The Gypsy on Adventuretag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-398792024-01-08T22:24:07-08:00We are our own devils; we drive ourselves out of our Edens. - Johann GoetheTypePadUm....tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452564b69e202c8d3a3bd31200c2024-01-08T22:24:07-08:002024-01-08T22:24:07-08:00GypsyHappy Birth Daytag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452564b69e202c8d3a3bc88200c2024-01-08T21:30:25-08:002024-01-08T21:31:47-08:00“All my big mistakes are when I try to second-guess or please an audience. My work is always stronger when I get very selfish about it.” – David Bowie Yes, David Bowie and Elvis Presley were both born on January...GypsyGratitudetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452564b69e202c8d3a01d0f200c2023-11-29T22:23:00-08:002023-11-30T16:35:27-08:00I am almost done with digging myself out of debt. When my brother Steve died in December 2018, I spiraled. I have been learning so much about my trauma responses since his death and really examining my reactions and when...GypsyIt has been a year of grief.tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452564b69e202c8d3a01ccc200c2023-11-29T22:03:14-08:002023-11-29T22:27:38-08:00This year has been SO hard losing special people especially from my childhood. From the music we danced to, those we looked up to, and those that made us laugh! Nov 16 George Brown, American R&B and funk drummer (Kool...GypsyInktobertag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452564b69e202c8d3a39cba200d2023-10-25T20:18:00-07:002023-10-25T20:18:00-07:00Tools of the Inking! 2023 This is the year I stick to it! I have gotten so insecure the last few attempts and this year I am going for it! Jumping off the edge! Mab’s Drawlloween and creative hand lettering...GypsyFly free my lovetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452564b69e202b685394f10200d2023-06-02T10:27:00-07:002023-06-03T10:34:02-07:00I have no words to articulate the pain I feel right now. I am heartbroken. I am not on FB that much anymore and usually only in the morning for a friends live. This morning I read the message from...GypsyMissing you ... stilltag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452564b69e202a308e31f48200c2022-10-10T21:04:00-07:002022-10-10T21:04:00-07:00A memory popped up today in facebook, from 2013, so I thought I would re-share here. In this photo grandma is dressed up and in her favorite color...this was on my birthday in 1970...my lifelong love of collecting dolls... Today...GypsyWhen its hard I keep my gratitude closetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452564b69e2026bdef260b9200c2021-09-20T22:10:58-07:002021-09-20T22:16:24-07:00Today I was noticing what I thought were shadows on the hills in my view only to realize they are the burn marks from the fire in August. The really dark part of the further ridge is the burn scar...GypsyPut a bow on it!tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452564b69e2026bdef20a84200c2021-09-18T17:50:00-07:002021-09-18T17:50:00-07:00Feeling sad from missing my girlfriends daughter wedding. We had planned before Covid that her bitches (our loving word for each other) would be there to help out and everyone went but me. But I am the only one that...GypsyHow is your humanity doing?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452564b69e20282e12172bb200b2021-09-15T22:09:00-07:002021-09-19T17:44:44-07:00'Once upon a time there was humanity' Art by Pam Walder I feel like I am working really hard at keeping my core intact and losing traction. That whole decision I made in 2000, "Be Better, not Bitter", from 2016...GypsyChange is never easy.tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452564b69e202788048734f200d2021-09-12T20:13:00-07:002021-09-13T20:38:22-07:00The first 2 photos are of a plant that I received from my friend Chrissy when my bird died in December, the darn raccoons last night knocked it over and displaced the dirt! Grimmy little poo butts! So I repotted...GypsyMemories don't fadetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452564b69e20282e1204883200b2021-09-10T23:07:00-07:002021-09-10T23:13:12-07:00This is a hard time of year to be on social media or to watch any TV. It started this week...the 20th Anniversary of 9/11. Every single year the going over of the horrendous day for the Country. The visual...GypsyAnnoying