What I have been up to and some Inspiration

July, August and September were productive months because I only had to work 20 hours a week. My other part-time job at the Language College started up again in October, so I am juggling my art with my ESL jobs again. It is not that bad though. I have been in Japan for five years. It doesn't feel as though five years have passed. I really love living here.

I have been making my rounds to different blogs in the last couple of days. These are a few of my favorite posts:

Famous Quotes

The person I have always wanted to be

To me, at 20

Flying

Comments

dianeclancy said…

Hi Juana,

Having some time off to do your own work makes a gigantic difference! I am glad you had that time this summer (I don;'t know where you live ... it might have been winter for all I know) *smile*

You may want to visit my regular blog ...

~ Diane Clancy
www.dianeclancy.com/blog

10/18/2007

GalleryJuana said…

You were right to guess that it is summer here in Japan. I will be over to see your other blog. I didn't realise that you had another one.

10/21/2007

Cat Drawing, Sunday Sketches

Sputnik, February 05, 2011, pencil on paper While Sputnik was getting ready to curl up on her bed, I drew this quick sketch of her. To view more sketches, hop over to Sophia's blog .

bird watching and staying home for the summer

Usually summer means several bicycle-camping trips, but with COVID19 still around, we are staying home. In the meantime, I have been pretty productive with my 100 Self Portraits project. Watching the birds that come to the bird feeders has been my daily dose of joy. fledgling House Finch Chestnut- backed Chickadee Dark-Eyed Oregon Junco Usually summer means several bicycle-camping trips, but with COVID19 still around, we are staying home. In the meantime, I have been pretty productive with my 100 Self Portraits project. Watching the birds that come to the bird feeders has been my daily dose of joy. View my art blog here: https://www.juanaalmaguer.com I have my art works available here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/galleryjuana

Blue-eyed Siamese Cat flies to Japan

Today was filled with my art and time with Sputnik. She was bathing herself which gave me the chance to catch a photo of her. I actually adopted Sputnik as a kitten in 1998 when I was living in Mexico. She made the long trip with me to Japan on July 25, 2004. It took me about 6 months to plan the logistics of bringing her from Mexico to Japan. Since I had to fly via the U.S. on Mexicana Airlines and Korean Airlines, that meant 4 countries and two airlines would need to approve her transport. There were many details to keep track of for each country and airline. After 6 months of stressful planning, 16 hours of two airline flights and layovers, She made it to Japan safely! Korean Air allowed her to fly with me as my carry-on luggage, which was a relief for me. No worrying about whether she was scared or left at the Los Angeles airport! I didn't give her any tranquilizer to sedate her. Yet, she was quiet the entire flight and went unnoticed by other passengers. I h

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