Full and Part time jobs

Posted on May 29, 2024 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged Balance, dailyprompt, dailyprompt-1953, Internet, Life, Memory, Responsibility, Time, Work, World3 Comments

What jobs have you had?

But..

I’m not saying what! A few of the people here know what my jobs have been, but I am not willing to share with everyone, and as these prompts are viewed by more than my friends those other people do not need to know.

I’m not a secretive person but I think we all have a responsibility to ourselves to keep our information safe. There is an increase in the amount of phishing on the Internet.

I will say I have had full and part time jobs, I’ve worked with people and on my own, also with machinery. I’ve never been a manager, thankfully. I enjoyed working with most of the staff although I could tell some tales about the bad behaviour of some and the wonderful things others have done beyond what was necessary.

Prompts are interesting, they make you think, but some are easier to answer than others. Work gets you money to pay bills and pay for housing, the ability to use sports facilities and other entertainment. I am glad I had responsible jobs but I’m glad too that they are behind me now.

Poppy against a grey sky

Posted on May 26, 2024May 26, 2024 Posted in Memories, Sketching, UncategorizedTagged ArtRage app, Colour, Digital drawing, Grey sky, Life, Memory, Plant, Poppy art, Red petals, stemsLeave a comment

Artrage digital drawing. I saw some poppies against a grey sky and I decided to quickly draw a representation of the colours. Drawn using a stylus rather than a finger painting. I like the ways the stems aren’t always straight.

Gold coloured bangle

Posted on May 23, 2024 Posted in Memories, Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, ArtRage app, bangle, Childhood, dailyprompt, dailyprompt-1947, Drawing, gold coloured, Memory, SketchingLeave a comment

What personal belongings do you hold most dear?

When I was about 12 my mom and dad bought me a gold coloured bangle as a present while we were on holiday. It clipped together on one side and had a little chain that stopped it from falling off. Of all the things I have this was the most precious. I still have it, it is a bit worn, the gold colour has rubbed off a bit, the swirly engraving of flowers is still visible but it’s slightly too small so I rarely wear it.

Esther Chiltons weekly prompt “books”

Posted on May 22, 2024 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged Books, Collection, Esther Chiltons weekly prompt, Hubby, Library, Memory, over 1000, SubjectsLeave a comment

Books. I have so many, I counted them once and when I got to 1000 I gave up.

Many were my hubbys, trains, planes and bicycles, autobiographies, war and history. Stories about Rommel or Rome. My books are science fiction or fact, mysteries, art and illustration. We shared a love of JRR Tolkien and Ursula K Le’Guin and other writers such as Terry Pratchett. All our books are intermingled, it’s hard to see where ones obsession ends and the other starts.

Books are a library, some I’ve read over and over again, sometimes overnight, finishing the last page as the sun rises. Others I’ve savoured over months. Some bored me, but I still wanted to finish them.

But now? Can I let some go, like puppies to a new home? I might never read them. If anyone knows of a book charity for schools let me know?

I’m glad Esther posted this prompt, it’s made me think about things.

Pneumonia

Posted on May 22, 2024 Posted in Memories, Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Drawing, Hospital, Illness, Life, Memory, pneumonia, Sketch, Time, ViewLeave a comment

Six years ago I had to go to hospital. But I still wanted to draw.

A drawing I did when I was in hospital 6 years ago with pneumonia. Even when I’m not well I still want to do art. I was in for a few days. When the antibiotics kicked in I started to feel better and got very bored, so I asked my hubby (bless him) to bring me a sketch pad and some pencils. It helped that I was in a side room and I had a view out across the valley with hospital buildings, houses and trees. I was a bit annoyed with the thick window frames that blocked a lot of the view but I guess they need to be sturdy. I hope I don’t have to go through that again, but if I do I will be asking for art materials!

Tired

Posted on May 20, 2024 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged Choirs, choral music, demanding, diminished, Driving, Life, Memory, Mental health, physical health, Singing, TiredLeave a comment

I’ve been to two choir sessions today, both are slighty different groups. So we learn different songs although the warm up is usually the same. I love singing different songs and it lifts me when I am feeling down.

I go to choir because I’ve been going for between 15 and 20 years. It’s my rock I can cling onto in a raging river of life. If I didn’t go I would be seriously lost. It helps my mental health and I believe it’s also good for my physical health but it’s getting harder and harder to keep going. I need to rest between songs and I get tired quicker. Also I have to drive to get to the groups and I have to be careful that I am safe to drive. I can think about all the journeys I used to make but I can no longer do them. That diminished possibility hurts me.

Old digital drawing

Posted on May 19, 2024 Posted in Memories, Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Colourful, Digital drawing, Drawing, Memory, Sketchfu, sketchfu website, SketchingLeave a comment

Drawn on the old sketchfu website. I used a circular tool and layered up the colours, then I used a smaller circle set at a lower opacity to add the shade and highlights. It was a really simple site to use, I wish it was still open for use.

I wish I was

Posted on May 12, 2024 Posted in Fine Art, Memories, UncategorizedTagged bucket, Feet, Life, Memory, Sand, Sea, Seaside, spade, starfish, Summer, Time, ToesLeave a comment

By the sea

Sand soft beneath my feet,

Tide rising, toes tickled by waves.

Starfish paddle with their little feet

Whelks and cockles burrow

Warm splash of water

Buckets and spades

Time to build a sandcastle for me and you.

Scenery

Posted on May 11, 2024 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, Exhausted?, Memory, Parkinsons, Scenery, set painting, ShatteredLeave a comment

So tired,

A day full of painting ad singing, I was helping with the Molly Leigh project at BArts. I offered to paint a picture for a wall in the witches cottage, I ended up painting a fireplace too. I only did the morning as I wanted to join the choir and to be honest I was so stiff and tired after I’d been painting I almost fell asleep in my chair!

Progress

Posted on May 9, 2024 Posted in Fine Art, Memories, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Burslem, Fine Art, Leopard Hotel, Life, Memory, molly leigh, Mural, Parkinsons, reproduction, WitchLeave a comment

This is hard work, I don’t shake as much when I’m concentrating but the tremors of Parkinsons make small details difficult. I try and hold my breath and clamp my arm against my body. In fact I’m having to redo sections because I’m not happy with the results, but I will persevere, memory of Molly, work in progress. Acrylic on canvas. Copy of a mural I did at the Leopard Hotel in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent. Difficult to reproduce the same feeling.

Mallaband-Brown

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