I’ve been able to fit this blog post in because I came down with a cold! I vomited twice last night, have chills, a sore throat and vomiting. I decided to stay home to recover a bit and fight it off. With my fear of vomiting I decided to not go today. But it’s nice to have some ‘me’ time this week. It’s been difficult to do that – not that that is a bad thing, the group is fantastic, it’s just I miss my ‘me’ time.

This residency is better than I expected… which is always a good thing and has given me some fresh ideas and inspirations for new projects but at the same time I didn’t really know what to expect. I went in with an open mind and so glad I did. It is SO nice to be able to talk to like-minded individuals – talking about science and art.

The first two days we did a bit of hiking. The first one was down a mountain we climbed through a chairlift to see the foliage and the second we hiked through a forest in a national park. We were supposed to meet with an arborist to talk about the trees but I had to drive the group that day due to the group van breaking down the first night. The park didn’t have a specific address so I couldn’t plug it in the GPS and it was hard to orientate yourself. But we got there and focused the hike on finding things for the Kirlian workshop I did later that night! The kirlian workshop also came out really well and we got some cool negatives! So well, they want to do it again!

Yesterday, we went on a third hike into the forest to see the reptiles and amphibians with a specialist. We just happened to see a beaver, three types of tree frogs and a salamander. I’ve got some really cool photos.

I can’t wait to see how the rest of the week unfolds and to see where things go.