On 01.02.02, I was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer. Too late for surgery, I had chemotherapy, which failed. In May the chemotherapy was changed and I was soon in remission which was celebrated and welcome and lasted nine years - until October 2011. There was progression in 2011 so more treatment was indicated and I am now back in partial remission. But I'm not only a cancer patient - I also enjoy my family, walk my dogs and am learning to draw and paint. Life is good!

Sunday, May 04, 2008

From my journal

I want to use my sketchbook for just about everything -- for when I try very hard, for some momentary image (like yesterday's lizard) and just for journaling fun. The last one is the hardest for me -- some of us just don't know how to play -- but now that my drawing skills have advanced to the 3rd grade level I can start drawing things just for my own entertainment. So that's exactly what I did!

9 comments:

  1. It's a very charming page!!! I have discovered that having fun often yields the most wonderful and surprising results :-)

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  2. Yahoo! Ireland! I was there a few years back, and have a wedding to attend in Galway this fall. Enjoy your trip, and take tons of pitcures!

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  3. lovely job...and it sounds like you are following it...off to ireland...HAVE a blast and draw ALOT of sketches!

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  4. Cute page and great attitude!

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  5. Wish more people took the advice. Enjoy

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  6. i really like this page! i love how the girl is part way off the page. it has great movement!

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  7. Playing is such hard work sometimes! I didn't do very well at it when I was a kid! You made a very happy page here, one you'll love to come back and look at again and again.

    Have fun in Ireland. It's the only place I've ever wanted to travel to but now I'm afraid I'd see too many Starbucks and McDonald's. I'm waiting to see what you have to say about it or should I say, draw/journal about it?

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  8. I like how this page comes together. The person walking off the page adds urgency, and the color helps, too.

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  9. Thank you, all of you, I'm flattered beyond words (and it was a fun page to draw too!). - Barbara

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