House to Myself (for a few days, anyway)

Wow, what on earth do people do, when they live by themselves?? There is SO much TIME!!  One could get so much done!

In my excitement of this rarity, I ordered a coffee in town at Malaprops.  Regrettable, since I never drink coffee, the caffeine/sugar mix really shot me through the roof, and for a good 2 hours it was exceptionally difficult to concentrate on anything, much less sit still, which is hard enough on a daily basis for me. 
Oy! So, in the first rush, I made several small, quick sketches, then browsed my horse calendar collection (in a caffeine-induced frenzy, let me say), dragged out my largest watercolor block, and charcoaled then gouached this painting below. Not one to become prints, but paintings like this are always living in me, waiting for the chance to be freed. Doodling with paint, really. 

Im off now, to take this one off the block, and start another.

I wonder what will be produced over the next few days?

Blue Fire Horse; charcoal, gouache, Christina Serra