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I feel like this week has sort of been like a bad episode of a equally horrible game show... and I keep expecting an announcer to come out of the shadows and tell me what prize I have one...

will it be door number one ... or door number two... or the box that Carol is holding?

Not to say that there haven't been awesome moments... and generally... it has been fine. It's just every now and then... I feel like I am completely and utterly lost...

Like I have misplaced something really important and I can't remember where I've left it.

Realistically, I know that I have done things... but it feels as if there is so much to do yet...

and I can't help but feel occasionally like I am merely treading water.

That said... tonight I got to visit with a cousin that I really haven't known very well, but have the opportunity to get to know better now. It is amazing to me how alike we are in so many ways... having not had a whole lot of contact with each other over the years. One of those great mysteries I suppose...or perhaps there is more to genetics than most of us care to admit...

Today's ride was a brief one.... taken while my mom was busy with an appointment. I drove out Dingman Run Road... and made a couple odd turns onto other roads... just to go down some areas I had not seen before. Perhaps that is where we learn and experience the most... by taking side "roads" in life... just exploring... and being open to whatever lies ahead

... no matter if there is a "big prize" or not...

*photos by Elaine A. Russell

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"Time is free, but it's priceless.

You can't own it, but you can use it.

You can't keep it, but you can spend it.

Once you've lost it, you can never get it back."

--Harvey MacKay

(...time can be lost....)

(... time can stand still... or you can travel in time and space...)

(...but time waits for no one ... you must choose to live in the present...)

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I've been thinking alot about the concept of time. Oh... time is real enough.... but it means so many different things to different people. And just as there are so many people in this world... so are the many perceptions of time-- how to use it, how to make it pass more slowly or more quickly... the list goes on.

And so today... I took some time out to take some photos of an old pocket watch. I believe it was my father's grandfather's watch... and it has been broken forever... or so it would seem.

And like that old pocket watch.... I seem to be at a fixed point in time...
not moving forward; nor backward...


*all photos by Elaine A. Russell

the lost weekend

photos by Elaine A. Russell

---also known as Memorial Day weekend. Not sure what happened... but I forgot to post on Sat and Sunday. ... so I am posting now.

These are photos I took in my new studio. It is a much bigger studio space, but I am now sharing it with 3 other people. It is going to help me save money monthly, plus I enjoy the camaraderie with the other artists. The light is good, and the space feels good. Being in a more compact area has forced me to go through some of my art stuff.. and I managed to get rid of alot of it. That was good too.

I am now taking that "clearing out" habit, and applying it to the rest of my house. I am hoping to list alot of stuff on Ebay... so be sure to check out the link to my Ebay page for some cool items at great prices.