Just tired

Posted on December 3, 2019December 3, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Blogging, Life, Musing, Need rest, Sleep, Thinking, Time, Tired, WorldLeave a comment

It’s been a busy few days with some ups and downs, on the whole things are OK, but things feel a bit flat. Like these leaves, just squashed by footsteps.

I was thinking about my worries and concerns earlier, but now I’ve thought a bit I realise I’m beating myself up before anything has actually happened. I guess it’s because I’m tired. I’ve set myself a lot of things to do, I’m fed up with sitting back and resting, I need to occupy my mind, but I’m not young anymore….. Well this is cheerful!

Talking to the world, is it listening?

Foot in mouth time

Posted on December 3, 2019December 3, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Blogging, Help, Life, Saying too much, Team work, Thinking, World, WorriedLeave a comment

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I wish I didn’t have such a big mouth, wasn’t so “keen” about things. A couple of times recently I’ve got myself so enthusiastic about something (two seperate things), that I’ve done something, sharing an idea, that I shouldn’t have. It’s made me feel embarrassed and wonder if I’ve done wrong. Maybe I’m not enough of a team player.

Foot in mouth time, worried I might cause problems, hoping I don’t say the wrong thing, expecting something to hit the fan. As they say, the road to hell is paved with good intentions?

November circles

Posted on December 1, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Blogging, Circles, Design, Diary, Drawing, Fun, November, SketchesLeave a comment

My thirty sketches in circles for November. Not all the same size, a bit sketchy, and I didn’t do all of them on each day. But it is a vague diary of what happened. The lighting made a strange effect on what was white paper. Still I found it an interesting challenge.

Forgot my phone

Posted on November 30, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Blogging, Cherished Chimneys, Forgotten phone., Life, Longport, Staffordshire, Stoke-on trent, Tired, trying to blog, Waiting room galleryLeave a comment

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What a long day, and when I got to the Waiting room gallery for the craft fair today, I realised I’d left my phone at home.

Not good when you like to blog. There were beautiful frosty images of hoar frost on leaves, I could not photograph. Lots of ornaments and cards made by people visiting the free print and crafting workshops. These were very successful and a lot of people enjoyed the experience.

I just tried to blog about it, but I’m so tired I’m falling asleep as I type. I would write more but can’t keep my eyes open.

I typed two or three paragraphs that have disappeared because I just hit the delete key…. Argh!

Lake View.

Posted on November 24, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Blogging, Copyright?, Design, Images, Information, Inspiration, Photo, Referencing artistsLeave a comment

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This is a painting I did from a photo last year. It was in a magazine but I didn’t see who the photographer was. This is one of the things I worry about when using images like this. If I complain about copyright then how can I use others work? But if there is no credit on it can I still use it? That’s why I try and create original art, but it’s not easy. I write ‘after an image or photo by…’ on paintings when I know who they are by….

There are many problems with this. Is there any information anyone can tell me about this I would appreciate it.

Tired

Posted on November 24, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Blank verse, Blogging, Craft stall, Fair, Poem, Poetry, Sleep, TiredLeave a comment

I am tired, like a sleeping cat,

Curled up on my chair,

Snuggled with a hot chocolate,

Soft slippers,

Cardigan.

Ready to snooze.

Long day at the fair,

Concentration, talk, natter, chatter.

Sell this, try to sell that.

Be polite, be thoughtful, be considerate.

Now it’s time to rest,

Do my best,

Have to sleep,

Tired.

Parking meter

Posted on November 23, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Blogging, Fines, Idea, Life, Meta data, Parking, PhotoLeave a comment

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What do you do if the parking meter is out of order? No phone number to ring, no other meter to use?

Take a photo of the meter. I’ve blotted out the time and place on this picture. But that’s just because I’m not publishing where I was or what time. But I have it saved on my phone. If I had got a ticket I would have used this to prove the ticket machine was broken. I only stayed there because all other spaces were taken.

Also the council can use meta data to prove my photo was taken on the date and time that I took it and my phones GPS will prove that I haven’t used a photo from a previous date.

Anyway it didn’t happen, I wasn’t fined. But I hope this makes sense.

I’ve barely been here this week.

Posted on November 21, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Blogging, Cold, Design, Digital drawing, Frustrated, Ill, Internet, Life, Need inspiration, Thinking, WordPressLeave a comment

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First a fall and then a cold, I’ve not really done much blogging over the last couple of weeks. I’ve been resting and sitting and staring. Looking at canvases and thinking what I should do. I’ve got a craft fair coming up and I need to do some basically Christmassy art, but I don’t know what to do. I don’t really do cute and my mind feels befuddled. At least I’ve got more than a week to go to the big one. But will I get some cards printed. I’m going to have to push myself as soon as I feel better. The digital drawing illustrating this piece pretty much sums up how I feel.

Contact me

Posted on November 15, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Ads, Adverts, Blogging, Business, Contact me, Getting in touch, Talking4 Comments

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I just had an email through my contact me section of this blog. Promising thousands of engagements and interest for a small monthly fee.

The answer is, no thank you. I’m a single person business. My painting is labour intensive. I don’t employ an admin worker and I couldn’t trwal through lots of vague contacts in the hope someone might want a painting.

I am happy for people to contact me directly, I can then come to arrangements with people who want to commission me. It takes time to complete paintings. If I were to start doing prints of them I might need to advertise. I guess I’m afraid of letting people down and getting overwhelmed.

Does anyone else advertise? I don’t even have ads on my blog posts. I don’t like them and I don’t want to endorse products I don’t know and would never use myself.

Lazy warm days

Posted on November 11, 2019 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Blogging, Cat, Comfy?, Hot, Relaxing, Sleeping, Sunshine, WarmLeave a comment

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My male cat on his cat tree tray. He finds other places now as it’s not directly over the radiator and he’s got a bit big for it. His sister sits on the other side on a tray directly over the radiator.

I just loved the way he was lying in the hot sun, clearly enjoying the warmth.

Memories of lovely days….

Mallaband-Brown

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