Heart with fingerprints
We leave our fingerprints on our hearts.
Today I was almost done in by a garbage can. I was rolling it back after picking up some leaves and it kicked out. I stepped on the lid and went down right on the edge of the can with my full body weight. I scraped my neck and have a bruise. When I was laying on the ground in pain all I could think about was to be killed by a garbage can was not the way I wanted to go. I told my wife about it when I got home. She laughed. She said if I had filmed it I would be famous. Well there goes my big chance at fame. I took some pain meds. I hope to get a good night sleep. Tomorrow I have to build a set. I pray I can get through tomorrow without a lot of pain. Draw a heart and think about love.
Love erupts
Hot love
Today was one of those days I was in intense pain but no one would know it. It’s like my brain says lets set those nerve endings on fire. When I woke up I could on open one eye. Things were spinning. I pushed through. I had stuff to get done. People count on me. I have four kids. No matter how much you smash the terminator he is going to keep come. He has a mission. I have a mission. I have to take care of my family. Every day no matter how I feel I have to love them. One day I hope to live pain free. Until then I will keep moving forward towards my mission. Loving and caring for my family with every spec of myself. Draw a heart and think about love.
Night time love
My nightly ritual. First I put the kids to bed. I tell them that I love them them. Most nights I grab a beer. I drink it while I put down my base coat. I then use the stove burner to dry it. I don’t have a lot of time so I have to speed up the process. I then begin to put the details in. I then use the stove burner again or ave a little ice cream while I wait for it to dry. If I am not doing a water color I tend to search online for inspiration. I may also roll around of the ground hoping a idea comes to me. When the piece is done I take a picture and post it on Instagram. I then place it in the scanner. I then write words to go with the picture. If I have any time after this I watch a little cartoons. Any one that knows me knows I love cartoons. I will watch anything animated. Well that’s the ol’ nightly ritual. Draw a heart and think about love.
Love glows bright
Love’s flight
Love is headed to it’s destination.
When a plane is flying in the clear blue sky we have no perspective on how fast it is going. I was talking to a friend tonight about how love is a plane flying to a destination we have chosen. We have dreamed about that place. We have put pictures up on the wall. We talk to anyone who will listen about the place. Then the day comes that we have dreamed about and we get on that plane. The thing is when we hit a little turbulence, the meal is bad or the movie sucks we head right to the escape hatch. We pull that lever and jump out the plane. Why? We know the best thing is to stay on that plane. We know where the plane is headed. It’s head to our dreams. Love is traveling faster than we think if we can only stick with it through all the bumps we’ll get there to.
Buried love
oh, scanner you drive me crazy
My happiness should not be based on how many green lights I get through. My happiness should not be based on how much work I get. My happiness should not be based on how other perceive me. I have a lot still to grow. I wanted to send my mother a nice bouquet of flowers for mothers day. The company completely messed up the order. It won’t get there until tuesday. They blamed me for picking the wrong day. They couldn’t cancel or fix the problem until they are delivered 3 days from now. I guess it takes three days to deliver flowers. I want to get upset. I want to chew on that bit of anger all day but I let it go. My mom will still love me even if the flowers come late. If you bury love it looks like there is growth above ground but there is only death. Each time I draw a heart I dig up a heart i buried a long time ago.
Winds of love
They are a blowing
Love is in the air. Only a few more days until my anniversary. I will be married for twenty one years. The beginning of the year was rough. Things were a little tense. The funny thing is right now we are having a great time. Love is never easy. You have to put the wok in. We went for a walk this evening and it was one of those great family nights. Were everyone is getting along. We are happy. It’s in these moments that I know I have everything. I really am a blessed man. I know that tomorrow that could all change. I have to take it one day at a time. Enjoy it while I can. Worrying about it isn’t going to do a thing. The best thing I can do is not be stressed. Which I can easily do. These days I am happy that I am so busy drawing these hearts each day. It gets me out of my on head and puts the focus on love. Draw a heart, think about love.
Can you see love
Today I see it
Last night I had restless sleep. I kept having the same bad dream over and over. I am exhausted today. I started drawing hearts on a page and it led to this. I like it. The gift shop sign is my favorite. I should of colored it in. I used watercolor pencil to draw the hearts in the painting. Then I used a wet brush to blend them all together. Some of the hearts completely disappeared. I need to get to bed a little early tonight. I spent to much time last night reading about adwords. Also I am planning on moving the site to another hosting account. I was trying to figure out how to do that. It made me sleepy reading about data transfers from one server to another. Remember to see love every day.