Article  Friends Thursday, July 17, 2008 Friends: http://youtube.com/watch?v=adYbFQFXG0U My journaling today is prompted by my circle of friends who are the greatest warriors I will ever know. Yesterday a twin set of beautiful rose bushes came to my door from a friend who found them on sale at Walmart.  What a treasure to have bushes that are covered in roses and will continually bloom. Truly, enough to pull anyone out of trudging melancholy, and how did he know this was the perfect timing?   I am working on a simple goal today and it involves getting ready for a friend's exhibit of his work in Stillwater.     My brother, Chief, who also lives at Stillwater, told me to bring the manuscript "Chief" to him and he would look it over.  I have a dual purpose for driving to Stillwater, only some 40 miles away, but with the price of gas, it seems more than that. My brother, the second Chief, looked so much like his older cousin he was dubbed Chief, also, and old friends know him by that nickname. Today I must: 1.Go to Walmart to purchase some extras for the meal I plan to serve at my  brother's home in Stillwater. 2. Pick up some "new" fabric for my granddaughter's baby blanket 3. Make cold salads, potato, and so forth to carry in the ice chest 4. Make Spanish rice, my brother loves.  I need some olives for that, and  remember to put in it the saved wild rice the other brother brought home. 5. Remember to make an arrangement from the flowers on the property for my friend's exhibit.  Possibly this is the thing for which most of  the populace doesn't pay much attention.  However, it is a part of the art world that becomes very important to the artist.  Most of us work alone and do discipline ourselves to do so.  The weight of pushing to finish up pieces can be as tiring as punching a time clock is for others, but our work often gets little appreciation for the stress involved.  Of course, smart and successful artists make a  way to relax.       Dali walked down steps outside his studio into the Mediterranean. When I was working all the time I used to step into the spa, but nowadays with that down and everything else pushing in on us, medical mostly, that isn't possible. I end up in a hot shower and that works.      Supporting other artists becomes a rule in our lives. 4. Plant roses early before the heat. Be sure to look at the U-tube.  I love the music and that one, to me, will be a classic to the end of time.  Added By DonnaFlood Email rlfflood@cableone.net Category Art Author Donna Flood Add To Favorites Print This Article Email Article To A Friend Post Comments   Rate This Article (1) 1 - Poor2345 - Good678910 - Excellent Added On Thu Jul 17th,2008     Relevant Images  No images have been Uploaded