I’ve been spending a lot of time at the computer this week doing a much needed clean up of my website. It’s nothing radical, just updating and reorganizing so that the navigation is a easier and information is more accessible. You can’t see most of it quite yet, it’s all happening behind the curtain, but it should be all spiffy by early next week.

I’ve been working with a consultant to help me figure out my short and long range goals for my art career. Reorganizing my thinking led to a middle-of-the-night realization that I should also reorganize my website to make the work I’m interested in promoting more visible. I’m also going to the SDA Conference in San Antonio next week and it will be good to have everything up to date before then. Nothing gets me motivated like a deadline!

Yesterday, after many hours at the computer I needed to get away from the screen but I also had to leave in 45 minutes to pick up my daughter. A perfect amount of time to do a little weeding.

weeds

We have a small (4000 sq. foot) corner lot but it’s all garden. Back when my kids were little we took out all the grass both inside and outside the fence and planted it. It was pretty easy to keep up while the kids were playing or napping. Now, with a full-time art career, it’s harder. This Spring the garden is lush, overgrown, and full of weeds. I often get compliments on how beautiful it is from people walking by, but all I can see is how much work there is to be done. I can’t see the garden for the weeds. I’ve been trying to fit in an hour at a time, a couple times a week to work on it. Otherwise it’s too overwhelming.

It’s kind of like the website. Sometimes you’ve just got to put in the time to prune things back, move some plants around, and do a thorough weeding.

Yesterday I took some photos of the garden. Seeing it through the camera lens gives me just enough distance to see what the neighbors see. And it really is beautiful.