Roots<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thank you all for leaving comments and emailing me after I wrote that last post about being depressed, and then dropped out of sight. I’m sorry I didn’t respond to any of you, and I hope you understand that being responsive was difficult for me at that time. I went to the Doc finally, after … Continue reading “Roots, my latest WIP (\u2026 and thank you for wondering where I\u2019ve been.)”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[32,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hi-diddle-dee-dee","category-my-drawings"],"yoast_head":"\nRoots, my latest WIP (\u2026 and thank you for wondering where I\u2019ve been.) - Carol's Drawing Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2009\/01\/roots-my-latest-wip-\u2026-and-thank-you-for-wondering-where-i\u2019ve-been\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Roots, my latest WIP (\u2026 and thank you for wondering where I\u2019ve been.) - Carol's Drawing Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Thank you all for leaving comments and emailing me after I wrote that last post about being depressed, and then dropped out of sight. I’m sorry I didn’t respond to any of you, and I hope you understand that being responsive was difficult for me at that time. I went to the Doc finally, after … Continue reading "Roots, my latest WIP (\u2026 and thank you for wondering where I\u2019ve been.)"\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2009\/01\/roots-my-latest-wip-\u2026-and-thank-you-for-wondering-where-i\u2019ve-been\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Carol's Drawing Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2009-01-01T15:42:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2010-07-21T04:33:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/roots_drawing_2.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Carol\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Carol\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/2009\\\/01\\\/roots-my-latest-wip-%e2%80%a6-and-thank-you-for-wondering-where-i%e2%80%99ve-been\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/2009\\\/01\\\/roots-my-latest-wip-%e2%80%a6-and-thank-you-for-wondering-where-i%e2%80%99ve-been\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Carol\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6a4d245062c819bedd53d57134797e17\"},\"headline\":\"Roots, my latest WIP (\u2026 and thank you for wondering where I\u2019ve been.)\",\"datePublished\":\"2009-01-01T15:42:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2010-07-21T04:33:08+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/2009\\\/01\\\/roots-my-latest-wip-%e2%80%a6-and-thank-you-for-wondering-where-i%e2%80%99ve-been\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":172,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6a4d245062c819bedd53d57134797e17\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/2009\\\/01\\\/roots-my-latest-wip-%e2%80%a6-and-thank-you-for-wondering-where-i%e2%80%99ve-been\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2009\\\/01\\\/roots_drawing_2.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Hi-diddle-dee-dee\",\"My Drawings\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/2009\\\/01\\\/roots-my-latest-wip-%e2%80%a6-and-thank-you-for-wondering-where-i%e2%80%99ve-been\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/2009\\\/01\\\/roots-my-latest-wip-%e2%80%a6-and-thank-you-for-wondering-where-i%e2%80%99ve-been\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/2009\\\/01\\\/roots-my-latest-wip-%e2%80%a6-and-thank-you-for-wondering-where-i%e2%80%99ve-been\\\/\",\"name\":\"Roots, my latest WIP (\u2026 and thank you for wondering where I\u2019ve been.) - Carol's Drawing Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/2009\\\/01\\\/roots-my-latest-wip-%e2%80%a6-and-thank-you-for-wondering-where-i%e2%80%99ve-been\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/2009\\\/01\\\/roots-my-latest-wip-%e2%80%a6-and-thank-you-for-wondering-where-i%e2%80%99ve-been\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2009\\\/01\\\/roots_drawing_2.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2009-01-01T15:42:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2010-07-21T04:33:08+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/2009\\\/01\\\/roots-my-latest-wip-%e2%80%a6-and-thank-you-for-wondering-where-i%e2%80%99ve-been\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/2009\\\/01\\\/roots-my-latest-wip-%e2%80%a6-and-thank-you-for-wondering-where-i%e2%80%99ve-been\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/2009\\\/01\\\/roots-my-latest-wip-%e2%80%a6-and-thank-you-for-wondering-where-i%e2%80%99ve-been\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2009\\\/01\\\/roots_drawing_2.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2009\\\/01\\\/roots_drawing_2.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/2009\\\/01\\\/roots-my-latest-wip-%e2%80%a6-and-thank-you-for-wondering-where-i%e2%80%99ve-been\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Roots, my latest WIP (\u2026 and thank you for wondering where I\u2019ve been.)\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Carol's Drawing Blog\",\"description\":\"Drawing lessons and art by Carol Rosinski of Toad Hollow Studio.