Was printing some copies this afternoon to use later on in the year….As usual the copier fairy moved the originals around right before the copying began. At first I could get two on a page but gave up trying to make 3 perfect ones…….Instead, I retrieved my scissors to make things right. Suddenly I was 8 or 10 or 12 and cutting out stuff…..had to be along the line, depending on which side of the scissors were meant to follow it.

Each and every one had to be done properly because they were going to be presented to adults throughout the year, when necessary. “Take your time”, I thought, don’t cut the black line inside on one and outside on the other. Don’t make the cut upward or downward at the end where there is no line…..do it right…..I loved it….no tension…I’m 78

Kind of reminds me how nice it is to color again….I have my own 3 coloring books and they are not for sissys. No big fat lined pictures of flowers or doggies with floppy ears….No way, these are dozens of flowers, with animals full of design, and geometric frames all around. These are the kind of pictures you use the dot of your gel pen to fill in the space. These are the kind where you need to study the picture first so you can see the how equal both sides must be…If the leaf is green something on the right side, it must be the same green on the left.

These pictures are for rainy days or zero days with TCM or Hallmark on…no hurry, at least 2-3 hours to get half done. Gel pens must be arranged in colors just one step above or below the next. Plenty of time to use gold and silver……after you decide what part of the drawing must be filled in and what part just outlined…for the proper look.

Ah yes it was fun…..paper, scissors, and crayons and a few hours to go back in time and be a little ‘type a’ girl…… later