On November 1st fourteen years ago my website went public. It's been quite the journey. When I look back at everything I've done over the years I just feel tired. I guess that's what happens when one gets old. Everything is so much harder now.
I've been posting almost daily for many years now, and I think it's finally time to start slowing down a bit. It's time to maybe address the things that I've wanted to for years, but never had the time for because I'm always stressing over what new photos and stories to come up with in order to keep the invisible masses entertained on a daily basis.
So, what does that mean? And what lies ahead? I don't know, and right now I don't have any long term plans or goals. I just spent the last two months making prototype costumes for Ruby Red Fashion Friends. Sewing doesn't go as fast as it used to, and I've finally completed the designs that I wanted to. But of course I can't say what they are, or share photos of any of them. In fact it's all rather stressful having to keep everything a total secret.
I still have hundreds of photos from our trip out west earlier this year to process for a book I'd like to put together at some point. In fact there's lots of books I'd like to have made of many of my doll stories from over the years. Gathering existing photos is infinitely easier than taking them! In fact there's two rough first drafts that have been waiting for some time already for me to finally address. But I can't do everything at once, and time keeps marching on.
So, I'll see where the coming year takes me. Right now I'm finishing taking photos of my RRFF prototypes, and there's a short story I was inspired to photograph which I've been working on the past two weeks. We've been down to the beach five times already to take different scenes for the story, and there's still one more to do there, and it will be the most elaborate, complex one of all. It's just these photo shoots are very 'weather-dependent' and need to be taken either first thing in the morning on a semi-cloudy day, or late afternoon, also in semi-cloud or hazy sunshine - and with little or no wind. Then there's one final scene in my dining room. After that I'd like to just get back to taking photos of whatever inspires me, taking nice photos of my dolls just for the sake of it.
I still have lots of ideas, and things I would like to make, but it just keeps getting harder, and harder. So I guess the best I can hope for is a reasonably good year ahead. Or at least one where things don't get any worse.
Anyways, enough of that. Time to go finish setting up the last RRFF scene on my dining room table......
So, what does that mean? And what lies ahead? I don't know, and right now I don't have any long term plans or goals. I just spent the last two months making prototype costumes for Ruby Red Fashion Friends. Sewing doesn't go as fast as it used to, and I've finally completed the designs that I wanted to. But of course I can't say what they are, or share photos of any of them. In fact it's all rather stressful having to keep everything a total secret.
I still have hundreds of photos from our trip out west earlier this year to process for a book I'd like to put together at some point. In fact there's lots of books I'd like to have made of many of my doll stories from over the years. Gathering existing photos is infinitely easier than taking them! In fact there's two rough first drafts that have been waiting for some time already for me to finally address. But I can't do everything at once, and time keeps marching on.
So, I'll see where the coming year takes me. Right now I'm finishing taking photos of my RRFF prototypes, and there's a short story I was inspired to photograph which I've been working on the past two weeks. We've been down to the beach five times already to take different scenes for the story, and there's still one more to do there, and it will be the most elaborate, complex one of all. It's just these photo shoots are very 'weather-dependent' and need to be taken either first thing in the morning on a semi-cloudy day, or late afternoon, also in semi-cloud or hazy sunshine - and with little or no wind. Then there's one final scene in my dining room. After that I'd like to just get back to taking photos of whatever inspires me, taking nice photos of my dolls just for the sake of it.
I still have lots of ideas, and things I would like to make, but it just keeps getting harder, and harder. So I guess the best I can hope for is a reasonably good year ahead. Or at least one where things don't get any worse.
Anyways, enough of that. Time to go finish setting up the last RRFF scene on my dining room table......
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