help! i'm trapped in a bee hive and i can't get out!
and also i can't make my hexagons orderly like you'd think they'd want to be. hmmmm.
it's okay. this is the hive of anarchist bees.
and this is a big ole pile of library cards that i'm having plenty of fun with. some would say too much. but some would be wrong.
i've been busy making my travel journal class sample for TICKET TO VENICE. sorry but i can't show you the whole thing yet. still working out kinks.
i've made an outline and i'm ticking things off my list. my priority right now is getting a class description written, some decent photos taken, and opening up registration. wide open. i am shooting for a date of november 11th. with our venice adventure beginning on december 15th. maybe the 10th...
i'm terribly excited. but the more i do the more i see there is to do. which is good. takes my mind off stressful school matters. i hope to have a resolution on that hornet's nest in a couple of weeks time. i'm taking action and i feel really GOOD about it. to haphazardly quote maya angelou, change is bulldozing a path down the center of my mind.
in the meantime it's saturday. the moon is nearly full. i have the entire week of thanksgiving OFF. tomorrow is not monday. life is good.
OMG I LOVE your anarchist bee hive! It's fabulous! Can't wait to hear more about the class!!! LOVE the Maya Angelou quote too! Happy Sunday!
Posted by: Michelle LaPoint Rydell | Saturday, October 27, 2012 at 10:38 PM
Love, love, LOVE your last thought. Amen, sister!
Posted by: Carol Gossett | Saturday, October 27, 2012 at 10:54 PM
Can´t wait for that new class.
Love the photo of your journals and the bee hive is cool.
Posted by: tina | Saturday, October 27, 2012 at 11:05 PM
You have us on tender hooks Mary Ann. Enjoy your day. xoDonna
Posted by: donna, doni, lady d | Sunday, October 28, 2012 at 03:32 AM
Can't wait to see the class and press the "buy" button. Thanks for the teasers.
And being in education I understand how you count the days off in small increments. Hang in there and live in your art.
Posted by: Amy in Texas | Sunday, October 28, 2012 at 08:28 AM
I am so excited about the class. It's better than waiting for Christmas. The hive is awesome, I think you'd fit right in with those buzzy bee critters. Love the quote too...gotta right that down.
Posted by: Susie LaFond | Sunday, October 28, 2012 at 09:40 AM
I much prefer your anarchic beehive to the alternative. Enjoy today! xo
Posted by: connie rose | Sunday, October 28, 2012 at 09:56 AM
I like the wonky beehive, makes for better honey.
Posted by: Domenico | Sunday, October 28, 2012 at 11:45 AM
I'm so excited for your new online class! What supplies should I start collecting? Love the hexagons, I think they're happy the way they are.
Posted by: Chelsy | Sunday, October 28, 2012 at 12:15 PM
If you could draw hexagons and have them all come out equal and straight I would have to tell you Good-bye! Thank goodness they are wonky and right. And yes, even through my miserable cold, life is good!!
Posted by: Caroline Berk | Sunday, October 28, 2012 at 02:24 PM
I'm sorry i didn't get a chance to get to the computer in time to leave a comment on your post earlier this week re: job. All I can say is, they don't appreciate you in that school district. I truly hope that things will improve; it's awful that you have to go to such a scary environment. We think you're awesome over here in blogland anyway (I'm sure I can use a 'royal we' there too.)
Poring over the tidbit photos and details - it's like a Christmas advent calendar over here at your blog these days! Weee heeee heee! I love advent calendars - keep it coming please :-)
Posted by: Jane Bumar | Sunday, October 28, 2012 at 04:51 PM
Oooh! I have a stack of old library cards and packets I've been saving too - can't wait to see what you do with them!
Posted by: Heather | Sunday, October 28, 2012 at 04:54 PM
Anarchist bees!!! Tee hee hee...that phrase MADE my day!
Posted by: Michele Unger | Sunday, October 28, 2012 at 05:36 PM
a whole week! Thanks are indeed
Posted by: susan w | Sunday, October 28, 2012 at 05:41 PM
Can't wait MaryAnn - your classes are my favourite of all time. Hope the school issues stay manageable.
Posted by: Jacqui | Monday, October 29, 2012 at 03:22 AM
I became obsessed with having that circular graph paper. I ordered some off ebay just now. Whew... we ALMOST had a meltdown there.... carry on.
We can still be friends now...
Love you!
Kisses!
Posted by: Brian Kasstle | Monday, October 29, 2012 at 03:25 AM
Fun stuff. Love that circular paper!! Can't wait to see what you are gonna do with it!! BTW, do you know what it is called? It is uber cool!
Posted by: Barbara | Monday, October 29, 2012 at 10:32 AM
I can't wait for your new class! Waiting.....waiting.....trying to be patient. Hugs.
Posted by: marci glenn | Monday, October 29, 2012 at 06:12 PM
Life is good? GOOD, you say? Hell, it's AMAZING, Mary Ann, and I have cleared my calendar for everything that occurs the minute after your new class is available to purchase!
Posted by: Lisa M | Monday, October 29, 2012 at 07:48 PM
No library cards here but I purchased an old metal card catalog and that sucker was really heavy when my SIL and I strained to get it into my house. Later I discovered one drawer was full of cards for the members of a union. They had interesting jobs such as stripper, scalloper, caster and gilder.
Posted by: Vicki | Monday, October 29, 2012 at 07:52 PM
I would like to know where you come by all this paper stuff! I have a thing for all things library related. One of my all time favorite memories is going to the library and getting my very first library card when I was 7 yrs. old. I can still smell that library, and the vision of carrying my books up to the librarian to check them out, opening each to the front page with the packet holding the card, stamping the due date on it. Oh yes, the start of my love affair with books.
We don't have stores with collections of that kind of ephemera here, not even the antique stores. BooHoo.
Posted by: Joan Clarke | Wednesday, October 31, 2012 at 02:50 PM
I love your life.
Posted by: Ann Elisabeth | Saturday, November 03, 2012 at 01:37 PM