Giselle

Two posts on the same day?!?! (Gasp).

I have recently gotten interested in drawing again (thanks, CLO). Back in the '80s I had a goldfish named Giselle. I chose that name because she (I don't know if it was really female) had beautiful fins and tail that flowed like a ballerina's skirt.

She was so pretty that I drew her, one from the side and one from a top view. I was very pleased with them. I even scanned them and sent them to another friend several years ago. I thought I had kept them in the computer, but when I went to look for them this week, I remembered that I had deleted them to keep the computer files from becoming too clogged.

"No problem," I thought because I still had the originals. Well, tonight I went to the drawer where I kept them, and they weren't there. After much digging, my brain finally kicked in and I remembered that I had cleaned out the other pictures I had drawn for my friend, and I think I may have recycled Giselle's portraits, too. Damn!

Several years ago, I did the same thing with a short story I had written. I thought I had a copy in the computer, and I also thought I had other hard copies, so I cleaned up and recycled them.
I think that's why I like jigsaw puzzles so much - I like to bring order out of chaos. I proof read to get things the way they should be (although if you look at the dishes stacked in the kitchen sink right now, that would be hard to believe). Even as I was looking through my drawer, I was throwing out paint sample sheets. I did keep the ones that had a sample we actually used to paint a wall. We've done a lot of painting in the 22 years we've lived here. It's hard to believe we've been here so long. My daughter's friends can't believe she's never moved - ever.

So, my lesson to myself is, yes, I need to keep the house organized, but don't be too quick to throw things out.

And I miss Giselle.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2o5T3m6hto