My life has not moved along a straight linear path in recent years – it probably never did. Because of my health, it has swung from one extreme to the next – from quiet calm to frenzied panic – without much warning. If I had to draw a graph to represent that activity, the line would have few crooked curves; it would be a line with jagged high peaks and deep valleys illustrating the sharp turns I’ve experienced while living with this yet to be fully diagnosed illness. However, as sharp as the turns have been, they haven’t all been bad. At the top of some of the high peaks, I’ve had some unexpectedly joyous moments and it’s been those moments that have kept me grounded and moving forward with some hope of a full recovery.
Interestingly, the difficulties of my health were not the first things I thought of when I read the word ‘crooked’ from the list of InkTober prompts. Although I’ve traveled to California before, I’ve never been to San Francisco. So why Lombard Street in San Francisco was my first thought I don’t know.
Somewhere in the recesses of my mind, I must have locked away the piece of trivia about Lombard Street being named “the crookedest street in the world” because of the eight hairpin turns in its design resembling zigzags that carry it down what was once a steep slope (27% grade). All the photos of Lombard Street I’ve ever seen, show a beautiful hillside lined with planted bushes of bright flowers and homes built on either side of a winding street paved with red bricks; and because of these features this street is a huge tourist attraction in San Francisco. Maybe one day in the not-to-distant future, when I get back to traveling on a regular basis, I’ll take a trip to see it.
My Small Surrenders 
These are fabulous and Well Done you on this creative challenge 🌟
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Thanks ibizagoldgirl!
I’m glad I decided to expand on the challenge the way. I’m also surprising myself with the drawings I’m creating this year. Unfortunately, it’s obvious when I haven’t invested much time in the drawing 😉
Quick question: did you get my email about the peanut butter? 🙂
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I really enjoy your artwork, this is a great challenge,
I did, I thought I responded ..,??
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Thank you! 🙂
I’m having lots of fun with it this year because I’m not putting as much pressure on myself as I did last year to be perfect or to post on time every day.
I’ve also made a lot of progress with my drawing/sketching skills that I’m happy with too.
I don’t remember seeing an email from you. I’ll have to see if it went to my junk folder.
I’ll be in touch again soon 😉
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I’ll check too, I’m notorious for starting messages then getting distracted with something else – we write a phenomenal amount of words each day … Thank you for the message and keep going with Inktober
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Until I read your message, I hadn’t given much thought to how much we write every day.
I remember when I was in school how stressful writing a 2-page report could be sometimes and now that number of words fills my screen with so little effort.
Thanks again for the InkTober encouragement 🙂
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Happy Friday, have a great weekend. Thank you for your message and I look forward to seeing what you create for Inktober 😊
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