Kelly Gibbons, artist and writer, about me

Wednesday, March 31, 2004

I'm very unfocused today. I have made my list of things to do and I am ignoring it. I don't feel like doing any of it. I know I have to dig in and get it done, but I'm feeling like a spoiled child at the moment and saying "I don't wanna do it."

So instead I'm reading emails, blog hopping, making lists and I even stopped and went for a walk. I thought the walk would clear my mind and I thought when I came back I would be ready to tackle my list. I'm still not ready.

Instead I thought I would make another list of things I noticed today.

1. I like brown roofs on houses. They have to be the several shades of brown and mostly darker brown. These kinds of roof remind me of fairy tale cottages. My roof is dark gray and has burgundy here and there. I like it (it matches my house) but I like the cottage looking roofs better. I don't like light color roofs. They aren't appealing to me, but I won't hold it against anyone if they live in a house with a light color roof.

2. Oak trees don't lose there leaves like other trees. I saw 3 oak trees at one house that still had most of its leaves. They were brown and dead, but they were still on the tree. None of the other trees had leaves on them. As I walked I noticed many more oak trees with leaves but no other trees with them. I wonder why the Oak tree leaves don't fall off as much as the other ones?

3. Many more squirrels are out to play. I also saw a squirrel with only half his tail. He looked like a really skinny rabbit.

4. I smile every time I see a tree house. I want a tree house. I have a huge tree stump in my yard from a pine tree we had cut down. When the tree was being cut I asked them to leave it tall so I could build a tree house on top of it. I still want that tree house. If it ever gets built I want to set up an outdoor office in it.

5. I noticed that I always try to see things in attic windows. I always look to see if someone is there. An attic is my favorite part in the house. If I had an attic in my house (one that wasn't made for some one three feet tall) I'd have my office or work space in the attic.

6. We don't have many sidewalks in my town. Most of the roads on my walking routes don't have them, but whenever I am on a road with sidewalks I have to walk on them. These are roads that have very little traffic and it wouldn't matter if I walked down the middle of the street.

7. If there is a wall I can walk on I find myself doing it more often. It's fun.

8. I pick things up when I walk. In the last week I picked up an card, an old lottery ticket and a postcard ad for Atlantic City. I try to think of the meaning of me finding them. I hope they mean I will be winning a jackpot! I also pick up other things like rocks, interesting leaves, walnuts, pinecones. I line them up on my desk.

9. People lose a lot of clothing in the winter. I see gloves, scarves and hats all along the road. I even saw a towel today. You can tell they have been there awhile and have defrosted.

10. I am very intrigued by steps that go nowhere. I wonder what was there before. There had to be a reason for the steps and that makes me wonder why they left the steps when they took where they led to down.

posted by Kelly @ 3/31/2004 11:27:00 AM

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