Al Polston
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Fall Time Update
🕑 Added 2024-11-18 18:29:00 +0000 UTCI've been sick the past two (almost 3) weeks, the main bad part has passed but I'm left with a cough. It's very frustrating for me when I get sick, I like to stay active and have tons of projects I want to do. When I do get sick, it's usually longer than most people around me. I have asthma that thankfully doesn't give me asthma attacks, but it leaves me vulnerable to respiratory infections.
I tend to after a while being sick just try to pretend it isn't there and "work" it away. I don't know if it helps or makes it worse, but after 3 days of doing nothing I can't stand it anymore.
Our first frost is coming up soon (eventually, maybe) so I had to get some things planted I had bought. In the fall I always find really good deals on plants nurseries want to offload before the winter season. So between coughing and breaks I planted some elderberries, hydrangeas, an apple tree, a fig bush, and some arrowwood viburnum. I still have a witch hazel tree to plant.
I'm pretty burnt out on everything around here, but I want to push really hard as early as I can to plant things, build things, etc. It pays off in the long run when on year 2 or 3 you already see a tree fruiting or a bush making a beautiful border. I've waited so long to have a place I can make my own and I want to make my efforts count.
Aside from planting I have been trying to do more painting. I have been wanting to do more "real" pieces, but wonder sometimes if my sketchbook pieces are the real pieces.
I want to at least try and translate them to separate pieces of paper or make them larger. When they are all in a sketchbook they don't feel so real to me. But regardless, I just need to make more. I get so distracted with chores, farm projects, and youtube I make excuses not to make time for creating or doing other things I love. It's hard not to feel guilty, but I forget nobody is really holding me to some magical art making or horse riding quota but me.
A part of breaking out of my weird art block/avoidance cycle is rediscovering what I enjoy drawing. I made a list of 50 things I know I like and just pick something from that and slap it down. I've latched on to hound dog imagery, it has sparked a small creative burst. It reminds me of my dad, who used to go coonhound hunting as a kid. Our relationship has been fraught, but I can't deny I'm mostly like him. I think by analyzing him I can kind of study myself in a way. Idk, parents are weird.
Here are some fall moments around the farm
Comments
Abe Wiltfong
I grew up on a farm in Kansas and remember the rush of tasks mixed with with the pending frost combined with getting sick from the change in weather and it can be overwhelming. its good to stay busy but great to take time for yourself. love the artwork, would love to have a piece for my farm house.
Gabrielle Snow
Yeah the wings coming out of the hound is so grotesque but cute at the same time lol
Sami
You juggle an impressive amount of tasks, love seeing your farm life when you can! And really living for the hound vibes, the wings coming out of the folds is so awesome.
