'Tis the Season

..... For stormy weather, meaning violent thunderstorms, punctuted by tornadic activity. A lot of damage to a city 100 miles to the East of us - my neice's house was narrowly missed by a tornado Thursday night. But living in Nebraska, we expect this type of weather in the summer months.


My fiber-diet is not up to par right now, due to the Spring work I need to do (garden, flowers, etc), and the fact that my job has had me running insanely from place to place, crisis to crisis. It's starting to wear heavily on me. Now I find that a brief break I thought would come next month won't happen, because DS & DIL won't be here, so I'll have to save vacation time to possibly go see them later this fall. *sigh* It's been nearly 3 years since I was able to take a real vacation, more than just a day here or there (and those mostly have been to do something for my dad). I'm wearing out, and no end in sight. Poor Me *sob* ...... OK pity-party over.

I have a gel plate made, and did a few small prints with it Wednesday night. I hope to be home tonight in time to do some more. If so, I'll post here. I always print in color on white, but I'm thinking I'd like to try opaque lights on dyed fabric for a change. Perhaps do a slightly different technique to let the dye color come through, while adding a print element. How to do? Perhaps paper masks, or leaf masks - my print then becomes the negative space in the design. I sort of like that idea, and I think that's what I'll explore tonight if I can.