Clik here to view.
Creative project 1/12
I just in this moment decided to try and resuscitate my creativity project again, for the bezillionsh time. I last did it before Trouble was born, over two years ago, here.I had this list.1.Design the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Under the weather
After a glorious Sunday morning at the beach, out of nowhere I've been slammed by a flu. I woke up in the middle of the night on Sunday feeling like death and it has gone downhill from there. I've...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Strongsoutherly giveaway winner!
I almost forgot, I'm sorry, I very nearly did!!Put it down to feeling like a rats ass these last few days and a glorious weekend...and it slipped my mind.So, the winner of the framed mini print...
View ArticleClik here to view.
On witty quotes
Many of you, like me are avid Pinterest people. We madly pin away, collecting images and words that inspire us. It's awesome really. I love it. But I have been thinking a lot about the quotes that...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Lovely late birthday present.
Trouble and his AuntyMost people forgot my birthday this year. Most of my friends forgot or didn't know. Mr. Rugby and his family all forgot. I had to remind him halfway through the day - he has a lot...
View ArticleBeware the cuckoo
Beware the CuckooBeware the cuckoo, though she bring Authentic tidings of the spring.And through her voice among the treesTransport you to the Hebrides!I saw her come one sunny day,And pause a while...
View Articleohmygod........middle age??????????
This is 40...but I'm only 37!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!So, I'm watching the movie "'This is 40". For the record, I'm not 40. I'm only 37. But crap, that's nearly 40 isn't it.Anyway, watching...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Drawings and other busyness
We've all been a bit preoccupied around here of late, flat out like lizards drinking, and very tired. My brain is fried from stresses at work and some other ridiculousness. We are snowed under. So we...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Margaret Olley studio treat
Margaret Olley on Pinterest.There are some perks to my job that are unexpected and a real treat. Today I was lucky enough to head into our local art gallery with one of the site foreman for my building...
View ArticleThe Bag Snaggers
I saw this on Upworthy today. It made me smile, let the bag snagging make you smile too!
View ArticleMusic Head: The music in my head and a song for a bastard
My head is full of music. Of all kinds of music. Everything from show tunes to classical music, world music, folk music, grunge, heavy metal, techno and all things in between. I'm a music bowerbird,...
View ArticleDiary of a periodic insomniac
Most of my life I have been a good sleeper. I used to sleep from 9 till 7 without fuss, mostly sleeping through. Somewhere between work, family stresses and parenthood that all changed.My old...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Valentine's Day, apparently it's just a Hallmark Holiday
Flowers for you all on Valentine's day.Every year I get told, "I've told you I don't believe in Valentine's day". Every year I get upset about it.Apparently it's just a Hallmark holiday. Apparently it...
View ArticleA note on bullies, stress, stalemates....and moving on
Wow, It's amazing how quickly you can go from positive to positively exhausted. Stress is a big fat BIATCH. No friend of mine. A few weeks ago I thought, despite all the bullshit, that there was so...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Creative project 2/12
Just a couple of weeks ago I showed you the fruits of my Creative Project for January, some cushion covers for the front chairs. Today, I have one (in progress) image of the colouring in I have been...
View ArticleClik here to view.
All Hail the chaos: the unstyled life with a toddler
The unstyle top of my tall boy chest of drawers (complete with all items raised up out of toddlers way, hence the mess)As one of Maxabella's readers wrote in a comment I ''fell down the rabbit hole of...
View ArticleEvensong
The birds are calling, the cicadas humming, dusk is greying the night sky and I'm reading a book set in France. It's all very beautiful really.I found this song today, at the Righteous Babe website,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Stealing time for drawing
Guess what! I stole an hour today. While Trouble took Mr. Rugby shopping, I tidied up the studio and satdown to draw my first pastel drawing in a good long while. Inspired by the bamboo outside, and my...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Creative Project 3/12
Drawings, singsing photo from the 70's, tanzanian 1000 shilling, Pat Hayward sculpture and some other bits and bobsBird on a bamboo branchInk and conte, and pastel and black marker. I'm on a roll, the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
In the garden
The garden has been proving to be full of inspiration lately. Despite the fact that it is more of a yard than a garden, as I get out the camera and zoom in on the details... it reveals it's...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A birthday for a 2 year old!
That's right! Trouble is now the grand old age of 2. My oh my. That little tiny baby that they placed so delicately on my chest for a few brief moments before whisking him away to the humidi crib....is...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Tell me, what did you do today? What do you do for a job?
I had this idea, about two minutes ago actually, as I looked at this image...this idea for a link-up.I thought to myself 'I wonder what everyone else does for a job?'I wonder what everyone else does...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Busy bees
We've been busy drawing again. And painting. In between swimming lessons and 'regulation playgroup' and 4 birthdays in 4 weeks and visits from Grandma and getting sick and getting well, and starting...
View Articlesick mama
Well, the weekend didn't go as planned!My mother is here for a few weeks, and I had planned to take her to the art gallery this weekend to see the new Maragert Olley permanent exhibition, and to the...
View ArticleMoving moving moving................
Well,Finally I have some big news. Hold on to your hats. No, not moving house....moving blog host.I have not joined the masses with a migration to wordpress. No, I've headed over...
View Article
