PiddleMouse
Member
As some of you know from my intro, this is quite a project for me. It has given me something to focus on, and an achievable goal. I love being creative, and although I've never excelled at anything, I've produced some pretty nice things in the past. Because of the onset of Huntingtons disease, practically all of the crafts I used to love are now almost impossible for me to do, but this, THIS is something creative that I can do I really have no skills in this department, but I am watching, and reading, and picking up ideas that I can use and do by myself, and hopefully, at the end, I will have the nicest aquarium set up I've ever had.
The technical/scientific/highly skilled qualities that are clearly displayed in many of your journals and scapes are beyond me, but I am realising that I am capable of producing something quite beyond my cluttered, plastic planted delusions of grandeur that I used to call an 'aquascape'
My mistakes already are becoming clear to me! I bought my plants yesterday, I have nowhere to put them yet! I don't even know what my plants are (aside from the two moss balls... I'd slap my own legs if I didn't know what they were )
I do know that although I want it to be pleasing to look at, I also have to keep it fairly simple as this is going to be my axolotl's (Mavis) new home. It can't be cluttered, it can't be brightly illuminated. If anyone can recommend some soft and gentle lighting however, please do. I've only seen the rather brilliant lights, and they would upset and stress Mavis. Perhaps this is where the soft coloured lighting my be good, far less glare.
My main reason for doing the journal is so I can have something to look back on and learn from, especially regarding the mistakes. Plus, it will keep me focused on creating something that I can, hopefully, stand back and look at one day and say ''I'm proud of that!'' It's been a while since I have been able to say that!
So, that's the story behind my journal, and also the reason I am here. Because I really do believe that being here amongst you people will help me get there more than anything else could.
And so, the baby steps begin!
The technical/scientific/highly skilled qualities that are clearly displayed in many of your journals and scapes are beyond me, but I am realising that I am capable of producing something quite beyond my cluttered, plastic planted delusions of grandeur that I used to call an 'aquascape'
My mistakes already are becoming clear to me! I bought my plants yesterday, I have nowhere to put them yet! I don't even know what my plants are (aside from the two moss balls... I'd slap my own legs if I didn't know what they were )
I do know that although I want it to be pleasing to look at, I also have to keep it fairly simple as this is going to be my axolotl's (Mavis) new home. It can't be cluttered, it can't be brightly illuminated. If anyone can recommend some soft and gentle lighting however, please do. I've only seen the rather brilliant lights, and they would upset and stress Mavis. Perhaps this is where the soft coloured lighting my be good, far less glare.
My main reason for doing the journal is so I can have something to look back on and learn from, especially regarding the mistakes. Plus, it will keep me focused on creating something that I can, hopefully, stand back and look at one day and say ''I'm proud of that!'' It's been a while since I have been able to say that!
So, that's the story behind my journal, and also the reason I am here. Because I really do believe that being here amongst you people will help me get there more than anything else could.
And so, the baby steps begin!