Doubling down

I’ve been fighting a particularly nasty bout of depression for the past few months, which isn’t helping with anything. I’m trying to force myself to do art through it though. I’m not super good at painting, but I want to get better. It’s difficult in a rut though. The world is burning so I might as well try to make it less awful. At the very least however, it’s easy enough to make little crochet guys at my desk.

It never ends

So, I’ve mentioned before that my dad was hit by a truck in October, and he’s still healing from it. The insurance is not only fighting us about paying out for replacement services and whining about how many appointments he has, but they’ve hiked the rate of our home insurance as well. Between that and the social security cuts, we’re in a bad bad place right now.

It would seem that I had missed a step when setting up sales, in that I never remembered to weigh or measure any of the things I’m sending. This is now fixed, and I feel like a goober idiot.

The heatwave is fortunately relatively mild where I am currently, and I’ve been able to stay pretty cool and un-migrained for the most part. As long as I avoid the sun, I’m okay. The problem is, last year I took up fishing and it really limits how often I’m willing or even able to go. I found a beautiful spot about a half hour out last month, and I wound up with a sunburn almost entirely localized to the rectangle of flesh in the middle of my foot that my sandals showed. I caught some very nice bass, though.

I’m going to try to sell some things I have made that are not cat related, however I have some things also that I can post up. They’re basically little flax bags in the shape of a cat’s head, and you can put them in the microwave for a minute and they’ll hold heat. Each one is unique and hand-painted, and some of them even have lavender inside them. I’ll have to give them each a good smell to remember which is which!

I do hope that my next posting is a. sooner, b. has better news, and c. has some nice things that I’ve made to show for it. I’m very stressed out right now.

Busy month

I’m admittedly not good at keeping up with this kind of thing, but it’s been a busy month! My father had an incident that reaffirmed his will to live, and he’s been putting his whole self into his therapy lately. He’s been getting noticeably stronger, and I’m very proud of him.

For myself, I tried to paint over a ceramic ashtray, but when it was finished and I tried to varnish it, but forgot it outside (never varnish inside!) and it rained and it was ruined. I was absolutely gutted, but this kind of thing happens I guess. I’ve been working on peeling the paint that was ruined, but at this point I’ll have to use a dremel and wire brush and well, I’m not sure where my dremel is.

Fortunately, I found another craft to occupy my time—I crocheted a vine and about 24 wisteria flowers. I hung it over the doorway to the living room, and they look fantastic. It really lends a touch of whimsy to the place. I have some fairy lights stored SOMEwhere that it’d be nice to hang up as well.

Furthermore, I’ve started making small soaps. I have molds that I had from a small foray into resin molding that are delightful cat shapes, and I realized that these would be a cute thing to sell as well. I’ll get some formulated and then post up on the website. The scent should be nice and subtle, as I am hypersensitive to scents. Hyperscentsitive.

Thank you for reading <3

Introduction

So, hello! I’m Rowdy Catte. I’m a disabled cancer survivor and artist. My dad lives with me, and I caretake for him as he was hit by a truck last October.

I’m trying to get this together so that I can combine my love of creativity with the necessities of making money in this current hellscape. However, I also just want a place to talk about things and show my art to the world. I want to share my progress and projects.

It is my sincere hope that you find joy and whimsy here, as I try to find it more in my personal life! I am a bit of a jack-of-all-trades currently, decent at many things but master of none. I hope to advance my skills while dabbling in SO many things.

Thank you very much for sharing this journey with me.