I have been trying to get back to my projects. I have been finding it very disappointing though. It seems that everything is taking me at least twice as long if not longer and I am constantly interrupted. So, I am trying to figure it all out. It is almost like everything I do gets undone while I am not looking. My nephews have been sick and need a 2nd mom to come and take care of them so I will be off to their place for a bit. I have tried to taking my art with me before, but that turns out to be so silly.
I have been photographing books for the book shop where I do different kinds of work(right now we are working on a new website). I wanted to photograph this 2009 published version of Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte with a cover done by fashion illustrator Ruben Toledo next to the version of Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte that my mom gave me to read when I was a teenager. It had belonged to her mother. I thought nothing of reading this book over and over. I took it from place to place as I moved around the country and dog-eared pages, threw it in back packs and on whatever shelf or desk I had at the moment. I was looking inside it to see when it was published so I could put that date with the photograph thinking it was probably published around 1930 at the latest but probably the 1950s or even 1960s.
(ooh, too cute!)
Well, I had a big shock. This book was published in 1848! That is one year after Charlotte Bronte died! Yikers! I have been so bad to this book! The Big Hat Books owner freaked when I told her. I am putting this book away for some archival healing. Who knew? My grandparents were older parents and had been through WWI, the Great Depression and WWII. If they had a book they were holding on to it! It is a beautiful book. I am so sorry beautiful book! I will take better care of you!
So for now, I will continue to take one step forward and 2 steps back. We are getting another big dump of snow too. I hope everyone stays calm. Wishing you all well. I made Valentines last year but I don't know if I will get them done for this year. I am still trying to mail out some Holiday gifts-so bad! Here is a Valentine for everyone in case I don't get around to them!
And, my little cats are staying warm. All 4 are traveling in a pack and sleeping in a big heap of black fur which is really cute-it is a circle where one cat's butt is the others pillow. They are hibernating big time. I want to be one of them!
