Sunday, July 5, 2009

the strangest thing to be grumpy about

I have the strangest thing to be grumpy about.
I was experimenting with oil painting yesterday. It felt perfect! We have a large basement that feels a bit cavernous and unfriendly during the winter, but now that it's the middle of a hot, muggy summer, it feels wonderful in the bowels of our little home! So, what a novel idea it seemed to be to do some painting in this basement of ours.
however...
this morning I took a peek at the self portrait i had painted to see if the paint was dry.
The paint was not dry.
In fact, it had been eaten by a mouse.
A mouse literally ate my face off.

Now that is something to be grumpy and amused about.