Saturday, October 28, 2006
52 Figments - Betsy Beth
Lizbet ...
She brings sunshine to every season but blossoms on long, lazy summer days when her birkenstocks and jewel-painted toes leave a trail of sunbeams wherever she goes.
She lights up rooms like a million twinkling fairylights reflected in champagne bubbles and candle-lit crystal chandeliers.
She is brightly coloured beach huts, Mr Moos icecream, wet pebbles glistening like gemstones on the beach and a lighthouse guiding me home.
She is a knitting goddess playing on swings, walking the long way back and cycling through fields full of sunset and golden sunflowers.
She is cross-legged picnics with good wine, good friends, an endless supply of olives, ducks as office pets and laughter like Rowan Kid Classic.
She is a glittery collage bursting with colour, inspiration, easy beauty, bravery, truth, kind questions, passion and fun.
She is not perfection but she is perfect as she is. She lets me stand in the dark while holding out a hand of stars and moonlight and her hugs are like comfort blankets made of angels wings.
She walks softly and lovingly through my sometimes fragile thoughts: joy-bringing, soul-sharing and the very sweetest of friends.
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Update: here's what the lovely Lizbet said about me ... I can't read it without a few tears of joy welling up in my eyes :-)
Sunday, October 08, 2006
Total Neat Freak ;-)
You Are Bert |
Extremely serious and a little eccentric, people find you loveable - even if you don't love them! You are usually feeling: Logical - you rarely let your emotions rule you You are famous for: Being smart, a total neat freak, and maybe just a little evil How you life your life: With passion, even if your odd passions (like bottle caps and pigeons) are baffling to others |
Monday, August 07, 2006
Saturday, August 05, 2006
Sunshine in a Flower
Evening Sunflower
I took this on the way home from a lovely meal with friends ... they have three sunflowers welcoming you as you walk up the the garden path - I managed to resist photographing them on the way in but couldn't on the way out. It was just getting dark when I took this shot which is why it looks so dramatic I think.
Friday, August 04, 2006
This is what paradise looks like ...
New House, New Carpet
Yay, we moved to our lovely little bungalow a week ago :-D So far it is everything we were desperately hoping for ... peaceful, private, friendly ... our very own slice of the idyllic living ... no chavs (well okay maybe one or two, but not stood shouting abuse at us through the windows), no dog poo, no mean-faced neighbours (we've already met eight of our neighbours, our neighbourhood watch coordintor and the parish councillor!!). Needless to say we are very happy, relaxed and looking forward to many years kicking back in the 'burbs :-D
More soon I promise ... now off to do a supersized upload to Flickr ... how I've missed you sweet Flickr :o)
BTW the floral delight above is the carpet in our living room ... to be changed mighty soon methinks.
Monday, July 24, 2006
Moving Day Approaches
Wendel is Ready to Move
Angelica Hinders the Packing
So we are slowly becoming surrounded by taped up boxes, filled up suitcases and charity sacks full of clothes that should have been discarded prior to our last move! We are moving from a large 3-storey, 3-bedroom house to a 3-bedroom bungalow ... not sure if it will all fit in but we have a garage for any overflow. We get the keys on friday so we're going to kind of camp out with the bare minimum of stuff (i.e. cats, kettle, toaster, guitar, radio and mini-fridge) for a few nights until the full move takes place on tuesday (in a week's time .... aagh!). I am still worried that something will go wrong at the last minute but am trying not to fret too much.
Monday, July 17, 2006
Late Adopter
I have finally got round to becoming addicted to Flickr ... why didn't anyone tell me ;-)
The main reasons I've taken the plunge are:
a) to stop my blog from becoming overloaded with photos
b) to organise my photos/scans of artwork and make them available for me to gaze at/bore other people with when I'm out and about.
My main problem now is that I have ton of images I want to post but have to go through and think of titles and tags for them. The first batch are up now (with some tweaking still left to do) ... mainly photos from our trip yesterday to the Scar House Reservoir in the most gorgeous weather imaginable :o) ... feast your eyes here
The main reasons I've taken the plunge are:
a) to stop my blog from becoming overloaded with photos
b) to organise my photos/scans of artwork and make them available for me to gaze at/bore other people with when I'm out and about.
My main problem now is that I have ton of images I want to post but have to go through and think of titles and tags for them. The first batch are up now (with some tweaking still left to do) ... mainly photos from our trip yesterday to the Scar House Reservoir in the most gorgeous weather imaginable :o) ... feast your eyes here
Sunday, July 16, 2006
Look to the Skies
Saturday, July 15, 2006
Sun-bathing Butterfly
Friday, July 14, 2006
A Flower for a Friend
Tuesday, July 11, 2006
A Get Well Soon Frog
Frog Napping
My friend had an operation yesterday and this picture is to make her smile, even if it hurts :-( ... Get well soon!!! Big hugs!!!
