Mending... making it fun!

Tuesday, 20th October, 2020

Hello!
I never used to do mending - but with lots of a sheet (used to make masks) left over, I thought I'd patch up Hubby's work trousers... the patches looked a bit bare, so then the fun began:

An inkpen and some acrylic paint.  So far they've been through the wash twice and still look ok!

 

Monday, 5th October, 2020

A Car Picnic and some painting

Today is lovely!  

Caption:  just snapped this pic from our side window... beautiful, sunny day seen through our jungle of Nasturtiums

There was rain overnight - 5mm worth.  Great for the garden and now, this morning, the sun is shining and all's well. 

Hello! I hope this finds everyone well and happy and enjoying those ordinary, everday, things in life 😊💖 

Yesterday we went for a picnic, after a little walk (the breeze was cool but the walk felt good):

Then back to the car for lunch:

Simple, little things, but they mean a lot.  

As to painting.  Here's a little collage of some. 

I love this new abstracty kind of way to paint,  its something I stumbled on to just by playing around and experimenting, painting over old work etc.

Time for me to do some visiting of blogs now, so cheerio! 

 

~ Some flowers for today ~

Hello!

There's nearly nothing nicer than sharing flowers is there.  Be they fresh ones, photos of them, paintings or even catching a whiff of a scent of one.... sending most of those out to wherever they may land:

Another of my waterbowls with sweet and shy native violets

Freesias resting on one of my Mum's beautifully worked cushions.
I'm so glad I took this photo years ago as the actual cushion has disintegrated with age and use... the magic of photos, it will live on

Some beauties... we once did some housesitting and there happened to be many roses growing.
I love this shot in the late afternoon light.

I'm sorry if I may have already shown this one in the past but its a favourite and seems to want to be shown again somehow

Kind wishes to each and every one of you xx

A Garden Wander and then back to Painting ~

Hello!

Thought I'd have a wander through the garden earlier today and share the pretty things going on in it.

Hope all's going well with everyone.  Its been nice to see all the different things you're doing to pass the time in isolation... sewing, baking, painting and clearing out drawers and cupboards, sorting photos.
(I've been a silent visitor over this past while ... lol, unusual for me to be a bit lost for words but as I say, it's been nice to visit even so 💝)

Having a garden is something I'm always grateful for.  I feel so much for those who don't.

Here's some photos in the order that I wandered....

strawberry flowers are so delicate and pretty I always think

Back to a painting I've started.  I had a thought to do dolphins underwater and this is as far as I've done.  I have lovely music playing as I paint, its very nice to listen to.

painting in bubbles ... I love doing bubbles!

not finished yet

I think this is a lot of pictures in one post but I couldn't decide which ones to take out [smiling]

Thank you for your visits always.  I'll see you over at yours.  Take care, all the best, Sue xx

Drawing and painting

Hello!

I hope this finds each of you faring well - considering 😊💖

What a state our world is in!  Well, I reckon that there's been so much said about it that all I'd like to say is - Keep Smiling. 

I've been throwing myself into art again now.  Started the other day and very nearly haven't stopped.
Went back on Instagram and I found a group on facebook "Isolation Art Challenge" - a 14 painting a day challenge based on particular words.  Never thought I'd do that (tie myself down to a painting a day) but am enjoying it.  They're just quick sketches and I don't second-guess myself... what gets done, gets done! Makes my brain work if nothing else 😊

Here's what I've done so far:
Day 1 - Edible:

A pot of vegetable soup - using up leftover vegies

Day 2: Time

I titled this "Time is Precious" and painted it from Mum's clock that used to hang in her room.

Thanks for being such lovely blog-friends.  

See you soon, Sue xx

A Posy with Love ~ Happy PPF ~

Hello !

Love is certainly all around, so here's my little contribution for Paint Party Friday:

"A Posy With Love"
Acrylic on canvas board

Its one of a number of paintings I took in to our local Art and Information Centre today to be for sale, so I've been varnishing, labelling and (drying ... well, waiting for them to dry lol) over the past few weeks. 
I feel really happy for my art to have been included with other local art and craft folk in our town.

Its also so nice to join other artists online over at Paint Party Friday.  Here's a link if you'd care to join us: 

I'd also love to catch up with any Blog-friends who are on Instagram.  Its fun to find each other and realise we know each other from Blogger-Land.  Here's my Instagram link   Cheerio for now xx

Paint Party Friday and Bits of This n That ~

Hello!

Lots of painting going on here and I remembered it was Friday so its certainly time to post one in readiness to join in with Paint Party Friday today:

"Always Look on the Bright Side of Life"
Acrylic on Masonite (fibreboard)
(not an original title, but it just seems so apt!)

I made some progress shots of this one, so here we go....

In a way, I kind of liked the blurry, abstracty-feel to this stage when looking back on the photos now that its completed. 
Just shows that its sometimes nice to take things slow, however I carried on with adding more details

So intent on adding those small details 😍

This was to be it... completed, however I really felt it needed something more ......

Yes, a little bit of silver bling seemed to do the trick!

so, that was my little bit of arty fun... much more to see over at this week's Paint Party gathering.  You'll always be made so welcome.  Just click on the icon below:

Some this 's and that 's over the past week or so ....

We were pretty impressed by this young pumpkin's self-support system
(I promise that we didn't manipulate that tendril on the hose)
This photo was taken a week or so ago and, with the larger growth, the pumpkin has dropped a little but is still hanging on for dear life! 

Phew! Our last day of January was a doozie ... hot, hot, hot! :

... but we were fortunate enough to have air conditioning, so the inside temp was very welcome.
(for Northern Hemisphere blog-friends, that 45degC = 113F)

Again, we were visited by birds to our verandah.  I made sure the water in their bowl was replaced every hour with cold from the fridge.
Here's a Wattlebird who'd just about had enough of the heat:

Heard me against the window as I took the photo but didn't move...

Now we're enjoying much better temperatures and had even had some rain which was widespread too - bonus!

Our native Correas were flourishing... laughing off the heat and lapping up the rain...

I'd taken a photo of these two Nectarines just prior to Hubby bringing them in for us to eat - oh...so...delicious

The bees went berserk in the Lilly Pilly again this year...

Finally, a batch of currant scones for us - not quite as yummy as the dates ones I usually make, but welcome with some lashings of butter and  a cuppa none the less.

Thanks for getting down this far!
Have a great weekend and I'll see you over at yours soon, Sue xx