Stuck

Posted on February 18, 2025 Posted in UncategorizedTagged anxious, Car, car door, car seat, car window, central locking, Escape, gear stick, handbrake, locked in, panic, Stuck2 Comments

Came home from choir, went to get a takeaway and my electric window wouldn’t work. So had to open the door to collect the food. Then drove home, but when I tried to open my door it wouldn’t open. I tried hitting it and the lock stuck. By then I was panicking. I started honking the horn and flashing the car lights but no one was around. My phone was on the back seat and I couldn’t reach it. I tried to squeeze my foot up and over the central gear lever and brake, to get into the passenger seat, but couldn’t move my leg so I managed to pull the lever under the seat and tip the seat back to give me more space. I shuffled across hoping I wouldn’t knock the car out of gear or loosen the handbrake. I finally shimmied across. Luckily the passenger door opened. I WAS FREE! I’m shaking and need a decent garage to tow it away to fix it. Meanwhile I daren’t drive it because I don’t know if I’ll get stuck again. 😢

Staring at me

Posted on February 18, 2025 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Black and white cat, Cat, cold day, Food, Life, Milk, Nap, Sitting, Staring, Tuxedo cat, unique3 Comments

My Cat is staring at me, he’s been doing it for a while, I get the impression he wants something, maybe food or milk. I woke up from a nap and saw him just sitting there, so I took a quick shot of him. Cats have their own way of doing things, this cat is definitely unique.

Right, I’d better go and feed him and put the heating on it’s blooming cold!

Cold

Posted on February 17, 2025February 17, 2025 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Chill, Cold, February, Life, Poem, Poetry, Scarf, Time, Warmth, Weather, Wind, Winter2 Comments

Freezing wind,

The sun has set,

Constant chill

Freezes my bones.

Must go out

Need extra clothes

Full sleeves

Gloves and hat

Where’s my scarf

When I need it.

Artrage twins

Posted on February 17, 2025 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged ArtRage app, Artrage oils, Doodled, Faces, Finger painting, full face, Profile, Sketching, TexturesLeave a comment

Doodle of faces in profile and full face. Artrage doodled finger painting. I like adding layers and this app has different pens. I the past I just used the free Artrage oils app which just had synthetic oil paint texture, but this has spray paint, glitter, various other pens and brushes. It’s fun to use. You can also add metallic touches.

Looking forward

Posted on February 16, 2025 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged Harpers Titchy Theatre, Mystery day, one page, plays, scripts, Summer, Thinking, Time3 Comments

Hopefully our Mystery day this July will get lots of 1 page plays to read out at Harpers Titchy Theatre!

The idea is that the plays are put on like a radio play, the meaning is in the intonation of the words, subtle drama, facial expressions.

What to write about?

Yourself

Family

Gossip

Sci fi

Green men

Television shows

Games

Sport

Anything you want…..

Will be getting round to asking people soon….

Black and white and red

Posted on February 16, 2025 Posted in Cat, Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, ArtRage app, Black and white cat, Cat, Design, Drawing, Hearts, Red, SketchingLeave a comment

Love a cat doodle done in Artrage app x

I wanted to draw him facing e but he was too busy looking at something else…

Impeller problems

Posted on February 16, 2025 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Cleaning, Heating, impeller pump, Planning, Plumbing, pump, Shower, Thinking, TiredLeave a comment

I have an impeller pump in my water system because my header tank is in the bathroom extension and doesn’t create any water pressure when I have a shower etc. Last night it didn’t pump, it just hummed. Only a trickle of water came through. The pump pushes water through the cold and hot systems. It’s probably full of limescale because I live in a hard water area.

I’ve got a heating engineer coming out tomorrow. He’s been round and found out what pump he needs. So I’m basically waiting for it to be changed over, but I want a shower. Now instead I’m trying to work out if I can boil water then add cold into saucepans so I can at least wash my hair. That would be after I clear out the airing cupboard that’s full of a lot of junk. Plus the house is in a mess. Argh, I’m going to be preoccupied for a while.

Almost done

Posted on February 15, 2025 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged Abstract, Art, Colours, Experimenting, Impasto, old textures, Possible painting, Tulips, wilting flowersLeave a comment

Sad tulips, they’ve almost wilted. The result is an almost abstract mix of colours, like impasto oil paints, starting to merge and mingle.

I will have to throw them out tomorrow, but if I can get a photo of them in a bright shafts of sunlight that might be interesting…

Christmassy cactus

Posted on February 15, 2025 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged amarylis, Cactus, Christmas cactus, Flowers, Indoor gardening, Indoor plants, Life, Memories, OrchidsLeave a comment

I watered my Christmas cactii and they have all developed flowers. My indoor plants have been sadly neglected this winter. I’ve been distracted by everything that has been going on. I have not looked after the orchids and my amarylis plants have not developed flowers. Oh well. It might be time to replace them, they are 7 or 8 years old!

Owl stare

Posted on February 14, 2025 Posted in Fine Art, Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, Canvas, Fine Art, Little owl, Painting, staring eyes, Tiny painting, weavingLeave a comment

A little owl on a little canvas. I have several tiny paintings in a box because I’ve basically given up craft fairs. I don’t have the energy or health to do them anymore. I will have to see how I feel later in the year.

You can tell it’s a small canvas because of the size of the weave of the material. It’s an acrylic on canvas. I love painting but I’ve hit an artists block situation. X