Sprinkled Jewel Drops
Leaf Droplets
The weather in York is super-sunny and super-hot ... makes me hanker for the seaside or at least a garden sprinkler ... slowly wilting here ... send icecream ;-)
P.S. Glad to hear my friend is making a good recovery from her recent op ... not back on the wine yet though so that's obviously a bit worrying ;-)
Superhero Drawing
Mine All Mine
This drawing is my own little tribute to my favourite necklace from Superhero Designs which I love ... I'm currently saving up for another one (or maybe this one ... how am I meant to choose?!!!)
Superhero Costume
Wendel Watches
The picture above proves the ~well known phrase~ 'you're never more than a metre from a cat trying to interfere with your artwork'.
Thursday, July 06, 2006
Work in Progress
Thursday, June 29, 2006
Sunday Funday
A few Sundays ago I had an art play date with my lovely friend Liz (who I secretly think of as a 'Lizbet' but I haven't tried that out on her yet) and we took over her living room for an afternoon to make arty type things. It was soooo much fun and Lizbet (I'm sure that will catch on now I've made it public ;-) is now addicted to collage. Hurrah!
I *finally* got round to using a kid's paint set and did a fab bit of geometric painting (i'll post it here soon, promise).
Hopefully we'll be having another Sunday of glue, scissors and paint again soon :o)
Saturday, June 17, 2006
Floor Treasures
I am a beachcombing magpie at heart and that means I notice stuff on the floor that other folk walk right over. Here are a couple of things I've notice at my feet in recent months ...
The Art of Seeing
This was one of a few 'floor treasures' I spotted at the Henshaws Arts & Crafts Centre in Knaresborough (see previous post) which is a very inspiring place to spend an afternoon. The quote is from Jonathan Swift.
Girl in the Grass
That's another one from the Arts & Crafts Centre ... there was a matching one that had 'Boy' carved into it but I didn't photograph it for some reason ... maybe my feminist side subconciously editing my shots ;-)
Faded Princess
Last of the floor stones from the Arts & Crafts Centre.
Floor Locker
I spotted this rusty padlock stuck in the floor of a track through a forest north-east of York ... the name aludes me ... have I mentioned before about how much I love seeing man-made objects in natural settings? ~~~ it's all about the juxtopositions baby :o}
The Art of Seeing
This was one of a few 'floor treasures' I spotted at the Henshaws Arts & Crafts Centre in Knaresborough (see previous post) which is a very inspiring place to spend an afternoon. The quote is from Jonathan Swift.
Girl in the Grass
That's another one from the Arts & Crafts Centre ... there was a matching one that had 'Boy' carved into it but I didn't photograph it for some reason ... maybe my feminist side subconciously editing my shots ;-)
Faded Princess
Last of the floor stones from the Arts & Crafts Centre.
Floor Locker
I spotted this rusty padlock stuck in the floor of a track through a forest north-east of York ... the name aludes me ... have I mentioned before about how much I love seeing man-made objects in natural settings? ~~~ it's all about the juxtopositions baby :o}
Tuesday, June 13, 2006
The place where hearts grow on trees
Heart tree
This gorgeously delicate tree is in a sensory garden in Knaresborough where there's loads of inspiring stuff crammed into a small place (more photos to follow!).
BTW ... good news doesn't come much better than this ... and just read some of those comments ... the world can seem a comfortingly small place sometimes :-)
Sunday, June 11, 2006
All the pretty houses
Roof with a view
That's the view from the view of the York Minster ... one day I might get round to going on the York Eye (a mini version of the London Eye) so I can do a compare and contrast ... I have a feeling it won't be the same as standing at the top of a cathedral but I'll reserve judgement for the moment.
Saturday, June 10, 2006
Bless Birmingham Conference Centre
Flat wooden trees with cute cat face
I took this somewhat out of focus photo at a conference in Birmingham - I love coming across cool art in weird locations ... next time I'll steady my hand first though ;-) I haven't got round to trying to find out who the artist is so let me know if you have a clue.
Monday, May 22, 2006
Never was a Cadbury Girl
A gift for my favourite Cadburys addict :-)
Jeepers has it really been such an age since I last tiptoed across this blog? Excuses to follow but for now here is a collage thingy I made for a friend with a sweet tooth. The lady is from a 50s prom dress sewing pattern and the dress is made up of Cadbury wrappers ... next time you catch me with a mouthful of choccies I have the perfect excuse - all part of the preparation for my next piece of art ;-)
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