Random Musings

One of the things I love about dandelions is that they don't wait for permission to grow and be pretty.  Here's a picture of a dandelion I took a few weeks ago, growing with exuberance in the tiny crack where the alley behind my house meets up with the next house along the way.

And I don't think I bragged about it yet, but this is my newest icon by djinni .  Tod is awesome, the way he can draw so many, many icons in each batch and have them all come out  unique and attractive.

Of course, I love my roses too.  I have to spend some time taking pictures while they're at the height of their season, especially since that's now, not during Duckon, like in a normal year.  I'll try to do that tomorrow, instead of what I did today--get computers running normally again (this computer decided to stop noticing the touchpad; the old one that My Angel's been using for games stopped recognizing the keyboard.  That issue resolved when I turned it off and let the updates install; mine I had to call for help to get resolved.  Then (as if that wasn't enough chores for the day) I paid some  bills and did the *delightful* (ahem) adding and subtracting in the checkbook so I know how much money I'll have when the bill payments clear.  (Never mind that the next paycheck will be deposited before all of them clear, and I don't have that added in yet because I don't know exactly what it will be yet!  Let me feel accomplished!)

I've been thinking about finishing Feeding the Hungry, or perhaps writing the sequel, with a different name, and I've also been thinking about how to structure Fireborn to turn it into a finished novel.  Dang that Dragon-boy for insisting on being a viewpoint character--and a good addition besides.  It makes the story all lopsided as it is. 

Oh, well, no one ever promised that the fun stuff would be easy.

Come to think of it, the easy stuff gets boring awfully quickly...

So, tomorrow's goals--get some writing done, photograph roses, and blog about them too!

Random Musings

One of the things I love about dandelions is that they don't wait for permission to grow and be pretty.  Here's a picture of a dandelion I took a few weeks ago, growing with exuberance in the tiny crack where the alley behind my house meets up with the next house along the way.

And I don't think I bragged about it yet, but this is my newest icon by djinni .  Tod is awesome, the way he can draw so many, many icons in each batch and have them all come out  unique and attractive.

Of course, I love my roses too.  I have to spend some time taking pictures while they're at the height of their season, especially since that's now, not during Duckon, like in a normal year.  I'll try to do that tomorrow, instead of what I did today--get computers running normally again (this computer decided to stop noticing the touchpad; the old one that My Angel's been using for games stopped recognizing the keyboard.  That issue resolved when I turned it off and let the updates install; mine I had to call for help to get resolved.  Then (as if that wasn't enough chores for the day) I paid some  bills and did the *delightful* (ahem) adding and subtracting in the checkbook so I know how much money I'll have when the bill payments clear.  (Never mind that the next paycheck will be deposited before all of them clear, and I don't have that added in yet because I don't know exactly what it will be yet!  Let me feel accomplished!)

I've been thinking about finishing Feeding the Hungry, or perhaps writing the sequel, with a different name, and I've also been thinking about how to structure Fireborn to turn it into a finished novel.  Dang that Dragon-boy for insisting on being a viewpoint character--and a good addition besides.  It makes the story all lopsided as it is. 

Oh, well, no one ever promised that the fun stuff would be easy.

Come to think of it, the easy stuff gets boring awfully quickly...

So, tomorrow's goals--get some writing done, photograph roses, and blog about them too!