Sculpture

Posted on May 26, 2024 Posted in Fine Art, Memories, UncategorizedTagged Art, Audlem, Birds, Carving, Choir, Life, Music, music festival, Singing, treestumps, WoodLeave a comment

I went out to Audlem yesterday to sing with our choir. Thankfully I got a lift there and back because I can’t drive that far.

We sang really well at the Music festival and managed to drown out a band that was playing across the road from us!

We had sung inside Audlem Methodist Hall for the first half and then outside in the garden for the second half. That’s where I saw this sculpture of two birds, I think they were doves, carved out of two tree stumps. I really would like to have a sculpture like this done in my own garden where I had to have a tree cut down because it was dying. I think whoever carved this is very clever.

Something else

Posted on May 26, 2024 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged dailyprompt, dailyprompt-1950, Fantasy, Film, Life, niche, Programme, skill, Thinking, TVLeave a comment

What are you good at?

Margaret Rutherford played Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple

I often write here about Art and other activities I’m good at, but one of my favourite things is solving TV crime mysteries. I’m relatively good at it, I often know who the guilty party is well before the end. I have to stop myself saying who it is though, as its an irritating thing to do if I’m watching with someone else.

I would imagine that the makers of films and TV shows want people to guess so they include clues, but unless it’s a programme like Columbo where they show you the guilty party straight away it can be more of a challenge.

It’s a bit of a niche skill though, reality is not the same as a story. Life isn’t a tale we tell ourselves. I don’t think I would ever want to be a real detective, it would be too messy and upsetting. I just enjoy the fantasy of being good at guessing the criminal !

Enough

Posted on May 25, 2024 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Caring, dailyprompt, dailyprompt-1949, Fairness, Friendship, Life, Sharing, Support, ThinkingLeave a comment

What does “having it all” mean to you? Is it attainable?

Having it all? Enough to live, enough to share, enough to give…..

Freedom to learn, freedom to understand, freedom to care for others as well as yourself. Friendship….

Time to think, time to follow a dream, time to allow life to happen.

Having it all does not mean being selfish, or prejudiced. Misogenistic or Misanthropic, and I think it also means keeping idealism alive.

People who have it all should support the world and nature as much as they can with the means they have. Fairness above all is important, and a wish to care.

Star

Posted on May 24, 2024 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged Allium, Blurred, Dorothy Clive garden, Flower, Image, lucky, Movement, Photo, Plant, Purple, star shapeLeave a comment

Photo of one part of an allium flower head that had opened up before the rest of it. I just managed to get a decent shot of it, I was shaking and the wind was blowing it about, I guess the movements cancelled each other out!

Metallic eye?

Posted on May 24, 2024 Posted in Memories, Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, ArtRage app, Blue, Digital drawing, Drawing, Eye, Funny, Metallic, pupil, SketchingLeave a comment

I’ve jut tried to alter the drawing of a gold bangle I drew for another post. I’ve smudged the outside and added white to the centre then a blue pupil with white highlights. I also rotated the image by 90°.

I’ve ended up with an eye apparently floating in space. Perhaps I should add stars?

Flowers

Posted on May 24, 2024 Posted in Memories, Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Chelsea flower show, Colours, Digital drawing, Drawing, Flowers, sketchfu site, SketchingLeave a comment

Drawing of flowers done on the sketchfu app 6 years ago. This was influenced by the Chelsea Flower Show that happens in May every year. My favourite plants are included here, marigolds, pansies, poppy, for instance. I hope my yard looks a bit more like this in a month or so.

My sister

Posted on May 24, 2024 Posted in Cat, Memories, UncategorizedTagged Cat, dailyprompt, dailyprompt-1948, Distance, hugs, Internet, Life, Sister, Talk, telephone, Zoom1 Comment

Who would you like to talk to soon?

I don’t get to speak to some people often enough. My sisters live away from here, miles away, so I’ve got to talk to them over the phone, or on the Internet. It’s the same as being on a zoom call, still friendly but no hugs. I get to see one of them occasionally.

I know I have lots of friends, but I still isolate myself when I’m feeling down. Certain things like choir cheer me up but it’s still a big effort and when I’ve had a shaky day like today it’s just hard to reach out. I don’t want to impose on them. I wish my cats could speak, what gems would they pass on? I imagine the words feed me would come up frequently!

Feels like autumn!

Posted on May 24, 2024 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Arctic, Atlantic, Autumn, Cold, Film, Gulf stream, Life, Spring, Summer, the day after tomorrow, Weather, WetLeave a comment

Some leaves are falling despite copious rain. It’s mid may up here in the northern hemisphere, but spring and summer feel far away. What is happening ? Is the climate changing? Maybe it’s a slow motion version of the film the day after tomorrow. Some talk of the Gulf stream current dwindling has been mooted over the last few years. The stream pulls up warm water from the Atlantic up the west coast of Wales and Scotland then on up to the Arctic. This floats above cold water travelling underneath it in the opposite direction. But humans seem to have the ability to mess things up. I have no proof of this. I’m merely speculating. But the weather is cold and grey. I think I’ll take a vitamin D tablet.

Gold coloured bangle

Posted on May 23, 2024 Posted in Memories, Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, ArtRage app, bangle, Childhood, dailyprompt, dailyprompt-1947, Drawing, gold coloured, Memory, SketchingLeave a comment

What personal belongings do you hold most dear?

When I was about 12 my mom and dad bought me a gold coloured bangle as a present while we were on holiday. It clipped together on one side and had a little chain that stopped it from falling off. Of all the things I have this was the most precious. I still have it, it is a bit worn, the gold colour has rubbed off a bit, the swirly engraving of flowers is still visible but it’s slightly too small so I rarely wear it.

#forest

Posted on May 23, 2024 Posted in Fine Art, Memories, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Autumn, Blue, Brown, Colour, Fine Art, Life, Orange, Red, Russet, TimeLeave a comment

Painted last year from a photo of an autumn wood. I’m in another group of artists on Facebook that does weekly prompts. This week was #tree, #trees, #forest, #forests. What gripped my attention was the russet, orange and bronze leaves on the forest floor and following the contours of the deeply worn pathway through it. Some paler leaves are still clinging to the trees, and the distant foliage is pale blue to send it backwards (I might have used pale grey but I liked using the complimentary colour to the oranges.