Glass

Posted on July 2, 2023 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Fun, Fused glass, Glass, Necklaces, north east, Wire weaving, WorkshopLeave a comment

A few years ago I went to a fused glass workshop. I made glass cabochons that were then surrounded by wire woven to support them. The result were some amazing and bold necklaces.

The artist that ran the workshop was called Angela Ashton. And my friend Deborah Travis did the wire weaving so the results were really a good collaboration. I found this on Facebook memories and I really wish I could do it again, although Angela moved back up to the North East Coast I did find someone else who does workshops, the only problem now is the cost and I’m sure with the price of fuel these days the process won’t be cheap.

Cutting back Russian vine

Posted on July 2, 2023July 2, 2023 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Exhausted?, Fence, Garden, Growth, Hedge, Overgrown, Russian vine, Shed, thuggish, Tired2 Comments

Don’t plant this thuggish, invasive plant! We planted two of them ten years ago and they can scramble and climb forty feet or more in a season! It dies back and leaves tangled vines in the winter but it can grow tough ropey tendrils in the summer. A true triffid of a plant. Hubby was up a ladder dragging filaments of it out from underneath the shed roof and from the alleyway behind our house. It needs more work but it was exhausting for him. I’m tired and all I did was steady the ladder!

Playing with dots

Posted on July 2, 2023 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Abstract, Artrage, Dots, Drawing, Face, fictional, Fractal, Life, Poem, Poetry, SketchingLeave a comment

I didn’t know where to stop

Dot dot dot.. Dot

Your face

Covered in spots…

Out of control

Pestilence or freckles?

Why green

It went with the scene

Being seen

A mass

Of pointillistic

Doodling….

Yes, why do you want to know?

Posted on July 1, 2023 Posted in UncategorizedTagged anaesthetic, dailyprompt, dailyprompt-1984, Doctors, Memory, Prompt, Surgery, Thinking2 Comments

Have you ever had surgery? What for?

I’ve had surgery a few times in my life. I won’t say what for, you can share too much information. I may have to have more.

Surgery can be frightening, I’ve had general and local anaesthetics. You don’t know anything has happened until you wake up. Then you have to deal with pain. I prefer local anaesthetic to be honest. The surgeries I’ve had have really helped my problems. I would say have it if you need to.

I don’t know what else to say except its amazing what surgeons can do today, and in some cases they are bringing in robot surgeons. Probably a good thing as they don’t have hands that can shake!

Nature…

Posted on July 1, 2023 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Art, Black ink pen, Cherries, Drawing, Felt pens, Life, Nature, Prompt, SketchingLeave a comment

Thursdays #bandofsketchers prompt was nature. We have lots of trees in our garden. A lot of cherries have blown off our tree, so I drew some still attached! I took a photo but the colours aren’t quite right because it’s dark in here (trying to save electricity)….

Picassoish horses

Posted on July 1, 2023July 1, 2023 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Art, Emulsion, Horses, Life, Painting, Papier mache, penkhull mystery plays, picassoish, Props, Style2 Comments

The props for the penkhull mystery plays were made using willow withies tied and glued and then covered in paper and glue and painted white, then volunteers decorated them. I had fun giving a couple of horses a Picasso feel. I don’t remember if it was me or another volunteer that painted this one. There were four horses for an apocalyptic scene! I think we made a monster too but these are the photos from 9 years ago off Facebook memories.

Mystery plays

Posted on July 1, 2023 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged 9 years ago, Art, Emulsion on board, Fun, Painting, penkhull mystery plays, PerformanceLeave a comment

Nine years ago I was helping with penkhull mystery plays. Painting flat boards for scenery and Picassoesque horses which were props for the show. I really miss those days. The plays were sometimes religious or sometimes historical. Covid seems to have ended it. We all got older and it was hard work for the organisers to keep going…

Chomped cherries!

Posted on July 1, 2023 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Cherries, Food, Fruit, Life, pecked, Red, Tasty, Time, Tree, Umbrella, Water, WindLeave a comment

We just gathered some cherries off the ground because the rain and wind has knocked a lot off the tree. This is about a third of them that were too bruised, damaged or pecked. The rest have just been washed thoroughly in salty water and I’ve put them in the fridge to eat tomorrow. I will thoroughly rinse them again first.

The plan is to get a broom or a stick to try and pull some more down and collect them in an upturned umbrella. I hope the weather doesn’t intervene in the meantime! Praying the wind doesn’t whip up and blow them off. There’s still plenty left for the birds…

#movement

Posted on July 1, 2023 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, Dolphins, Fine Art, Life, Movement, Nature, Painting, Prompt, Swimming4 Comments

One of the Art groups I’m in wanted us to post a picture based on the prompt #movement. This was from my imagination after swimming with a wild dolphin called Georges. It had swum into a bay where we were caravanning and stayed around after the rest of his pod had gone. There was a notice the next day saying you shouldn’t swim with him because he was over friendly and dolphins can pass on pneumonia from the droplets from their blowhole. Anyway. I loved painting this and have great memories of swimming with a dolphin!

Hanging baskets hung

Posted on July 1, 2023 Posted in UncategorizedTagged arrived, Back yard, Colour, Garden, Growing, Hanging baskets, Mental health, Plants, Summer2 Comments

A few weeks late because I couldn’t afford them earlier. Some of the trailing plants got damaged in their transport in the back of our car. I would like to get a few small colourful plants to dot around the yard and make it more colourful. I will see what cheap plants I can get locally.

These cheer me up. I know they will last well into autumn, and looking out the window on a cold damp day brings up my mood. X