There has been a huge storm raging. Then suddenly. Bang XXXX all the power went out. We've been without power for hours and I had an adventure cooking eggs and tomatoes by candlelight, and making toast over the fire. We finished it off with chocolate and the company of a neighbor who only has electricity,…
Category: Capture & Create
Photo Essays – give a child a camera.
Not too much work done today, antihistamines take away the work enthusiasm, so I stuck to the household mundane and even slept a little. Life is a little clearer now… because I slept off the effect of the tablet, and also the window cleaner made the windows invisible and I can see out – finally….
Learn from the Master.
Weather wise, its one of those gorgeous spring days… In fact, the maintenance man is here, cleaning the roof and the windows… so I think that's definitely a sign of spring. Its a bit hard to focus on my Bayeux Discipline, BUT I've managed a few hours this morning….and I have about 3 more hours…
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…TOOK THE OATH TO DUKE WILLIAM – HERE DUKE HAROLD… via pamhollanddesignsand.ipage.com Note the pair of figures behind the duke's throne: is the one holding his fingers up to the others lips to stop him from "spilling the beans?" The story that Harold was tricked into promising William support in his claim to the English…
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I have 4 pairs of scissors. All the same.They are just wonderful for cutting small applique details.Originally I used the scissors shown below, but I ended up with callouses on my fingers.I can put a pair at each station as I work. One on the light box, one on the light box,one by the fabric….
“Give that Gal a bit of a jog”
Somehow, I think I have a homing device on my being that says… "Give that Gal a bit of a jog" I had an encounter with as Koala today… well I did yesterday as well, I was looking up, locating him in the tree and he deposited his not needed internal waste on my shoulder….
The next Ripped from Reality canvas.
I collected the canvas I had printed for the "Ripped from Reality" series. It is quite an expensive episode, but if it works out I think it will be quite effective. I manipulated my photo and had it printed onto stretched canvas which is about 2 ft wide by 3 ft 6" deep. Now that…
Ripped from Reality – Africa continues.
I spent another couple of hours on my lady today…. I finally had some time home in the studio. Working on her eyes is quite delicate… but I'm happy with them so far. There is still work to do on them. You need to juggle just how much thread to add. It can build to…
Roll on summer.
Roll on summer. I feel guilty that I'm whinging, but I have disliked winter, grey, cloudy days, cold weather and getting caught in the rain all my life. Summer is bright, warm, yellow, orange and green and thats my like. I want to sit in the warmth and feel the sun on my face. I…
A revelation.
Working on my lady project is slow. I do small parts of it at a time. It's like creating a painting, and I have to stop and stand back to get the perspective, to check the color, and to see where I need to add more thread. Sometimes it needs just one or two stitches….