Every time I go to Centrelink, I come out feeling demoralised. Not sure who benefits by my waiting for 40 minutes, only to be told they can’t help me, and I either need to wait an hour or so to see someone who can, or come back another day. Added to that, one of my assignments today was to draw a self-portrait. Let me just say – if you’re getting older and have to do this… Be Prepared. …and possibly don’t sit in front of the window, in full (harsh) light. I found bumps and wrinkles I never knew I had!
At least I was able to stop in at a charity shop, on my way to the bus. Fairy lights!
I couldn’t decide between the dragonflies, or the butterflies.
So I got both! As the nights get colder I can see myself sitting in my chair, huddled in my dressing gown and slippers, listening to music, and bathed in the light of tiny winged creatures. Bring on the winter!
Someone round here is growing some beautifully perfumed flowers. I don’t know who or where. I just know that I sat in my comfy chair yesterday, with the dark storm clouds keeping the world outside close, and the sweet aroma of invisible flowers billowing in to my sanctuary. The earth gives beauty in unexpected ways…
Today, I spent a good amount of time working on an assessment. I felt it was turning out well, and even inked some lines in.
Then I stood back to check it again.
I was supposed to be doing 3-point perspective.
This is 2-point perspective…
Oh, well. I can still get a bit of perspective on it. 😆 It turned out OK, and I can submit it as a bonus drawing.
Back to the clouds! 🙂 I like grey days – they’re cosy and somehow gentler. But, sometimes, the darkness of the clouds emphasises the other colours.
The greens were brighter yesterday. And my perspective shifted to peace. ❤
Possibly an odd thing to say, since we’ve been here nearly a full year! I realised, the other day, that I would probably benefit from moving some things around… When we came here, there were a lot of bits and pieces put down wherever they seemed to fit, with the intention to rearrange them later. I sort of forgot “later”.
Anyway – I moved some bits around in the art room, and it feels brighter now. The bookcase that was in the middle of the outside wall is now next to the other bookcase, which means the front windows aren’t blocked now 🙂 There’s still a lot to do, but I’ll potter about this week.
My new configuration. …and some sweet purply flowers for the lounge room, in a tiny bud vase.
I don’t know what they are. To me, they’re “the-purple-flowers-that-pop-up-by-the-washing-line”. They also go to sleep in the evening. You can see them drooping here. They’ll be fast asleep now. And so should I!
I haven’t got any words of wisdom today… Just breathing thankfulness for my front door.
I was ambushed yesterday by joy, just by coming home, and feeling so happy to have a home. Walking up the stairs, and reaching for the door. My door! The door to where I belong! ❤
Sorry – I know I’m rambling. I’m just taking stock of the good in my world, and remembering to be grateful. It’s been a good year so far… What will the rest of it bring to my door?
Feels like it’s been a busy old week. I’m getting more done lately, and using the days better. This week, I even stayed out after dark! 😆
We were told we needed to go and see a particular movie (UnsungHero), so we went off to Springfield cinemas on Wednesday. It seems to be a limited release, so there’s only one session a day. On Wednesday, that was late afternoon. It was a beautiful movie, and I cried at various points. Then afterwards, we got some food and went home again… I’m glad we went 😀 The movie has a beautiful theme song, but this was the one I wanted to look up when I got home.
They have their own story behind the song, of course, and if you see the movie you might see when I thought of it…
For me – this year feels like a new era, in a lot of ways. I don’t think it’s wrong to look at the past, as long as you don’t get stuck in the murky bits. We remember the good things – and the God things! – and then we face forward again, and keep walking.
Today feels like it’s lasted for years (in a good way!) I am tired, but happy – this week has been a time to catch up on things that have been undone for a while. Nothing that had to be done RIGHT NOW, but the sorts of things that sit behind your eyelids, and clamour for attention until they’re sorted… I had expected to spend part of the day finishing off a drawing, but it’s still sitting on the easel, sketched in, but not complete. So – today has been a lot of “doing”, just not for this one thing. It’ll be waiting there for next week, and probably will be the better for it.
The doing is done, for this day. Now, I think, I’ll just concentrate on being.