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6a4d245062c819bedd53d57134797e17\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6a4d245062c819bedd53d57134797e17\",\"name\":\"Carol\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/12\\\/cropped-sunflower-atc.jpg?fit=512%2C512&ssl=1\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/12\\\/cropped-sunflower-atc.jpg?fit=512%2C512&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/12\\\/cropped-sunflower-atc.jpg?fit=512%2C512&ssl=1\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"Carol\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/12\\\/cropped-sunflower-atc.jpg?fit=512%2C512&ssl=1\"},\"description\":\"I'm an artist, an accidental author, and lover of life. I grew up in Yorktown, Indiana, and I've been writing (and drawing) this website since 1999.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/toadhollowstudio.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/author\\\/admin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Roots, my latest WIP (\u2026 and thank you for wondering where I\u2019ve been.) - Carol's Drawing Blog","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2009\/01\/roots-my-latest-wip-\u2026-and-thank-you-for-wondering-where-i\u2019ve-been\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Roots, my latest WIP (\u2026 and thank you for wondering where I\u2019ve been.) - Carol's Drawing Blog","og_description":"Thank you all for leaving comments and emailing me after I wrote that last post about being depressed, and then dropped out of sight. I’m sorry I didn’t respond to any of you, and I hope you understand that being responsive was difficult for me at that time. I went to the Doc finally, after … Continue reading \"Roots, my latest WIP (\u2026 and thank you for wondering where I\u2019ve been.)\"","og_url":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2009\/01\/roots-my-latest-wip-\u2026-and-thank-you-for-wondering-where-i\u2019ve-been\/","og_site_name":"Carol's Drawing Blog","article_published_time":"2009-01-01T15:42:51+00:00","article_modified_time":"2010-07-21T04:33:08+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/roots_drawing_2.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Carol","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Carol","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2009\/01\/roots-my-latest-wip-%e2%80%a6-and-thank-you-for-wondering-where-i%e2%80%99ve-been\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2009\/01\/roots-my-latest-wip-%e2%80%a6-and-thank-you-for-wondering-where-i%e2%80%99ve-been\/"},"author":{"name":"Carol","@id":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/#\/schema\/person\/6a4d245062c819bedd53d57134797e17"},"headline":"Roots, my latest WIP (\u2026 and thank you for wondering where I\u2019ve been.)","datePublished":"2009-01-01T15:42:51+00:00","dateModified":"2010-07-21T04:33:08+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2009\/01\/roots-my-latest-wip-%e2%80%a6-and-thank-you-for-wondering-where-i%e2%80%99ve-been\/"},"wordCount":172,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/#\/schema\/person\/6a4d245062c819bedd53d57134797e17"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2009\/01\/roots-my-latest-wip-%e2%80%a6-and-thank-you-for-wondering-where-i%e2%80%99ve-been\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/roots_drawing_2.jpg","articleSection":["Hi-diddle-dee-dee","My Drawings"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2009\/01\/roots-my-latest-wip-%e2%80%a6-and-thank-you-for-wondering-where-i%e2%80%99ve-been\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2009\/01\/roots-my-latest-wip-%e2%80%a6-and-thank-you-for-wondering-where-i%e2%80%99ve-been\/","url":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2009\/01\/roots-my-latest-wip-%e2%80%a6-and-thank-you-for-wondering-where-i%e2%80%99ve-been\/","name":"Roots, my latest WIP (\u2026 and thank you for wondering where I\u2019ve been.) - Carol's Drawing Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2009\/01\/roots-my-latest-wip-%e2%80%a6-and-thank-you-for-wondering-where-i%e2%80%99ve-been\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2009\/01\/roots-my-latest-wip-%e2%80%a6-and-thank-you-for-wondering-where-i%e2%80%99ve-been\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/roots_drawing_2.jpg","datePublished":"2009-01-01T15:42:51+00:00","dateModified":"2010-07-21T04:33:08+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2009\/01\/roots-my-latest-wip-%e2%80%a6-and-thank-you-for-wondering-where-i%e2%80%99ve-been\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2009\/01\/roots-my-latest-wip-%e2%80%a6-and-thank-you-for-wondering-where-i%e2%80%99ve-been\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2009\/01\/roots-my-latest-wip-%e2%80%a6-and-thank-you-for-wondering-where-i%e2%80%99ve-been\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/roots_drawing_2.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/roots_drawing_2.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2009\/01\/roots-my-latest-wip-%e2%80%a6-and-thank-you-for-wondering-where-i%e2%80%99ve-been\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Roots, my latest WIP (\u2026 and thank you for wondering where I\u2019ve been.)"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/","name":"Carol's Drawing Blog","description":"Drawing lessons and art by Carol Rosinski of Toad Hollow Studio.