Autumn is Almost Here!

It's been a very stressful week, and I needed some much needed release via art and the outdoors. I learned a big lesson last week about chatbots, my autumn allergies flared up, and I underwent anesthesia. Once Friday evening hit, I brought out the pens and rulers and got to work. Sadly I don't have any photos before I started adding color, because it was only meant to be a doodle to smooth out my frayed nerves. However, I ended up liking it after I added the colors of the October leaves.  As of now, I've been using a watercolor paper I really like, but it doesn't go too well with the pencils, leaving some patchy marks.  I found a nice quality paper specifically for pencils, and while the pencils glide nicely, I don't enjoy drawing on it.  I need to find a happy medium for the quality of the drawing and my enjoyment of creating the piece. 

Despite the sniffles and sneezes, I love that Autumn is inbound and I can take walks in the cool weather while experiencing all of the beautiful colors via the leaves and the sky!  I felt so fortunate to have recently caught this sunset.  

The harvests are mostly over, except for some corn crops lingering randomly in some nearby fields.  It seems a lot of them were planted as fillers, once the regular crops were already planted.  Before we know it there will be icy fractals splayed across the landscape in the mornings!  

 

As far as my anesthesia last week?  I really get worked up over doctors and hospitals.  I was about as tense as it gets, but I do have some humor to share.  As I woke up from being under, I felt almost as if I had jumped back into my body.  I do think people leave their bodies while being under surgical procedures, so this isn't super strange to me.  However, I immediately felt as if I had woken up mid-procedure, so I started shouting to the anesthesiologist, "I'm awake and the doctor isn't finished!  I'm AWAKE!"  Her and the other doctor had a discreet chuckle and came over to tell me I had been done for a while and it was normal that I was awake.  I felt so embarrassed, but then wondered about all of the entertaining things they must encounter in the OR.  

I rested for two days and then got back out into my favorite place...Nature!!  Then, mid-walk, I learned that chatbots have a very specific way of writing and it's pretty easy to spot, once you know.  Soooo....I didn't know and hired someone to do some editing work for me.  I felt cheated, but also lacking in proof, felt I had to keep my mouth closed.  Ai has a time and a place, and I'm not against it.  If you read my last blog post, you willl see that.  However, it has a time and a place and isn't meant to replace the human touch, where the human touch is possible.  I'm getting very familiar with this form of bot now. I knew bots have really started to dominate social media, but that's another thing.  Bots, bots, so many types of bots.  It's really too much to wrap one's head around and keep up with. 

 

 The important thing...All is ok now!  I hope you all find yourselves well.