Halloween

Posted on October 31, 2024 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Carved, Dark, Field, Halloween, Humour, Life, Pumpkin, Scary?, Short story, tealightsLeave a comment

I saw a weird thing tonight, I walked past a field and I saw, I think I saw? All the pumpkins were still in the field, but already carved. Each had a grotesque face, and light flickering within them. But the stems were still attached and no smoke or burning smells? Very odd.

Its Halloween and I felt crrreeeped out, but an hour later I quietly walked back. I had to know what was going on. It was only when I was on the path and walking in the opposite direction I saw what I’d missed before….

The sign saying

“Ready carved pumpkins, let us do the work, you take the credit” and “tealights included”.

I wished I’d gone to bed!

Baited breath

Posted on October 30, 2024 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged Billions, bipartisan, Caring, Election, let's be friends, Life, Poem, Poetry, selfish, Sharing4 Comments

He said that, she said the opposite

People scowl

Cats and dogs growl

It’s all “their” fault

They cause guilt

We want more money

For billionaires…. Funny

Why care for others?

Let’s be selfish, like brothers

Cain and Abel?

It comes down to a pottage mess

And everyone feels duress

But we wait with baited breath

In hope there will be no deaths.

An end to conflict

Restore your peace.

Let’s be friends!

Give a woman a chance

Posted on October 29, 2024 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged History, Learning, Life, mysogenistic, Politics, president, Prime minister, Team, WomenLeave a comment

Somewhere in the world a young woman looks at the Earth and sees what? The fact that over the decades women have risen to the heights of politics. Prime ministers and Presidents. Some have done better than others. It does after all depend on what their politics are and what the team ability to govern is like.

That young woman may not be interested in politics, it may be boring, it may be too dominated by men. But she should have a chance to learn and decide if she wants to get involved

Unfortunately there is a lot of mysogenistic behaviour in the world. I hope if she wants to, she can be involved.

My grandad

Posted on October 27, 2024 Posted in Fine Art, Memories, UncategorizedTagged artistic, Carpenter, Chapel, Church, dailyprompt, dailyprompt-2104, gene, grandad, Life, lucky, MemoryLeave a comment

Describe a family member.

My grandfather was a carpenter. I don’t remember meeting him as I think he died when I was quite young.

He was very skilled and made the lych gate (roofed gateway in front of a church) at the entrance to the local parish church. He also carved the altar rail at the main Methodist Chapel in the town. I imagine he must have been well respected. We also have some wardrobes he made clad in beautiful walnut veneers.

Hearing about him encouraged me to do art. I was told that creativity skips a generation and that I was lucky to have that artistic gene. I also found out I had an artistic cousin that wasn’t allowed to be an artist because her family was short of money, so she ended up working in a factory. I hope she eventually pursued a creative course in life. I feel lucky to have had such an artistic grandfather.

Teapot WIP

Posted on October 26, 2024 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Art, Blue and white, Commission, Design, Fine Art, Life, Painting, Teapot, Work in progress2 Comments

On the easle today, a friend wants a blue and white teapot painting, (acrylic on canvas).

It’s taken me months to start painting this. I have to have a steady hand. The difficult bit will be trying to paint floral patterns on it and get the lighting correct. Wish me luck.

I’m a single cat lady now

Posted on October 25, 2024 Posted in Cat, Memories, UncategorizedTagged Annoyed, candidate, Cats, Life, Memories, mysogenistic, Poem, Poetry, Politics, unkind2 Comments

Through no fault of my own.

We shared out cats

One loved him more

The others me.

Now they are mine

Cheeky, funny, cute.

Being berated by a foreign candidate

Feels like a slur or insult.

I don’t want to speak

But I do object

To the mysogeny!

Old pears.

Posted on October 25, 2024 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged Food, Fruit, Gardening, Growth, Life, Memories, Pears, Plants, Sadness, Trees, Watering4 Comments

My pear tree didn’t set any pears this year. I think it was in a sulk because my hubby passed away and I think I neglected it. He used to water the garden for hours but I can’t get the hose pipe round into the main garden.

Moving forward, I’ve been getting help trying to trim back the overgrowth. I still have tall trees but some of the lower branches have been cut to allow more light in. How will it progress? I’m hoping for a wildlife garden but with a few brighter plants to cheer it up, (and plenty of pears again)

Aberfan disaster

Posted on October 24, 2024 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged aberfan, dailyprompt, dailyprompt-2099, Death, Frightened, Life, Memory, Sad, spoil heap, YoungLeave a comment

What major historical events do you remember?

The Aberfan disaster was the catastrophic collapse of a colliery spoil tip on 21 October 1966. The tip had been created on a mountain slope above the Welsh village of Aberfan, near Merthyr Tydfil, and overlaid a natural spring. (Wikipedia)

I was very young and I remember coming downstairs and hearing the evening news on the television. What upset me the most was that the children that died were my age. It scared and upset me. School children were buried below the collapsed spoil heap. I was very frightening.

Esther Chiltons weekly prompt “Halloween”?

Posted on October 23, 2024October 23, 2024 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged Esther Chiltons blog prompt, Ghosts, Halloween, Life, South, southern Hemisphere, Spooky, WitchesLeave a comment

Halloween in the Southern Hemisphere?
It’s getting sunnier in the global south. Spring is in the air. Are there spooky ghosts frolicking in the daffodils or their equivalent… The shadows are lifting. Witches must be wearing smart floral dresses… Vampires? No fruit bats. Werewolves. Or Tasmanian devils. Even dragons are different, wise and peaceful. But there are places that celebrate the day of the dead. So the question is how spooky is the South?

Forgot to add a title I’m so tired!

Posted on October 21, 2024October 21, 2024 Posted in Fine Art, Memories, UncategorizedTagged Art, Craft fair, Exhausted?, falling asleep, Life, Miniatures, Painting, Sleep, Time, Tired2 Comments

Paintings from the weekend. The central painting was done previously but the rest, smaller ones, were painted over the previous three days. I was happy with the outcome. Unfortunately I only sold one, my excuse? Gale force winds and heavy rain made for a grim morning. Thankfully it improved in the afternoon. But we only had a few customers.

Today? It’s caught up with me! I’m shattered, tired, absolutely knackered. Just fell asleep typing this!

Mallaband-Brown

Tag: Life