Finally, I finished a project

I am so bad about procrastinating. It's a burden when you have set a goal then just don't do it. About 10 years ago, I bought some beautiful handmade paper when we were in San Francisco. I had no idea at the time what I would do with the paper but it "spoke" to me. About 5 years ago, a co-worker, at my last job, was going to visit his parents in Japan and he had mentioned that his father did calligraphy. I asked if he would ask his father to write something for me on this paper that I had. I later learned that his father did calligraphy for the Emperor of Japan.

I thought the calligraphy was a good idea at the time. My friend, Kazuo, brought me back the phrase "long life" written in 5 different styles of calligraphy.

This weekend, I got my act together and I put the frames together, had special UV glass cut, mounted the paper on a black background and put it all together. This morning I hung them over our bed. I'm so pleased with how it came out.

Besides what could be better than having long life wished on you five times every single day. I hope that will be our karma.