The other day, I saw some fog in the field behind our house through an open window, and ran outside with the camera so I could capture the moment.    I was so mesmerized by the beauty of the misty air on the field and just sat there admiring it for a while.





If only there was a way to capture the depth of field and the wonderful feel of the air with a camera but there is only so much it is capable of.  It was just amazing - breathtakingly gorgeous!



And when I walked back towards the front of the house, I saw the sun peeping through the clouds and it looked so pretty.



I haven't blogged in the last few days because I have been overwhelmed with the amount of things I have to do.    I don't know why I pile so many things on myself, but I really need to learn how to not only minimize the things in the house, but also need to learn how to minimize my "to-do" list each day.  It would save me so much stress and would allow me to enjoy more time. Maybe after I have minimized the house to where I am happy with it, I will be able to begin working on that area of my life!

I was also discouraged two days ago because I had thought I was finished painting my mural.  Here it is (you'll probably have to scroll to the right to see the whole thing):


It was so much work for me to get to this point, and I really had thought it looked good.

I was looking forward to starting the next project...but then I got an email from the Electric company saying that the lettering on the sign was sloppy, and there wasn't enough detail in the field, and they wanted another lineman painted in the background.   When I first heard that, my first reaction was to feel a little bit insulted, but I thought about it ,and they are right.  My lettering was sloppily done. Maybe I got lazy by that time or tried to rush it because I had the kids with me.   I could have done a lot better.   And maybe I could have spent more time working on the field.  Once I started thinking about it that way, I felt extremely guilty, and felt like I had let them down.    I wanted to cry because I was so embarrassed that I didn't have enough pride in my work to do my absolute best.    I went out immediately to work on the mural that same day, but the baby was kind of fussy and my truck was having problems, and I had to drive home.... It was a good thing probably, because I was feeling too discouraged to do much of an improvement on the building.

This morning I got to work again on the mural and got a little bit done, and I am hoping to get some more done later this week.  I hope that I won't disappoint anyone and I hope I can do a much better job this time.