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Catching up

Ooops…I didn’t realize it had been THIS long since I wrote!  That’s what happens when you’re busy!   We’ve had a wonderful summer, school begins next week, and I have about  a thousand things to share.  All I need is time to blog about them…heavens, I still have cool stuff from teaching at Vermont Quilt Festival back at the end of JUNE!   But to start with today and working backwards…..

My dear friend and Frayed Edge Kathy came to keep me company today (keep reading), and because her birthday is coming up soon (when she’ll be away) we celebrated today:

Birthday cream puff (thanks to hubby for picking these up for us!)

So why did Kath come to keep me company?  Well… I have/had arthritis in my big toes.  The had is because I had surgery this week on my right foot!  The plan for surgery was to have the arthritic bone growth removed, then the doc (a bunion / big toe specialist down in Portland) was going to break (EEEK) the metatarsal and shorten it so there would be enough room in the joint to prevent future /continued bone growth.  The great news is that when he got done scraping out the yucky stuff, there was plenty of flexibility in the joint that he didn’t need to break the bone!  That means faster healing.  On principle I took one of the pain pills just before going to bed the day I had the surgery (Weds.), and I haven’t needed any since!   I go back on Tuesday for a follow up, and the doc said I’ll be able to walk on that foot –just six days after surgery!  It was supposed to be 7-8 weeks until resuming exericise, but I’m hoping now it will be shorter.  WOOT!

Before

 

After, with ice-bag

I was so wobbly on the crutches (I have a terrible sense of balance) that the nurse sent me home with a walker, as I am on strict orders:  NO weight on the right foot until next week.  So just call me hopalong this week while I catch up with reading, an online class, and (ahem) blogging!

And speaking of the class… I’m taking a class at Joggles.com with Sondra Holtzman.  The watercolor style is much looser than our dear Jane LaFazio’s style, which I adore (which is why I’ve taken several of her classes).  I am a bit of a control freak at times and think I need to loosen up, so this class will be good for me.  If I don’t fall off the Blogging Wagon (again) I’ll share more pics in due time.  For now,

A basic color mixing chart with primaries, secondaries and and complementaries (and complementaries mixed)

and what I need even more, loosening up..this time dropping wet into wet!

wet into wet color play

3 Responses to “Catching up”

  1. Deborah Says:

    I’m so happy to see Kathy’s smiling face! What wonderful news about your surgery. You are a good patient. Love the wet into wet sampler.

  2. Dorothy Karman Says:

    I was beginning to think you had retired from blogging and was beginning to miss you. I hope your toe is better soon. Have fun with your paints. Dorothy in Canberra, Australia.

  3. Judy Warner Says:

    Glad your surgery went well. Wishes for quick healing.
    Judy