Christmas is Coming part 5

My father asked me today how many cards I make. Simple answer- as many as I need to send one to everyone who sent me a card, plus a few for people I will see in person.  How many is that?  I'm not really sure.  Haven't received any yet, but I know who usually sends them.  Do I have enough printed?  Probably not yet, so I better go make more.  I had some time today.

So I drove up to Ocean Grove this morning, despite the cold weather.  We do have a heater in our Studio, and in time for the recent open studio, I shut down Molly's fan.  (saw nothing she was drying, so I figured it was safe, and we certainly don't need it for temperature adjustment) And even in an unheated basement (as I used to use for printing) one tends to work up a sweat in printing.  I prepared six more pieces of bristol board, a suitable material for card making. Of course the problem with something stiff like bristol board is that it doesn't stick well to ink, so keeping it from shifting on the inked block is tricky.  Don't think that was a problem today, but checking printing progress and printing delicate areas can be a problem, and at least a few from today's print session were not usable.  

What I probably need to do is start coloring (the first batch is dry enough for this) and see how they turn out.  Then see what else I have, and make a list of how many I expect to send out.  If it looks like I won't have enough, I have time to print a third batch, and finally get what I need.  Writing them out doesn't take long since I now send out a letter with the usual news, and that I distribute by email.

Today's print session was so quick I didn't even have time to take a photo of anything.  Didn't even think of it until I was done cleaning up.  You didn't miss much.  Only had time for one disc, which was from my Jazz/Blues book, New Moon Daughter by Cassandra Wilson, written about in detail back in January of 2022.  I chose it mostly because I heard a song she covered on this album done by someone else last night, the theme song for a new show.