Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Hello again

Just sliding back into my little place in the blogosphere and picking up where I left off.

I had a quick look through the blogs in my sidebar and it's beaut to see all the familiar names there.
I can see there's been a lot of travelling, birdwatching, cooking, gardening, sewing, painting and all things in between that have been going on, so it will be nice to catch up with each of you once more.

I've been painting a lot over the past few months, and we've been walking nearly every day.  Life's been quiet and peaceful and that's the way we like it.

Here's a few pics of what's been happening in our part of the world:
Our Magpie family thought it about time we became acquainted with their new addition,
so they brought baby to our yard for a feed.


It's a greedy young thing ... noisy too !


This is some of the beautiful scenery we see during our walks. 


... lots of funny little worm tubes

This year's hatch of cygnets with their protective parents



Adorable cuties aren't they !


My latest additions to my windowsill collection of plants...  truly amazing how much one
windowsill can hold !!


A page from my sketch book... such a peaceful thing to do with a pen and a few splatters of colour.
I've popped a couple of my other paintings up in my header. 


Here's my next challenge... painting the glass jar.
Fortunately, there are lots of helpful Youtube videos out there
by very generous artists.  I'll learn from them.

I'm never short of inspiration for paintings - how magnificent is this simple geranium
(pelargonium)


Well, that's me for now.  Thank you for your visits while I was absent.  I'm going to take pleasure in returning the courtesy and will see you over at yours :D)

Wednesday, September 3, 2014

Just a flying visit !

Our lovely Maggie who visits each day

Thank you so kindly to all those lovely blog friends who commented on my last post.  I truly appreciated the time you took to visit and also your beautiful thoughts.


Kookaburra drops in sometimes too

We had a most enjoyable couple of family visits back in July.

Our lives have remained busy with unexpected things that need to take priority at the moment, and
and so I'm extending my 'blog leave' for a while longer. 

I just popped in quickly to refresh my photos in order to avoid that abandoned blog look.


They've decided to be friends - and share the tid bits we leave


So I'll say Cheerio for now and that I hope all is well with each of you.


Until later, my regards, Susan xx