Before And After

Nothing like being restless to get the clean and tidy vibes happening. The storeroom/art room has been on the list for more than a year. Ive very pleased now that I can find things and there is room for me to sit at the desk and do my journal.

Dads Conversion

About a month ago Dad and Valmai purchases a unit in a retirement village in Darwin. They are very anti religion. Too funny that the village is being built by the Catholics. I was tempted to send some rosary beads in this parcel which contained the "Real Worstershire Sauce". I specifically asked for a Mary McKillop stamp and the bloke behind the counter said "Ill do better than one" I'm smiling.

Faber Castell & Jo Sonjas

These past few days I have committed myself to two brands that should provide all my painting, drawing and textile needs in my artistic life. Its good to know what products to concentrate on, get to know how they perform then explore limitations. My niece introduced me to Faber Castell through the coloured pencils which are soft and creamy to use and are colour coded right through their range of pencils, markers, watercolours and more.

Jo Sonjas is an innovator and thats why I want to support her. Must stand by the women innovators. Its also a practical thing as it easier to replace colours and products once they run out and for sourcing the best prices too.

Stalling

Ive been avoiding starting my 75 images of my life story which is irritating me no end. To fill the days in Ive been riding around the lake, swiming and spring cleaning my storeroom and junk draws. Pathetic! Ive even moved a chair to make the room look different. Simmone and Hamish are coming tomorrow so Im wondering if that is a valid excuse for stalling even longer.

Sign Posts

"Everything you ask for is granted just as everything you dont ask for is also granted." Babettes Feast"

Angels Day

Boxing Day and I have no one to fight. I could perhaps go to the plaza or the hyperdome and battle the crowds, but they are no fun as the all look like zombies. Not likely to box me back. I bawled my eyes out when I created this page this morning, missing my first friend Jenny.
Hamish made me smile when I asked him what his top 5 experiences was for yesterday.
1. Flying his Kite
2. Fitball with out instructions how to pump up
3. Drill
4. Screwdriver
And Ness, can I ring you back with the last one coz I really need to go to the toilet right now........

Online Christmas

Midnight Mass at the Cathedral was awesome last night with various voices from other cultures singing which was a nice new slant on things. I'm going to try to catch up with those who invited me over today tomorrow, that way they will all be so buggered and full of food they wont have any fight left in them. The moon has been keeping me entertained so much lately, Ive not focused on much else for inspiration.

The Spirit

Every year that I am at home for Christmas I have a tradition that I hang a little something on each door of the apartments I share the foyer with. This image represents the Holy Trinity for me.

Vunerablity

"It always seemed strange to me that the things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, aquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest are the traits of success. And while men admire the quality of the first, they love the produce of the second."
~ John Steinbeck

My Mum

Would be 78 today. Those numbers look too big. The bigger the numbers the bigger the sense of loss and understanding what a mother really is. Summer solstice today which means the day is the longest for the year and a lunar eclipse. No wonder I feel like my mojo has a lisp. My mums second favorite song.