F. R. O. G. Plane

Posted on August 3, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged aluminium, Box, Childhood, Flying, Fun, Plane, Tail, Time, winding mechanism, WingsLeave a comment

FROG stands for ‘flies right of the ground’ this plane was just on the TV. The body was aluminium and the wings and tail were made of paper.

This was made in the 1930’s? You put the body of the plane in the box with the propellar attached. There is a handle on the front of the box and a mechanism that holds the propellar. You turn the handle and it winds up a rubber band. Then you peg the wings and tail on and let it loose to fly up off the ground.

Our forebears may not have had the Internet but they knew how to have fun!

Cat in control…

Posted on July 24, 2021July 24, 2021 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Black and white cat, Cat, cat asleep, controller, Fun, Humour, Poem, Poetry, Tuxedo cat, TVLeave a comment

Asleep

Paws out

Claws at the ready

Ready to pounce

If I even dare

To touch

The

Remote

Control!

Helium balloon…

Posted on July 23, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Birthday, Collage, Floating, Fun, helium balloon, holographic patterns, landfill, Waste6 Comments

What to do with this? It’s gradually deflating, the balloon gets more crinkled every day. I cut the ribbon off and it drifted back upwards again.in

The balloon is about a month old, it was part of my birthday celebrations. My first thought was to burst it, but I’ve watched its behaviour as its gradually deflated. This morning it was floating just above the floor. The ribbon, which must have weighed only a gram or two, was enough to weigh it down.

Now? It’s floated upstairs, it’s in the room I use for making art. When it’s fully deflated I shall use it for collage rather than throwing it away to go to landfill… It will be recycled.

Ariel

Posted on July 21, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Ariel, Art, Fun, Layout app, Mirrored, Photo, Sci fi, Sky, Storm, Time, TV ArielLeave a comment

Received from space? Old photo mirrored. The original photo was about a stormy sky but the effect of mirroring this has bought the attention to the (seemingly) floating TV Ariel.

What is it for? Is it an alien Ariel? A communication from beyond the stratosphere? An energy collector or scrambler of radio waves? Something from a Sci-fi movie. Could it tune in to the high pitched sounds of bats? Imagination can take you anywhere!

In the canal

Posted on July 18, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Bullock, Canal, Cattle, Five miles, Fun, heat water, Sunburn, Tired, Trent and mersey canal, WalkingLeave a comment

On our five mile walk today, saw this young bullock paddling in the canal! It proves how shallow it is. The temperature was up around 28°C and it was lucky that most of the walk was shaded by trees and hedges. We stopped off at the plume of feathers pub where we had booked a table and had a bite to eat. I was more interested in a cold drink.

I’m shattered but I really enjoyed it. I’m just a bit sunburnt now!

Face app?

Posted on July 17, 2021July 17, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Face, face app, Fun, Mask, Mystery play mask, old photo, painted, Papier mache, Poem, PoetryLeave a comment

I don’t need retouching

Thanks.

Or soft focus

Blending

Trimming down.

I am me

I wear my own mask

Golden horse?

Posted on July 16, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged bronze horse, Fun, gold horse, Horse, Liverpool, museum of the world, Terracotta warriorsLeave a comment

I do remember this, I don’t remember anything about it except it was in the terracotta army exhibition it the museum of the world in 2018. I think it has such character… I love the raised tail! I think it’s probably bronze. Definitely not Gold…. It looks quite annoyed….

Sailing on a pink sea

Posted on July 16, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Boat, Collage, Drawing, Fun, Illustration, Ink, pink sea, post it notes, Torch, transformedLeave a comment

Transformed a drawing of a torch into a boat by covering over a lot of it with pink and green paper, bits of black monoprint and some black ink and green spray ink. Playing with obscuring the image to create something new.

Wet-today’s prompt

Posted on July 15, 2021July 15, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Art, Colours, Drawing, Felt pens, Fun, Reflection, Sketch, Wet2 Comments

Today’s #bandofsketchers prompt was ‘wet’, I decided to draw the view of the pool at Dorothy Clive Garden but instead of paint I used felt pens. Took about an hour.

Purrs

Posted on July 10, 2021 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Black and white cat, Cat, Fun, Hand, Love, Paw, Purring, Sleeping, Snoring, Tuxedo cat2 Comments

He is a bit of a nervous cat but when he’s in a good mood he purrs really loudly. He puts a paw out and touches my hand or arm. He will rest his head on my hand now, and then he starts to snore!

I appreciate his love and I think he appreciates ours. We are lucky to have built a friendship with this cat which was abandoned by his previous owners a few years ago. I hope he stays with us for a long time.

Mallaband-Brown

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