A Year of Making Art, Day 297: Never Cry Wolf
February 10, 2008 Day 297
Today was a day for blues in my drawing and painting:
Drawing #303 11" x 14"The painting is at an early stage:
When Adrian came back from his walk through the woods with Roxy, Laura said I'd better see if he needs help because his pants looked bloody. Well, he had fallen in the woods and when I helped him get his boot off, it was full of blood, which spilled and splashed. He wanted to use bath towels to stand on and clean up with, but the thought of bloody towels did not appeal to me, so I used paper towels, wrapping them around his leg so he could make it to the bathroom without trailing blood behind him.
A few minutes later, I checked on him in the bathroom, which was now covered in blood. He wanted to use regular band aids to stop the bleeding, but I put on gauze packs and tape, with Bacitracin to prevent an infection. He's resting now.
Because Adrian's skin is so thin (he's 81 years old) and he takes anti-stroke and blood-pressure medication, he bleeds easily and profusely. Combine that with his indefatigable determination to hike in the woods with Roxy for hours at a time, and you are bound to have a bloody mess occasionally. The good news is that he heals fast.
Last night we watched Never Cry Wolf, a movie about a scientist studying wolves in the Arctic tundra by living among them, and Adrian said he was inspired by the lead character.
(Note: There is a gap between the dates I'm writing and posting in order to give me time to get ahead.)
