Reflections

I am so intrigued by my newest addition to my new studio. This turtle showed up in our fenced yard. She is a red eared slider. In doing some research this turtle could be quite old maybe even 10-15 years and is about 9-10” long. One night she showed up at the fence line. The next day I looked for her and she was under the brugmansia, 20 minutes later she disappeared. Then my husband found her in the pond. She comes out and suns on the sides, of the pond. When I can I sit on the new studio porch and watch her. It is a great way to relax. I tried to make her a bathing spot by piling a flat rock inside of the pond, but the builders and the very loud compressors they use seems to bother her.

The day before yesterday I was feeding the fish in the upper pond. And what did I see? The slider. I thought she must have had quite a little trip the night before, you see this upper pond is about 15 feet, an uphill trip, and has two waterfalls in between the two ponds.
I have not named her but I have thought about the name Techla. It was my grandmothers name and though “Tecla the turtle” does not exactly roll off your tongue it is fun to say.
Maybe grandmas other name, Tilly would be better. “Tilly the turtle. I love it!

I have a few projects in the studio; however, I am terribly distracted by the building of a new art studio. After over 16 years of working at 1048 West 25th street, my art studio is being torn down. It is sad to see it go, as it has been a part of my inspiration and artistic growth, as well as containing an incredible amount of memories. I wrote about it in the April issue of the Houston Tribune 2005, “Life is Full of change”

It is; however, time for a change. We have decided to build a new studio, which has all of its own ways of distracting and diverting my attention. We expect to be moved in the first of July.

I am thrilled to finally have this blog in place and to have it working on my server. I so enjoyed sharing the creative process of the Newsboy sculpture created for the Texas Press Association and intended for the state capitol in Austin.

I had wanted to have a regular newsletter, I hope to get that going. Or, if you would like, you can come back to this blog regularly. It has; however, been a huge task to keep a journal or newsletter in html and archive it myself. When I was introduced to blogging I was sure this would solve the problem. Thanks for your patience in waiting for this creative endeavor.

Please feel free to comment and add suggestions.
Bridgette

(This entire website has been updated and this blog has been updated three times since this launch in 2005.  When it was begun “blogs” didn’t even exist. I’m delighted I still have these posts and remembrance of a career and a life. Thanks for reading. )