Tuesday 11 January 2011

I Am Overwhelmed.

I have to begin this blog today by repeating the header I have given it, “I am Overwhelmed,” that so many have been in touch asking me where I am and how I am. I can only give my heartfelt thanks to you all for your kind words.
Life here has been difficult; we have had a tremendous amount of snow. This has meant that a great deal of time is spent trying to keep access to our street open. I live at the top of a very steep hill with a very narrow road leading up. This means that we get no help with snow movers or gritting machines. So much of my time has been taken up helping neighbours move snow, making sure everybody is well and have all that they need.

I have been managing to run, much to the amazement of many. I had thought that the blogging was one of the things that I could lay aside. I was so sure that it had run its course, but it seems that maybe I was wrong on this. I will therefore start thinking again about putting up a few new entries.

I have not had much time for painting, so again I felt a bit of a fraud contributing to blogs on the topic of art. Today I have been working on a small abstract, if I feel it is worthy I will get back to sharing some of these with you.

This week I will hit the ripe old age of 67, rather frightening, I do not feel a day over 25. I have set myself a challenge for this year, to run up and down Scotland’s highest mountain in under three hours. It normally takes people five hours to reach the summit.

I have added a small pastel at the top of today’s blog, it has an interesting little story behind it which I will share on my other blog.

The artwork on this blog is discussed at my other blog. The Squirrel

10 comments:

  1. Happy Birthday this week! Glad to hear from you!
    I would be very frustrated with all that snow myself! Do you remember the theme song for the TV show "Cheers"? The lyrics said something like, 'Some times you wanna go where everybody knows your name, and they're always glad you came...' Well here you are! Blogger is the place where we are always glad you came! Enjoy your day today!

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  2. Welcome back Ralph :) always nice to hear your ramblings !!

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  3. Welcome back, Ralph.Your snow played havoc with my morning routines! Glad you will be young and healthy on your 67 birthday!

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  4. Dear Ralph, I think just running up and down the mountain without a time limit is pretty awesome! Don't wreck yourself! Glad to have you back : )

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  5. Welcome back, Ralph! I'm amazed that you can run with all the demands on your time and in that weather! I'm glad you're going to spend time here again:)

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  6. Well, it's about time we heard from you again! I'm sure I can echo Jerry's words....our days have indeed been a trifle "off" without our morning 'read of Ralph's blog".

    Keep them coming! Happy painting again! Successful running this year....time limit or no!

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  7. I know I posted on the other blog..but here I am again. Happy birthday. I understand the snow deal! We have had a lot here in Utah and the cold has settled in and I realize I need to push myself into getting some exercise. Thanks for the inspiration!

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  8. So glad you are back Ralph. So you will be 67! That is excellent! I believe you should be the "poster boy" for everything that is wonderful about getting older. Wisdom! Humor! Unbridled joy & wonder about the world and the people in it! I like that you are also the "poster boy" for taking care of your health...all people in their 60's must embrace that idea...as it becomes less of an option to neglect oneself (without consequences). You are the quintessential "inspiration" and I hope you blog forevah!

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  9. Hooray! You're back! Happy birthday and good to see you back blogging. I've missed you!

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  10. Yeah! You're back! Happy Birthday on your day! And, happy days to us, once again enjoying your uplifting words.

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