My latest series is finally listed. 
The first 2 paintings from this series have been on my wall for a while, but I delayed the first auction due to all the photos and wording revisions involved with the designing of the new template. Contrary to popular belief, I’m not always thrilled by being around my computer so much. With only the title and this photo, can you tell what the “theme” is for this series?
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OK, now go see if you’re right, and put the auction on your watch list (please.)
I haven’t been feeling too well the past couple of days. The right side of my head and right ear still hurt like crazy, and I’m now contemplating seeing the doctor. However, I’m stubborn and poor so I’ll wait a few more days to see if it fixes itself.
My gift from Nes.
Nes knows I love plants, flowers, and vegetables so he bought me an AeroGarden (which I’ve had my eyes on since I first saw it last year.) It wasn’t a special occasion and I wasn’t expecting a gift, so this was a great surprise! Nes is such a sweetheart. I didn’t plant a “real” outdoor garden this year, so this is the next best thing. An AeroGarden allows you to harvest herbs, vegetables, and flowers indoors for up to six straight months. The setup is soil-free, has automated lighting, a continuous watering system, and comes with dissolvable nutrient tablets, which makes it very easy to maintain. Nes bought me the chili peppers kit – 3 different varieties, which should be germinating in roughly 8 days. I thought it might be interesting to take a photo of it every week or 2 so you can see the peppers growing in my kitchen. Here’s the AeroGarden right after I set it up:
This is the inside…the water circulates around the seeds then drains back into this area. This is where the nutrients are added, and we should be seeing some root growth here in the future as well.
I will be be blown away if the plants look even half as good as the photo on the box. Stay tuned.
I'm an Internet-based (anxiety-ridden) abstract artist residing in Connecticut. I'm best known for my breast paintings, which I've been offering sporadically since 2001. You may also be familiar with my work with Koopa, the world's 1st professional painting turtle (now enjoying early retirement.) I'm currently spending lots of time creating photographs, beaded jewelry and poetry too! Check out some of the links on the top and sidebar, read some back posts, wander over to www.turtlekiss.com, and be sure to leave a comment if you have anything to add. Thanks for visiting!
2 Comments
07/01/2008 at 9:40 PM
Hi Kira!
Hope all is well with you, Nes and Koopa. Sounds like you may need to break down and see the doctor. I hope you get to feeling better. I love, LOVE the Forever Young picture! Love it! Very clever and so bright. Can’t wait to see some more! I tried hard for a painting earlier this week, but was outbid. Bad for me, but I’m so happy that your art is selling! I can’t wait to see how your peppers grow!
Take care!
07/03/2008 at 8:58 PM
Hi Beth – Koopa and Nes are doing great, and I’m on an emotional roller coaster (not a good one either…it’s like a rickety wooden one with no steep drops or bunny hops.)
My head/ear is better, but I’ve replaced that problem with stress – see my most recent post. Thanks for your kind words about the first “Forever Young” painting. It’s a series I hope to explore thoroughly, as there are about 20 more little wind-up “artists” here who want to show you their stuff. I ‘m definitely worried that the series won’t get any exposure though, just like the “Vegetation” series. I don’t know how to market the pieces that no one in their right mind would search for in the first place.
In any case, thank you so much for commenting…much appreciated! One of the peppers is germinating…photo update soon.
XOXO