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/#\/schema\/person\/6a4d245062c819bedd53d57134797e17"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/#\/schema\/person\/6a4d245062c819bedd53d57134797e17","name":"Carol","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/cropped-sunflower-atc.jpg?fit=512%2C512&ssl=1","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/cropped-sunflower-atc.jpg?fit=512%2C512&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/cropped-sunflower-atc.jpg?fit=512%2C512&ssl=1","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"Carol"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/cropped-sunflower-atc.jpg?fit=512%2C512&ssl=1"},"description":"I'm an artist, an accidental author, and lover of life. I grew up in Yorktown, Indiana, and I've been writing (and drawing) this website since 1999.","sameAs":["http:\/\/toadhollowstudio.com"],"url":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1r5dp-5D","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":334,"url":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2008\/08\/drawing-creativity-and-depression\/","url_meta":{"origin":349,"position":0},"title":"Drawing, Creativity, and Depression","author":"Carol","date":"2008\/08\/30","format":false,"excerpt":"This is the first drawing I've made from life in a few weeks. It's not very good but it felt good to sketch form and texture again. I've always struggled with my moods but until now I've always been able to draw no matter what state my mind settled into.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Hi-diddle-dee-dee"","block_context":{"text":"Hi-diddle-dee-dee","link":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/category\/hi-diddle-dee-dee\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Flowers In A Vase","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/flowers-pot.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":140,"url":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2007\/03\/drawing-through-sad\/","url_meta":{"origin":349,"position":1},"title":"Drawing Through SAD","author":"Carol","date":"2007\/03\/02","format":false,"excerpt":"I get SAD (seasonal depression thought to be caused by the reduced hours of sunshine in the day) this time of year and I find it very hard to draw when I'm in the midst of it. The trouble is, I've promised to do a series of drawings for someone.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Hi-diddle-dee-dee"","block_context":{"text":"Hi-diddle-dee-dee","link":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/category\/hi-diddle-dee-dee\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":143,"url":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2007\/03\/roots-and-roses\/","url_meta":{"origin":349,"position":2},"title":"Roots and Roses","author":"Carol","date":"2007\/03\/09","format":false,"excerpt":"Drawing is my root system. When I draw regularly after a period of not drawing, I'm always amazed at how centered and relaxed I feel again. My time suddenly seems longer, my emotions settle, and I know what I need to do next for my greatest good. It's so easy\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Hi-diddle-dee-dee"","block_context":{"text":"Hi-diddle-dee-dee","link":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/category\/hi-diddle-dee-dee\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":160,"url":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2007\/03\/exciting-possibility-online-classes\/","url_meta":{"origin":349,"position":3},"title":"Exciting Possibility – Online Classes","author":"Carol","date":"2007\/03\/28","format":false,"excerpt":"I've moved my main website (toadhollowstudio.com) to a new host that has amazing new features. One of them is an online class module that allows me to create elaborate online classes. I've wanted to try creating an online drawing class for quite a while and this module seems to be\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Hi-diddle-dee-dee"","block_context":{"text":"Hi-diddle-dee-dee","link":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/category\/hi-diddle-dee-dee\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":324,"url":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2008\/06\/sketching-nature-simply-lombardy-poplar\/","url_meta":{"origin":349,"position":4},"title":"Sketching Nature Simply – Lombardy Poplar","author":"Carol","date":"2008\/06\/17","format":false,"excerpt":"After a huge scare involving the health of our oldest cat, a long sleepless night, and an amazing recovery, I spent some time sketching outside last evening to come back down to earth. We have a few Lombardy Poplars in our front yard. They were planted there by the previous\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Hi-diddle-dee-dee"","block_context":{"text":"Hi-diddle-dee-dee","link":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/category\/hi-diddle-dee-dee\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Sketched Poplar","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/poplar-4.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":73,"url":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2006\/10\/a-drawing-a-day\/","url_meta":{"origin":349,"position":5},"title":"A Drawing a Day","author":"Carol","date":"2006\/10\/23","format":false,"excerpt":"I've been looking for drawing blogs to link to and I've been inspired by all the people out there who draw everyday. I've fallen out of that habit and am making a pledge to myself to start drawing something everyday again. For me, this means to complete some small drawing.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Hi-diddle-dee-dee"","block_context":{"text":"Hi-diddle-dee-dee","link":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/category\/hi-diddle-dee-dee\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=349"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1299,"href":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349\/revisions\/1299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
![\"Roots\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/roots_drawing_2.jpg\" "\\"Roots\\"")
<\/a>