Traittag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452564b69e202788047689c200d2021-09-09T20:50:00-07:002021-09-09T21:14:37-07:00First off I am grateful that my boyfriend was able to recover last night while he slept. No issues through the night, just a little grumpy today, but he has a pass. When you don't feel good you can be...GypsyBlergtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452564b69e20282e11fc4e7200b2021-09-08T22:29:24-07:002021-09-08T22:34:01-07:00I have been watching Disney plus all day...I didn't think I would enjoy Cruella, but I really did enjoy it. I will have to watch it again and then sketch through the movie. I love doing that. Then I watched...GypsyMemories of Family Game nightstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452564b69e2026bdeef2379200c2021-09-07T22:35:45-07:002021-09-07T22:50:13-07:00Always as October approaches I miss my grandma Carmen more than usual. Today I was remembering when I was a kid, and my grandma was alive, the family would get together for dinners and game nights. Some times there was...Gypsy250-acre fire sparks beneath Foresthill Bridge, prompts evacuation orders near Auburntag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452564b69e2026bdeeeb5b9200c2021-09-06T10:54:02-07:002021-09-07T22:50:45-07:00I think all of our nerves are on edge...this is down the hill from us, but I have a friend who lives and works in Foresthill and it is such a beautiful area...it is hard to see this happening. And...GypsySelf-lovetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452564b69e2026bdeeeb7ac200c2021-09-05T22:56:00-07:002021-09-07T22:51:09-07:00Today is one of the coolest days we will have, by Weds it will be over 100 again! GROAN So I spent the day making turkey chili and 2 turkey meatloaves to freeze. I want to do a soup but...GypsyWGBtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452564b69e2027880463115200d2021-09-04T19:45:00-07:002021-09-04T21:04:08-07:00Happy Birth Day to the Love of my Life. I call him WGB, Worlds Greatest Boyfriend, he has had the title for 21 years. I never knew love like this before! Some times he gets on my last nerve as...GypsySoothing Gardenstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452564b69e20282e11e63ae200b2021-09-04T19:38:58-07:002021-09-05T10:07:46-07:00"Don't employ a gallon of words to covey a teaspoon of thoughts." A quote from a commonplace notebook I know that I can be a deep diver and get intense with my discussions...so on a light note... My garden is...GypsyHere we go again!tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452564b69e2026bdeeddaa1200c2021-09-03T07:30:00-07:002021-09-02T18:51:32-07:00Here we go again. Church and State is not being separated, stepping on other people's rights, religious bullies, rhetoric for the sheep. Texas is disturbing. Look it, you do not have the right to decide for other people HOW they...GypsyGrief is getting hardtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452564b69e2026bdeedbf5d200c2021-09-02T18:00:00-07:002021-09-02T18:06:36-07:00Facing our Demons. Be fearless your nerves will thank you. Every so often when the world becomes so triggering, I remind myself to have a tea party across from the old Demons that can pop up. Look them in the...GypsyWe've seen days like this.tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452564b69e20278804575a7200d2021-09-01T22:16:13-07:002021-09-01T22:16:13-07:00Any motivation to write is a good thing. When I interviewed Maya Angelou, she told me to write this sentence in my notepad and to never forget it: "Every storm runs out of rain." I still think of that line...GypsyWisdomtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452564b69e2026bdedd8341200c2021-07-03T19:06:00-07:002021-07-03T19:06:00-07:00We convince ourselves that life will be better after we get married, have a baby, then another. Then we are frustrated that the kids aren't old enough, and we'll be more content when they are. After that, we're frustrated that...GypsyPaper panictag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452564b69e2026bdeddb593200c2021-06-05T13:44:00-07:002021-07-06T09:34:14-07:00I was so happy to read the Well Appointed Desk blog post on the latest Tomoe River Paper: Tomoe River Paper Of course I panic bought some journals that I can use if Hobonichi doesn't use Tomoe River Paper next...GypsyBack for more...tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452564b69e20278802ba9af200d2021-05-23T19:23:00-07:002021-05-23T19:23:00-07:00I