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What to do??

I just can't make up my mind on what I want to be working on. I've done many floral ACEO's but something stops me from putting watermarks on all my pics and list them.
One thing that I'm sure will go against me selling very many is that I can't offer to send the mini art printed.

I've got the oldest Cannon Printer, serial port which I use with my Window's 98 desktop. It prints out alright if I'm using the prints for collage but to get that real pop of color like I designed the pictures to look, you have to have a good printer.

I'm hoping they sell well, there are so many artists out there really working it and I don't have the fire under my ass anymore. My mind wants to do things that my body can't do. When did I get old, I think it was two years ago when I had the thyroid  cancer. I haven't been the same since. I must admit my lack of energy is due more to my COPD. You need oxygen going to those muscles to make them work good. Damaged lungs, my fault, lucky it wasn't worse.

If anyone should stop by and read this, I was needing to know how I can put a watermark on my pics all at the same time. I have several hundred to get done before I can list them so I would appreciate any help.
Bernice

Summer was here

Yesterday we had our first day of our temps getting up to 80. Today is cloudy and very windy, we have some storms coming our way. I heard that we might get more snow by the weekend. It's no wonder why so many of us get sick with the weather going wacko.

When I read that so many of you are already planting your gardens I get really jealous.I know it will come but what to expect. Last summer we roasted at 100 for so much of the summer that I never went outside.
I just want the summers like I remember as a child growing up in Kansas City, MO. I don't remember any bad weather days. Summer was about being outside all the time. Skating, biking, croquet, badminton I was always on the move.
I think I will ponder on the years gone by and the fun and freedom I felt then.

The Gothic Garden art by Bernice (Hodges) Wagnitz

That second back surgery and thyroid cancer really kicked my butt. I just don't seem to have the energy to even think of doing any art. Just opening my etsy shop seems like such a chore. Another part of me not doing my art is that I have my studio in my basement. My home was built in 1920 and at least twice a year I will get the drains backing up. I'm used to it but it leaves the basement so humid I get a rainbow of molds growing on the walls near the floor. I used to spray and scrub with bleach then I read to just use hot soapy water. It goes away but comes back. I can't afford to be running my electric bill up to run a dehumidifier.
I have COPD ( Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ) and the mold makes me cough and I'm sure it isn't good to breath. So I use my laptop upstairs when all my art supplies are, yeah, in the basement.
I tried all the drying out chemicals, should have bought stock in the company. I would need the industrial size and it's only good for a month.
Anyone out there have any suggestions that don't cost tons of money. Yeah I'd love to have a studio with big windows, lots of sunshine, warm in the winter and dry all year round.

I do have an "Artist" page on Facebook, it's The Gothic Garden art by Bernice ( Hodges) Wagnitz. I'd love your thoughts on my art and if you like what you see than please "Like" it.

I've done quite a bit of new art since I last posted so I best get busy and get them in here.

More to come.......
https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/The-Gothic-Garden-art-by-Bernice-Hodges-Wagnitz/120444404698305