Spirit Haven 2022 -- Day 2

Slept fine last night. The moon woke me up around 2:00 am when it moved to shine in my window. Wore the same clothes as yesterday. Why do I even pack clothes to bring along?

I didn't go anywhere in a car today. I wanted to get myself relaxed before I ventured out in a car into the world again. I painted some bits and pieces, I worked on my drum binding page for the day, I looked at the waves and the water and mentally tried to break them down into their parts. That will take more study. There are circles of light on the surface and below the surface, squiggles of light and water, and colors and shadows. 

Susan and Peggy went swimming. I measured the water temp -- 46F. Too cold for me. Had breakfast of rice/kale/beans. Lunch salad with hard boiled egg, some bacon ends, radish, cheese, and miso mustard dressing. Dinner Peggy made salade nicoise. Of course we had cocktails throughout the day too. We blew a fuse in the evening when both heaters were plugged into the same room. Took a while to find the fuse box because it's outside. 

Highlight of the day was watching the rising off the full moon at 9:38pm. The Buck Supermoon. The July full moon is named so because this is when bucks antlers are in full growth mode and it's a supermoon because it's closer to the earth than usual and appears bighter and larger than usual. The Buck Supermoon is the 3rd of 2022. The Sturgeon Supermoon in August will be the final supermoon of 2022. 

My painting felt rusty and awkward but I was not unhappy with the results. I'm out of practice and out of mind and today was the day for me start to refocus my eyes and my brain and get back in the habit of practice. Today was also a perfect day to be on the deck. No wind, no bugs, temperature good, and just an overall haven for the spirit. 

Graphite rubbing of the rocks
Crayon rubbing of leaves and bark
The daily page for the drum book (took all day off and on and is a bit weird)
Two postcards of trees
Lake-scape near dusk of the lake in the drum book but I washed it off. It got muddy.