wasn't ready for the 2 hour drive but we did it again, drove back to the pottery place, our mini meyer lemon tree and orange tree need to be repotted and fertilized. So we decided to get two more...GypsyMaintenancetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452564b69e20278802baa50200d2021-05-21T14:43:00-07:002021-05-21T14:43:00-07:00We finally planted the Memorial Rose in the pretty pot...I told WGB it is our Swedish Rose! Blue and Yellow! Repotted these as well.GypsyGarden timetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452564b69e20278802ba80f200d2021-05-20T18:44:00-07:002021-05-24T14:21:51-07:00We have a really nice home and I am grateful for it, and a little at a time we try to improve it. We have been updating our garden. I bought a yellow rose in memoriam for Crackers, and it...GypsyShiftstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452564b69e2026bdecd4de3200c2021-04-22T21:52:01-07:002021-04-22T21:52:01-07:00Since being in this pandemic over a year...I feel like this! It has been a tough year, and my word for 2021 is "Re-Engage" because I am having a really hard time being around people. It is a VERB which...GypsySolartag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452564b69e2026bdecd4e64200c2021-04-07T17:52:00-07:002021-04-22T22:06:33-07:00We had a rep come out from a solar company to discuss our needs for this house. Recommendations were where WGB thought they should be. I like the fact that they are a worker-owned cooperative and do living wages, it...GypsyRut Rotag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452564b69e2027880219fbd200d2021-04-06T17:15:00-07:002021-04-07T17:17:25-07:00Time to start saving...they found the issues with my AC in the car and it is not good, in fact, I am disappointed in my old mechanic that replaced all these things that need to be replaced AGAIN in less...GypsyCaught it in Spring!tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452564b69e2026bdec93e43200c2021-04-05T19:37:53-07:002021-04-05T19:37:53-07:00Well in February, I did a major maintenance on my car, it is a 2000 Monte Carlo, and only has 55,000 miles on it. So it is so worth making sure it is running right. We even put new tires...GypsyGardening, Journaling, Looking at the Skytag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452564b69e202788020c318200d2021-04-03T22:48:23-07:002021-04-03T23:06:37-07:00WGB fixed the misters over the veggies, and they are working beautifully now. I have to keep an eye on the flowers and herbs, I don't over water, but every day they seem to be dry. We have no humidity...Gypsy Distractions and Bookstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452564b69e20263e99b9430200b2021-04-02T20:43:00-07:002021-04-02T20:43:00-07:00The Pandemic Year will be one of remembering playing Animal Crossing obsessively. I was late to the game last year, I bought it in May and missed the Bunny Day event! Apparently it gave players PTSD so Nintendo took it...Gypsytag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452564b69e2026bdec8a305200c2021-04-01T21:53:00-07:002021-04-01T21:53:00-07:002000 Today is my dad's birthday, and it is hard to believe he just turned 80. I asked him if he felt like he was 80 and he laughed and said he thought he was 40 in his head! I...GypsyFeels like Summertag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452564b69e2027880204ee7200d2021-04-01T21:24:00-07:002021-04-02T07:40:24-07:00Today WGB got his first Vaccination! We got up super early and drove the hour to go down to Roseville to get his vaccination. We are both half way there! AND great news, they are saying Pfiser is holding up...GypsyWatercolor addictiontag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452564b69e20263e99b1ac5200b2021-03-26T19:01:00-07:002021-04-01T21:35:05-07:00Today my watercolors from Lost Girl and Cate and Regan came today. I have no off button with these watercolors.GypsyArt Supply Storagetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452564b69e20263e99b1aae200b2021-03-25T16:59:00-07:002021-04-01T21:28:22-07:00I have been putting off getting the washi tape all put together in the makeup drawers...I have so many tapes! I want to make sure to put the ones I want to use all the time in the drawers for...GypsyFauci's Ouchietag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452564b69e2026bdec76d40200c2021-03-24T20:16:00-07:002021-03-28T22:45:11-07:00So