Welcome to DJ Geribo's Art Apart Newsletter!

(bottom row, second from left: Fall Palette by DJ Geribo)

These past few months have been tough. Besides doing everything we can to bring our Kameko back to good health, I've had my own share of accidents. About a month after we brought Meko to the hospital, while out on a motorcycle ride with friends we stopped to take a walk through woods to look for the Cascade waterfall in Waterville Valley, NH. The waterfall was too far away and the walk was taking too long (we had to get home to give Meko more medication) so we started walking back. Along the way I found lots of pictures that I wanted to take and Jim was getting farther and farther away from me so I started running to catch up to him when suddenly, I stepped on a stick that was on a rock sticking up from the ground and I twisted my ankle. The sprain caused me to slow down and take care of myself, icing my ankle and resting as much as possible.

And then about 3 weeks after that, I was eating ice cream with chocolate chips in it when I suddenly felt something sharp in my mouth - a piece of my tooth broke off. Now I needed a crown for my tooth. Several weeks ago, one morning upon awakening, a message came to me: Stop beating yourself up. I felt so responsible for what my little Kameko had to go through that I'm sure I brought these injuries on myself (call it the negative Law of Attraction at work! It works both ways!) But I got the message, and now I'm moving forward, on the positive track! Meko is improving, and my ankle, although still swollen, feels much better and I can do my daily walks and almost everything else, just cautiously. I have an appointment with my dentist the end of November. Moving forward! Things are looking up!

Kameko Update The news is all good - her pcv blood count is finally in the normal range, up to 44 as of the first of November! If you remember from my last newsletter, normal range for dogs is 40-55. Also, her complete blood count report (which we have done about every 3 weeks) came back with everything normal. We are so happy about this and over the last couple of months have been cutting back on her medications. We have the Internist and techs at CAVES in Concord, NH to thank for saving our Meko's life!

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I love my studio, which is located above our garage. This is where I go when I paint, and also when I write, read, and just want to be alone. I have created a space that has everything that is important to me, that has meaning, and that I want to have around me. My husband has made my space warm in winter by installing a heater and a kerosene tank in our garage below my studio. Of course, I need the kerosene in the winter but throughout the spring and fall I try to use heat from the sun to warm my studio. Therefore, I would recommend to anyone building their own studio space to put skylights in and plenty of windows to let in natural light and heat. Although the summer months can sometimes be very hot and the skylights let in too much heat, here in the Northeast where summer is a short season, it really doesn't pose too much of a problem. I do have an air conditioner but I mostly open my windows and put on my ceiling fans. And you can cover the skylights to block the sun in the summer months, also. So, saving on energy by using the sun for heat and the outdoor breeze to cool is a very easy green thing to do!