Busy Week

By on Aug 10, 2020

This video kind of sums up the lessons I’ve learned this week. I have been so busy working on a project and it was exhausting. The thing is, it was a project for someone else. I was working away, pro bono, while never hearing a peep from the person I was working so hard for. I know this is vague so please excuse me if it doesn’t make sense. To put it simply, I felt taken advantage of. Every day I felt the resentment growing inside me. I talked to neutral parties hoping to find that I was missing something and that my resentment was unfounded but they all agreed with my assessment… which only made things worse! After working and seething for a little over a week I met with the person with the completed project. I had so many things going through my head. Little one-liners and digs. Subtle and very passive aggressive. I had my bow pulled back as far as it would...

Seedot

By on Jul 31, 2020

    Just finished up the Seedot stickers and they are… Seedots. I am curious if anyone REALLY likes Seedots. They just seem kind of bleh. The evolutions are kind of neat but the basic seems like someone just kind of phoned it in. I was trying to figure out why I chose to do this one. It was mostly because of Community Day in Pokémon GO! but I think it had something to do with my walks in the woods too. I really like taking walks in the woods this time of year. I’ve seen alot of amazing things over the years, like the red fox that had me follow it down the trail. Every time I would think it had run away it would be sitting just around a bend, watching and waiting. It does make me worry a little about that old saying about being a runner, “It’s only a matter of time before you find a body.” Anyway, I like how this sticker turned out. The most...

Evolution

By on Jul 28, 2020

    The drawing has started to evolve. I think I might end this series, but I’m not sure. I need to make some new frames. I have been making frames and then filling them. I only have one left. This one has started a new direction. I’m starting to add depth while remaining flat. That has kind of been my mood as of late. I just can’t shake it. Same with these drawings. I want to say I am getting bored with them but as soon as I say that I know it isn’t true. They are changing and even though they are very simple they are taking up space in my brain and are far more complex than they seem. I’ve picked back up my other stuff too. I’ve been working on this guy…     I have to admit, not a fan. I thought a bag of minions of Minions might be a good idea but I am not having much fun with it. I even tried to make the, “I know...

Tingly Fingers

By on Jul 22, 2020

  My fingers still sting and they are tingly. I’m not having a heart attack or anything. I was just really irresponsible and neglected wearing gloves while I processed the peppers. I spent a couple hours washing, cutting and canning peppers this weekend. Still encouraged by my recent success I decided to ride that wave and start some new sauce. I’m not going the jalapeño route quite yet because I got a really good deal on these peppers. Honestly I don’t even know what kind they are I just know that they were on sale and I don’t see these too often. They have a beautiful red color so I cannot wait to try them in sauce. From the feel of my fingertips, I think these are going to have the heat my last sauce was missing.

Hot Sauce!

By on Jul 20, 2020

    I’ve taken a few runs at making hot sauce. After many failed attempts I finally tried making a fermented pepper hot sauce. Most hot sauces are made from fermented peppers including Tabasco. I have read about how to do it and it seems pretty easy but there is something about the word “fermented” that I find intimidating. I was given about about 2 lbs of Hatch Peppers last year so I thought I’d finally try fermenting some peppers. I prepared them, made a brine, bought some jars and hoped for the best. Several months later I found myself alone for a few hours so I decided to pull those peppers and make up a sauce. While I wouldn’t go so far as to say it is good, I would say that it was a success overall. The sauces I’ve tried to make in the past were always too tangy or had too strong of a flavor but this was more mellow and even.  ...

Running Update

By on Jul 15, 2020

    Went for a run again last night. Feeling it today. I think tomorrow is going to be a little miserable. I was planning on taking the kids to the local pool tomorrow so I’ll be hobbling around like an old man, trying to keep up with my youngest. She was struggling with swimming for the longest time but something just clicked for her and now she is like a fish. The problem is she has more confidence than she has skill at this point. So I have to keep a pretty close eye on her for now. Anyway, I ran 3.75 miles last night and that last hill was not fun. It seems like every race I’ve ever been in ends with a hill so I always make sure to end my runs with a hill. It helps that I live at the top of a hill but that’s neither here nor there. I also started drawing some Minions. I am doing a minion bag of Minions. This is my first time drawing them. I’ve seen...