SQUIRREL!!

It was brought to my attention today, by a good friend, that I may lack focus.

Those weren't the exact words she used... scattered was one of them. Easily distracted was another. Take on too much put in an appearance. Not superwoman got a mention. Crazy was in there somewhere too...

In fact, I was compared to the dogs in UP (watch video if you haven't seen the movie). Love the dogs in that movie but I think I see what she means... I'll be doing one job, then I'll see a rusty object and ... SQUIRREL!

ANYway... I don't think I'm scattered. I think I just have too many ideas, too many lists, too little time and too little space in my head.

In fact, that's my usual excuse when I forget things. I only have so much space in my brain. If I let more things in, some things have to go to make room for more.

At least I've had a productive weekend. I did tons of stuff which was on my list. Plus things which weren't. I love weekends like that!

(Means I can put new things on the To Do List!)

So, here's what I'll do. Rather than go on and on in a long scattered blog, I'll confine myself to one project per blog. How's that for focus? Huh?

One thing I did was work on the corner of the deck. This is where we step up off the driveway onto the deck. Last weekend I put a large chalkboard on the wall. This weekend I moved the cabinet I'd mosaic-ed to the porch and added legs to it.

Not real legs. Temporary legs. I just cut chunks of a leftover post from when we made the deck. They're the right size more or less so I may just paint them and call it good.

Last night I did my own version of chalkboard art. Badly. My handwriting really sucks. Which proves this is authentic.

If I was photoshopping it, you'd bet the typography would be spot on.

I put my old watering cans on the cabinet, added the only pot plant I have which is flowering (the only plant flowering in my yard, full stop!) in a galvanised planter, and voila! Very pretty.

Please ignore the horrible handwriting. It helps if you look at it and squint.

 I think I'll stick to computer typography from now on.

z