I was really nervous when I woke up this morning, knowing I was going to get the vaccination today. I thought it was going to be the Moderna vaccine, but when I got into the process I learned it...GypsyMoving forwardtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452564b69e2026bdec72b4d200c2021-03-23T19:27:00-07:002021-03-23T19:27:00-07:00WGB got on me about finding an appointment for the vaccination. I have been looking on the California website, and he directed me to our health insurance website, and it had to be on the app on the phone (which...GypsyHopefultag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452564b69e2026bdec72796200c2021-03-22T17:53:00-07:002021-03-22T17:53:00-07:00I haven't been out of the house in a really long time. So we drove down the hill, and went to Eisley's Garden Center, only to find out they were bought out from Green Acres. They did a ton of...GypsyMovie Nighttag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452564b69e20263e999d902200b2021-03-21T21:26:00-07:002021-03-21T21:26:00-07:00Just wanted a chill night. Found Invisible City on Netflix An underground world is inhabited by mythical creatures evolved from a deep lineage of Brazilian folklore. One detective who finds himself caught in a murder investigation that puts him in...GypsySt Patrick's Day - a very very bizarre celebration indeed.tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452564b69e20263e99e5839200b2021-03-17T08:57:00-07:002021-03-17T08:57:00-07:00A British and Roman priest who attempted to annihilate the Druids, conducted exorcisms to banish the great Irish faery deity Aine, who told lies about the faery, who claimed he threw Pagan women who would not convert into the ocean...GypsyFinal Ritual of Deathtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452564b69e2026bdeb09114200c2020-12-23T18:05:00-08:002020-12-23T18:05:00-08:00We were able to pick up Crackers tonight before the vet closed. I need to find a local place to get a plaque engraved for her box. Last of the excruciatingly painful steps of the rituals of death and grief.GypsyGrieving hardtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452564b69e2026bdeb09070200c2020-12-21T20:48:00-08:002020-12-24T21:08:59-08:00I am quiet because I am having a really hard time.... We miss our girl. This is the first time we are real Empty Nesters. The house is too quiet. I was owned by that sweet girl for 36 years,...GypsyGood Bye Sweet Girltag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452564b69e2026be42f9ceb200d2020-12-19T17:54:00-08:002020-12-19T17:54:00-08:00We are devastated. Cracker's died this morning at 10:00 am. March 1984 -December 19, 2020GypsyLettering Arttag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452564b69e2026be42d1df2200d2020-12-15T16:57:01-08:002020-12-15T16:57:01-08:00Well, Diana, from Discovery of Witches didn't need fancy technology to find one! Giggle Seriously this is pretty cool!GypsyRuin beautytag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452564b69e20263e980b5d5200b2020-12-15T13:53:19-08:002020-12-15T13:53:19-08:00The photos of this submerged city just moves me...do you ever feel ghosts trying to talk to you, sad this is covered by a dam. It just seems to have some stories that should be told. I was struck by...GypsyOn-line Art Conferencetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452564b69e2026bde98b9fd200c2020-10-04T22:53:50-07:002020-10-04T22:53:50-07:00The 3rd Annual Wizarding Artist Society Conference was Thursday, October 1 through Saturday October 3. Each day there was a 3 hour live zoom class. Some of the exercises were easier than others. It is designed not to finish all...GypsyT.I.M.E. and other concerns of the daytag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452564b69e2026bde94385e200c2020-09-19T17:30:00-07:002020-09-21T10:49:28-07:00This Summer has been rough...I read an email from ToniandKim.com today and this was near the end of it, and I thought it was thought provoking and needed today. As humans, we are all a work in progress. Life right...GypsyFinally changetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452564b69e20263e9665a1d200b2020-09-17T21:37:17-07:002020-09-17T21:37:17-07:00THIS was so needed! We had not seen a blue or clear sky since August 17th! This was late in the afternoon, and I am hoping that tomorrow when we wake up it will remain blue skies. We SO needed...Gypsy