A Day of Color and Light

The electronic ballast adventure was successful beyond my dreams. My landlord came in at 10:30 am or so and began the rewire of one fixture. I phoned my Manager who came by on his day off to watch and learn. After one more call-back for the landlord to explain one more little point, my manager understood what to do and jumped in. By early afternoon all fixtures had been rewired as needed and new bulbs were installed. We have light! It's a beautiful (and very bright) thing and I and my customers will be very happy. No more hiding in the shadows...

A solar flare from 2007

I thought I'd share this lovely solar flare with all of you. It is,

of course, much brighter than my banks of fluorescent lamps, 

but there is nothing exciting about looking at a row of lighted

light bulbs and solar flares are much more beautiful.

Today is my day off, but I won't get a chance to actually be home and relax until mid-afternoon, really cutting into my creative time. A local bead store is going out of business at the end of the month. The owner contacted me (and other stores in the area) to offer the last of her merchandise, fixtures and supplies and she does have a few things that I can use. So, I'll be at her place at 11:00 am today to pick up the supplies I discussed with her and to see if there might be anything else of interest. This will keep me away from my desk for hours which does not make me happy.

Loading boxes

I have high hopes that the boxes I pick up won't be too bulky, but

no guarantees. Either way, I'm getting a good deal and she's getting

a bit more cash before her doors close forever tomorrow.

My plan for whatever time I have left today is to ink in as much of the new panels for CB's story as I can and begin the color work this weekend. I'll see if that works or not. I have a total of seven panels that I want to create for her as well as one original portrait. We'll see how time goes. I wanted everything finished by tomorrow - yeah! Right! Totally rolling on the floor with that deadline. But Back to Middle Earth Month begins on Friday and I refuse to back-burner writing completely in favor of panels. I'm hoping that I can manage mostly original art instead of digital or photo-shopped montage works and so I'm really trying to work on original pieces. We'll see how things are standing at the end of March.

Using PanPastels

I can hardly wait to begin the color work on my inked panels. Too fun!

I hope that your Wednesday will be a bit less hectic than mine. I know mine is impossible when I begin doing laundry at 4:00 am (a ridiculous hour to start my laundry). A highlight for my day will be my weekly conversation with Aearwen. Thank goodness for friends!