will be entering my senior year of college. Crazy. frightening, wonderful. I’m frightened because I don’t know what lies beyong college. What will I do. Where will I work, will i go to grad school? I’m scared because I don’t know what I want. Other than I want to travel. Be a vagabond. Enjoy life. Forget responsiblities for once. Oh, to have a some money.

My car, my dear dear dear Bessie Ford Escort recently passed on.  I’m carless. Unable to drive whenever the whim arouse. It’s now my bike. And planning ahead. At least my legs are getting a good work out. =)

I actually don’t mind. It’s okay. I’m just not in a great position to buy a new car.

I’m going to bed. I’m going to dream. In the morning I will draw before I go to work.