It’s hard to believe we’ve been in this house a couple of months short of a year. I know this because yesterday we got an offer for another 12 month lease. Yayest of yays! 😀 There’s still just over two months until this lease runs out, so they must really like us…
I am continuing to get cosy with my art space, and have spent a bit (or more) of time out there each day. I think I’m catching up with my assessments. Here’s one I did earlier –
A crumpled piece of paper! This is the second attempt at this one – the last one was rubbish…
The cold has started to grow teeth now. Yesterday, the evening was pretty in pink.
It even looks cold!
The roses are sleeping, remembering sunnier days, and casting petals to the memories.
And I am close to slumbering – dreaming of graphite and charcoal. …with a lovely relaxing playlist to sleep by. ❤
Feels like this week has gone fast 🙂 Morning has decided it’s committed to winter, but the rest of the day hasn’t quite made its mind up… Still keeping up (I think) with my lessons. One of the assignments was to “draw an animal skull”. Coles doesn’t stock those…
I was starting to worry that I might have to start hunting (or at least keep my eye out for roadkill!), but we found a friend who had a spare skull (sheep? goat?) I could borrow. You never know what you’ll find in an artist’s shed.
Only got around to it yesterday – the bigger assignments can take hours rather than minutes. I also decided to use charcoal, a medium I probably haven’t touched for years.
Probably not my best work, but it’s going in as the final image. It was more enjoyable than some of my other assignments (one was just…a very large rectangle. It was for practising measurement). And my art/sun room is slowly getting arranged into a more useful configuration.
It’s been a good week. Even my roses had a last hurrah for the summer.
Time for bed soon 🙂 But – just because I’m feeling rainbowy…
The sun has been lovely lately. Bright clear days to get the washing dry, and just enough warmth to thaw my toes in the morning! I got myself some sunflowers the other day, to bring the sunshine inside.
They’ve been lighting up the lounge room for a fair few days, but have been decorously wilting lately.
Still beautiful!
As the sunroom has been warm, but not baking, I’ve been using it a bit more. I sat amidst the bookcases yesterday afternoon, enjoying poetry and music. Thought I’d do it again today…
Well, it started out OK. I have some Lego sets the boys bought me, but I hadn’t put them together yet. How long could it take? The one today was part of a Doctor Who set. The (twelfth) doctor, and the TARDIS is done – just K9 to go. Those pieces are so tiny! …and my hands are getting older.
Yes, I dropped a tiny, tiny piece. A tiny, tiny piece that is also a specialist piece (it attaches the head somehow). I heard it bounce away, but I can’t tell which direction sound is coming from. A cursory look at the immediate surroundings didn’t help, so I pulled a few bits of furniture out. Nothing.
I had noticed yesterday that the sunroom needed a good dust. How long could that take?
I dusted the tops and shelves, including all the little bits and pieces on the shelves. The boxes and containers all had to be moved and vaccuumed behind, as well as dusting them. The (tiny, tiny) piece could have got caught up in the curtains? The heavy, rubber backed curtains that I’ve been meaning to… do something with. So, they came down, and were replaced with lovely translucent blue curtains. I still had to fold and store the old ones – the metres of heavy, huge fabric that sheds dust if you just look at it. I had remembered to put a mask on at some point, so the dust didn’t annoy me too much. It took a while, but everything in the sunroom is sparkling now. I already had the vaccuum out, so it made sense to do the rest of my cleaning (lounge, kitchen, bedroom, as well as dusting the surfaces in those places). All nice and clean now 🙂 I normally do the big clean on Saturday morning, but now I can sleep in a bit tomorrow.
Today was a lot more active than my normal days, so I had Panadol and a hot water bottle, after a lovely hot shower/hair wash. A bit sore, but feeling accomplished.
Such a day! I feel like a new direction has been peeking round a corner today, hinting its existence, and teasing its imminence. I know, that sounds hopelessly vague. Some things get clearer with time! 🙂 Anyway – I don’t know anything past that hint, so I’ll talk about rose petals…
The rose bush I thought was dormant for the winter decided to gift me a vase full of blooms for Mothers’ Day. They’ve already started to drop their petals, but aren’t they beautiful? A delicate drift of scented loveliness – a different stage of life, with beauty still to give.
Have you ever felt used up old petals falling drifting?
Maybe there’s still time space expectancy – to spread a sweet scent over a fading world, and bring beauty back into your part of the garden. ❤
a bit of creativity, a bit of eco consciousness, a bit of inspiration.... hopefully not a lot of pompousness and blathering :D
i'm not entirely sure what's going on here... let's travel along and see...
1000 Fields of Roses 