Sailing Boats by Opal
Harriet was named after a song on their long out of printEarly Recordings album. That’s how much I love them. I had no idea that there was an Early Recordings volume 2.
Sailing Boats
Sailing Boats by Opal
Month: January 2010
Sailing Boats by Opal
Staff Meeting Doodle
gel ink and stickers in steno pad
6 3/4 x 6 inches
We had a big tech services meeting today, so I had time to doodle. I also had my annual evaluation this morning (at 7am!), which was fine. Human Resources decided to switch to a different format this year, and I guess a bunch of people are upset about it. It’s pretty standard, though. I suspect that the folks who are most upset are the ones who have worked here for 20-30 years. They don’t know what it’s like to work anywhere else, so they’re incredibly inflexible. I don’t care, as long as I get a decent evaluation. And I did!
Small Change
I never spend pennies. I have a bunch of bowls and piggy banks and even teapots, where I dump them when I clean out my coin purse. This was a habit I started in high school, only then I kept them in a half-gallon Bacardi bottle. When the bottle was about half-full, I knew I had enough pennies to cash in to pay for a concert ticket. In high school and college, I went to a lot of concerts with my pennies. Now, I just let them pile up.
Staff Meeting Doodle
gel pen and sticker in steno pad
3 5/8 x 6 inches
A coworker and I got lunch from Jimmy John’s over the holiday break. The sticker on my wrap came off in one piece, so I stuck it in my doodling notebook.
More Sisterly Love
I don’t know why they both have to cram themselves into the same bed–there are two of them–but apparently it’s comfortable.
Old Labels
I work mostly with old government documents that have never been cataloged. Many of them have handwritten labels that are peeling off, because the adhesive has dried out. Every day, I make a pile of them on my desk, and this is today’s pile.
Snow Day
It snowed today. A fair amount, too. I think it’s pretty much done now, though, which is good. I’ve got a dental appointment at 8am, so it would be nice if the roads would stay clear. It looks like it’s not supposed to be as cold in the morning as was earlier forecast, which is also good! It may not seem like much of a difference, but 11F is a whole lot warmer than 3F.
Now, I just have to decide whether I’m going to make up time working tomorrow or Saturday. Hmmm.
My Window
Staring Out My Window
Smokestacks
It was 6F on campus when I took this photo, and the steam from the smokestacks was billowing wildly in the cold air. It was kind of beautiful.
Sisters
Have I mentioned how glad I am that, when I was looking for kittens, I got littermates? They do fight sometimes, but only when their play gets out of hand. Otherwise, they are best friends. They usually sleep in a heap, and on occasion even squash themselves into the same bunk in their cat tree.
red paper boat 