A Chosen Day

My Babe and I go out for a cuppa together every fortnight or so, but we tend to get any shopping we need after, and then go home.
Because of some lovely people, we were able to go out on an Actual Date today 🙂
We had wanted to see “The Chosen:Last Supper”, but hadn’t managed to before Easter. It’s still on at Hoyts in town, though, so – yay! 1pm on a Tuesday afternoon – we were the only ones there. We’d looked at the daybeds, but decided against them – too close to the screen, and the danger of falling asleep… So we chose recliners.

Leaning back, with a footrest and plenty of space to stretch out.
No, we didn’t fall asleep 😆
It was very comfortable.

As for the movie – loved it!
(Go and see it!)
It was only part 1 (it ends with Jesus turning over the tables in the temple courts), so we’ll go and see part 2 mid-Mayish.

Afterwards we had a look at a pop-up gallery in Booval Fair, then back to town to pick up some proper curry (i.e. not the cheapest option) at Indian Mehfil – another recommendation for a great day out. We got there just as they opened, so had to wait outside for a bit, as the sun went down.

A lovely day out, and one I’m glad we got to choose!

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Overwhelmed

He is risen!

And our lives
Our hearts
Our minds
Our spirits
Are forever changed.

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What Love Looks Like

It has been a good Friday 🙂

On my way in to the Good Friday service today I was feeling a bit despondent about the state of the world…reading news reports at the moment can do that to you.
I don’t know what I can do to help (except to pray, which is the first and best option).
There’s deceit and misinformation and cruelty and apathy abounding these days.
And I’m just me…but still with a responsibility to stretch, and dare, where I can to speak God’s love and hope into hurt and darkness.
I can get a bit tangled up in knots trying to make sense of what that means in the everyday.

But today is a day to remember that God so loved the world…and Jesus came to save it, rather than condemn.
Good to know the fate of the world is not on my shoulders!
I still need to offer my hands, and feet, and voice.
But I know where to go to ask the whys and hows, and where to start on the path to a new day.

This was released 16 years ago.
Still relevant.

Published in: on April 18, 2025 at 10:47 pm  Leave a Comment  
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I’ve Been Framed!

Well, my self-portraits have…
I can’t say I’ve done an amazing job of framing, but they’re done. I’m working through the written assessment tonight and tomorrow, and then I’m pretty much done!
As often happens, the things I think will be easy…aren’t.
But the things I think will be hard sometimes aren’t, either! 🙂
I had frames and bits and pieces strewn around the lounge room yesterday.
Biggest Boy was a bit nonplussed to walk in the door, only to be confronted by me(s) frowning at him from the big lounge chair.

😀

On a foray into town today to look for some framing bits (unsuccessfully), I came across a new footstool.

A comfy unicorn, but it needs a bit of spot cleaning.
I seem to have gathered myself a bit of a menagerie 🙂

I’m nearly there.
Starting to feel the satisfaction of accomplishment…
I’ve got some work framed and up on the shelves.
I’ll have time for reading (yay!) over the break.
…and, of course –
Don’t forget my unicorn!

🙂

Published in: on April 16, 2025 at 10:24 pm  Leave a Comment  
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Showing My Face

Seems like I forgot to post this week.
I’ve finally reached the last bits of my course, and have been working to get the last assessment finished.
I have just over a week to go.
Cool. Nearly time to move on to the next stage of my life. Exciting.
But also –
I HAVE JUST OVER A WEEK TO GO!!!

I’m sure it will be fine.

My last task is to put on an “exhibition”.
This won’t be an actual exhibition – I just have to show that I can decide a theme, curate works to fit the theme, frame those works in a professional way, and label them as they would be were they to, actually, be exhibited.

I am allowed to use pieces other people have done, but as I was having a look through my old catalogue, I realised I had a good number of self-portraits.

So – my theme is…
“Retro-Perspective”!

Yes, I know that’s not really a word.
It’s to do with looking back on how I portrayed myself then, and how I see myself now.
I appear to be more wrinkly, and probably crankier, now.
Anyway, here are the choices…

Untitled, and not sure of the date – maybe 1986/87?
Me, looking into the big TV we had then.

I’ve always liked this one.
1987, charcoal and white conté on mulberry paper.

“Removed”, pen and ink on paper, 1988
And I think I still have that marble somewhere…

Untitled, drypoint and (fairly unsuccessful) mezzotint on rag paper, 1988
This one was just me drawing my reflection in the etching plate with an etching needle.

“Ya Reckon?”, linoprint on rice paper, 2025

“I like this spoon”, graphite and watercolour on paper, 2025

And yes, I do like that spoon.

I have frames. Still have to get all the other bits and pieces for framing.

Well, at least I’ve still got (just over) a week…

Published in: on April 10, 2025 at 11:05 pm  Leave a Comment  

Nightmare Kitty And The Fruit Of The Tree

Somewhere, in the not too distant past, I read of someone who liked to “rescue” people’s handmade trinkets from charity shops.
I thought of that when I saw this.

Cute?
I think so.
It does seem to have strange deep pools for eyes, though.
I wonder what it’s seen?

Here’s a side view.

Why?
I don’t know…
Feeding Kitty obviously wasn’t a high priority for its previous owner.
Nor, apparently, was a sense of proportion.

This week saw the mowing of the grass (yay!) after recent rain kept the ground too soggy for a while. Not only do we have a lovely short lawn, we also have fruit on the tree near the fence! 🙂

We think they’re guavas.

It was a bit of a surprise. I hadn’t even seen flowers!
There was a wasp buzzing around, so not sure if the fruit is any good.

Autumn is wandering in, and fruit is appearing randomly.
Maybe it’s the start of a metaphor…

Published in: on April 5, 2025 at 9:26 pm  Leave a Comment  

Her Story

After I found the song that had been sung at the Women’s Conference (my previous post) I started listening to some of the other songs by this group of women.
And got lost in the beauty of the stories of women in the Bible, retold.

So – if you’re hanging by a thread

…know that even when you’re washing the dishes you can still be in a holy place.

Remember, you can pick up your tambourine.
And sing through the deep waters.

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Stepping Up To Burn

I had a lovely morning, spending time with friends from church at the Women’s Conference. We heard about what it means be an overcomer, and heard how some of the women had seen it in their own lives.
And we prayed.
And sang.
And listened to song.

And then went home to shine a light
in such a time as this.

Published in: on March 29, 2025 at 8:24 pm  Leave a Comment  
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Words

I’m loving the new chill in the air!
Could it be…autumn??

It’s an easier week – time to take a bit of a breather between due dates. I’m still doing bits and pieces in my art room, but I’m taking my own time.
I was sitting, listening to a CD, enjoying the cool and my cup of coffee, and looking around at my “words”. I like my inspirational quotes and coffee cups 🙂

Maybe they’re a little twee, but I like them.

Especially when they match with my other decor.

😀

You can find cheer in a bit of broken jewellery…

…some left over scrapbooking paper,

maybe some cards made for the purpose.

Or even a sticker

…or two!

Look around –
see what shines in your world!

Published in: on March 25, 2025 at 10:45 pm  Leave a Comment  

Like That

Just because I don’t have anything to say today (it’s been a quiet day), and I enjoyed this.
May have even danced a bit…
In my mind, anyway! 😆

Published in: on March 22, 2025 at 11:17 pm  Leave a Comment  
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