A Broader View

Morning. Hope you are happy and well. When I started this blog, I named it My Pets because I was going to focus on the four-legged denizens of my household. But it has occurred to me that I could also branch into other “pets” as well, such as pet peeves, pet projects, or pet whatevers and still have the title make sense. So feel free to check back or follow me to keep up with the mesmerizing lives of Fireheart, Tabitha, Gaia, Athena, and/or Aphrodite, but realize that more may be found in the way of scintillating entertainment among these posts. Ya never know.
I’ve started to scrapbook and I’m loving it. Scrapbooking delivers gratification on so many levels—creativity, immersion, complete control, a beautiful finished product, etc., that I think it should qualify as therapy (for anything). I know I feel better (lighter, happier) when I am stamping, gluing, arranging, writing, glittering, layering, elements on a page to convey the perfect feeling or message. When I’m done my creation makes me smile but then I just want to start another page.

I have discovered, however, this is not an inexpensive hobby. The bits and doodads are pricy depending on how fancy you want to get. But still, you set your own entertainment budget and prioritize according to what you want, which can at times flip flop. For instance, “Do I want to go to a movie or purchase that new packet of adorable papers?” Responses change in relation to what movie or if you feel you’re due a perk and decide to do both. In my case, the new Harry Potter movie would win.

Saw it, loved it, want to see it again. Came home and stayed up all night reading the last book again. Thank you J.K. Rowling for such a gift as this story and these characters. Good triumphs, honesty, empathy, and loyalty are rewarded, friendship comforts the soul, and intelligence and knowledge are valued. I feel all seven books are destined to join the classics of all time. Shame on the small minds that try to nitpick the series apart based on their own narrow views of life. Enough on that.

Here is a scrapbook page I did as a tribute to my sweet Skipper, who passed away last year.

I'll work on my photography techniques.