"ARROYO"

A dry channel through which water flows intermittently and irregularly. Kind of like this blog.

My art is an infectious need for me, sometimes a burden but most often a blessing.

This blog is about me and my obsessions, my loves, my need to create and my need of JUNK. I'm addicted to thrift stores, estate sales, flea markets and all roads leading off the beaten track to discover that perfect piece of junk. I recycle old license plates, old shovels, wheelbarrows, saw blades and anything else that's funky using my hand held plasma cutter. I love working with steel, sculpting, photography, watercolor painting, stained glass, and turning everyday utilitarian objects into art. Junked cars ~ I will always veer off the path to search out the beautiful wrecked Arroyo JunKers throughout Arizona, New Mexico and anywhere else the road may lead. When I'm not searching for those JunKers
I ~ RESURRECT ~ STEEL

Sunday, December 2, 2012

Minutes ~ Hours ~ Days

Minutes turn into hours, hours into days, days into weeks, and before I've been able to take a deep breath a month has passed.  It's been a month since my husband ended up in the ER and spent 12 more days having more test done that you can possibly imagine.  They botched a simple biopsy procedure and killed him once, but he's a fighter and wouldn't go and I surely wouldn't stand for that ~ and he knows better than to leave without giving me a kiss.  And sooo our battle begins  ~ again!  We are fighting "Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor Carcinoma".  Steve Job of Apple Computer lost his battle with this rare disease, but we WILL NOT!  We will seek all the treatments available to us and perhaps Germany is in our future since I've researched much good work being done there on this cancer.

We are moving forward and trying to get back to some sort of normal routine (even amongst the abnormal routine) and we look at each day as a blessing.  We both miss our lives as we knew them and carve normalcy, but we don't wonder too far from each other... although we've always been that way for the last 30 years.

Thank you all for your wonderful support, your loving thoughts, prayers, gifts of hope and just being there for both of us.  I hope soon to catch up with all of you and see what wonder and creativity you have been up to.


Takin' the back road from Greer to Morenci was gorgeous. This was waiting at the end.

Takin' the back road from Greer to Morenci was gorgeous.  This was waiting at the end.
Alpine Cliff Jumper

Don't you just love bugs! My first car.... but RED.

Don't you just love bugs!  My first car.... but RED.
Lamy, NM

This was a great old Studebaker Truck in Lamy, NM . It has seen better days. I love Lamy,

This was a great old Studebaker Truck in Lamy, NM .  It has seen better days.  I love Lamy,
Studebaker in Lamy, NM