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from blue skies to grey

I've just retuned from a small family trip to Tasmania. We based ourselves in Hobart but managed to see a glimpse of the many  magical surrounds.

I promise to blog about this in the next coming days. 

I've returned with inpsiration and energy and intentions to capture and retell my thoughts and ideas, both here and through my work. Infact, I could have lept out of bed and started painting and drawing.

But there's life.

And one of the reasons my blogging status declined over the past year or so was because of this very reason.

There's the 8 loads of washing I have to do before the current, never ending weekly loads accumulate. 

Dogs need collecting from various parts of the city.

Groceries need to be foraged. Dinners planned. Lunches for schools prepared. Appointment to make and attend.

etc etc

Emails, deadlines, new work, overdue work....and sometimes the blogging just seems like a time waster.

Then there is also sad news about friends' health and the importance of life and friendship to soak in and consider. Time to make sure that support is there and positive thoughts and  basic meals are passed on. 

But I will blog about Tasmania, for it is too beautiful a place not to share.

 

 

see, I'm blogging like I said I would

This week has been busy, and I have achieved very little of what I would like to do.

Sound familiar?

I've been doing paperwork..well, I cleaned and moved furniture in the study...paperwork is now piled nicely and ready to sort.

I've been to a couple of artshows including Miranda Skoczek's opening at Edwina Corlette here in Brisbane. Full of laughs with friends and inspiration.

Our eldest reached double digits this week. I felt kind of sad about it. He is definitely not sad.

I burnt my finger making him cake. Not really something I'd like to do again in a hurry. But the cake was worth it, even if I could only find 3 candles.

I've been looking at wooden flooring for our renovations and trying to decide if parquetry will work, with our budget that is. It will work visually with this house..going to go for a Danish look more so than a country home look. Very exciting.

About to take the family on an adventure somewhere cold and blustery....looking forward to taking lots of pictures.

 

 

blog? what blog?

this is a blog.

a blog is a web log. you know that right? Well, sadly I have been neglecting my blog for quite some time. Now in it's sixth year, my posts have declined in the last 12 months. 

But after a conversation yesterday I was reminded of the importance of having an active blog if I want to have a web presence. My website is about to undergo a major revamp. I'll blog about that when it happens.

So often I have sat down and started writing. But never to hit the publish button. So perhaps I need to keep my blogs short until I find the groove again.

So for today.....

dreaming of sewing and crayons

needing to finish paintings

feeling choked like a jar full of dirty water and paintbrushes

desiring to complete projects for shows

taking time to package orders

crossing off tasks on my to do list.

quilting bug again

back in early 2009 I started making a quilt. The quilt was going to be for the spare bedroom.

Well, we moved and in this house we don't have a spare bedroom...yet.  However a recent trip to Melbourne saw me buying more fabric from my favourite store, ZiguZagu. Yes, I have te quilting bug again.

I think it will be short lived as I have so much painting work to finalise. {more or this later}.

So I made myself finish this almost 4 year project. spare room or no spare room, it had to be done. It required a bit of unpicking in parts as my quilting was quite detailed in sections and although there are many spots that could still be unpicked and resewn, well...I'm just not that kind of patient quilter. 

More photos over at flickr