Beating the Blahs! Knocking out S.A.D.

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Beating the Blahs! Knocking out S.A.D.

The days are a little warmer and a little longer. It is February and we are experiencing a thaw now. The moisture coming down today will be in the form of rain – rather than snow.

When we lived in Hong Kong we never thought of the difficulties that Canadians had during this period of winter. We never considered the possibilities that people would be harboured up in their homes and wishing to goodness that winter was over.

There are times that I would give anything to have one mosquito bite me now. I wouldn’t want the second bite… one would be enough. It would mean that we are in a warmer climate to have the little buzzer come near me! Oh yes – I can dream.

There are folks suffering right now from S.A.D. – season affect disorder. There mind and body have had enough of the snow and cold – and hunkering down. I think I am one of them.

One answer for me personally is the inventions and creations that I now work on inside my Misty Hollow Workshop. I know that I will not have enough time to do these things as the weather gets better and the days longer. Now is the time to create.

Last night two new Teddy Bears came from my workshop - plus one new carving.. and the new carving is a whole new line of potential carvings… little houses that are made for fairies to live in. Should be fun at an upcoming show next Saturday.

Oh that is the other thing about the creation part, we are starting another season of shows and opportunity out there. People are getting excited and booking me to come to their shows and happenings across the area. I am so ready to go… but need much more product that will be for sale…

So back to the Workshop today… more slugging and cutting and thinking and doing and creating and just having a ball. If I would have known that retirement was this much fun I would have done this before working… or maybe not worked at all.

I only hope that today you can find something that will improve the winter blahs that is so easy to slip into. Create something new! That is a great help… to me and the ones around me.

If you are in our area, this next Saturday I am one of the presenters at the Buckhorn Heritage Day – Saturday, February 19, 2011 – at the Buckhorn Community Centre - http://www.buckhorncommunitycentre.com/

I will be demonstrating the Spring Pole Lathe and have some of my carvings on display as well.

Have better day today. The ones that you had last week were not so hot… today is much better.

~ Murray Lincoln ~
http://www.murraylincoln.com/