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Happy Easter
Robins and catkins – below zero temperatures – barely a blooming daffodil in sight but it’s Easter! Which for me and mine means family gatherings… I love it and them. Happy Easter weekend everyone –...
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JOY
I know it’s probably way too late – but they were all here doing this on Monday they have all left today – so I’m doing this. It was a very Happy Easter. And it was over way...
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Small Exhibit
Just a small exhibit in the Town’s Old Library. They have regular exhibitions. And this one has been booked since Christmas. I am new here – and I thought it might help make some connections. Still...
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Sketching Lilies
Lilies that my sister bought for me. I love lilies. The drama and the scent! Life is still very much like Winter here – it is making me dream of far away places like Portugal where a wonderful...
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Good day Sunshine…
I have taken the plunge. Doing something just for me. Something I have only dreamed of – never really believing it could ever be possible. Somehow – through these quiet, cold weeks of knitting and...
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indigo seedlings
A wonderful gift from Claire of Clarabella arrived in February. I’m afraid I was late in planting them. 8 tiny seeds. At first only one grew – and I was afraid the others were duds. Then I went back...
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dance
I was so pleased to be invited to participate in the 100th drawing challenge by my lovely friend Patrice. I knew immediately what I was going to do. I have had these Lilies on my kitchen table all...
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This day
The first smell of freshly cut grass. The warmth of the sun on the back of my neck. Playing in the garden with her brother and sister. Sun chapped lips. My brother touching down in the UK after a year...
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In my sister’s garden
Bank Holiday Monday and Tuesday. Sunshine, blue skies, cherry tree blossom One cloud caught in the branches that grew and grew… Children – ten of them this time All ours, mine, theirs Ice lollies –...
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from small things big things will grow
Ceramics Again So clay then. Back to the earth a way to return to the home land to get your hands deep into the soil the charcoal black and stony white sticky stuff. Because why? Does it ground you?...
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Drawing Challenge 104
The theme hosted by Patrice was for proverbs or sayings or favourite words incorporated into our work. When I was at University in Cardiff, my friend’s sister (who was a journalist) asked if we would...
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Summer Madness Sale
Advanced notice to all my readers and friends! 50% sale starting June 1st over at the Etsy shop. Use the coupon code SUMMERMADNESS at checkout! This sale will run until my move back home to Wales some...
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in the sun
Lemons and water cocoa butter (lashings of) book for scribbling words pink polish for nails. Suddenly I have my mother’s feet. PST don’t forget the summermadness sale starts today – and will last...
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summer sundays
“We are what we do” That quote has been floating around the tumblr dash for a few weeks – making me think. And I made a mental list. mother sister aunty daughter reader diarist poet (occasional)...
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red onion
A perfect day for dying my long collected red onion skins. I used the hand spun and hand loomed Khadi cotton from Ganesh in India. It’s the same type of fabric that Ghandi wore. It’s not too flimsy,...
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sun dried
I couldn’t wait until today to unravel them, so used the last of the sun to dry them outside – I did NOT want them dripping on the kitchen floor! Unraveling is always so exciting, but doesn’t always...
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Sunshine and showers
It’s been a lovely week here. Not weather-wise of course, but other-wise. I completed a poem! The explanation mark is celebratory – it took me quite a while to know where the heck it was going. But...
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home
I’ve been back in Wales, staying with my sister organizing another move. It was good to be in her home, with her cat and her children and her.
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moving again
Surrounded by boxes again. Cleared away junk and donated to charity again. Even thrown away magazines (gasp! sacrilege!) I quite like the empty shelves and work surfaces. I would like to live like...
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