River Bed

New work in progress.
As we crossed the Daintree river by ferry I loooked upstream and considered how wonderful it would be to explore it – by boat – solo, slow and steady.  Stopping to take photos, daydream and snack when one felt like it.
Second though.  Boating down Daintree, solo, slow and steady being followed by [...]

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Found

This is the haircut I had through most of my childhood.
This is the haircut I had after I lost weight and rediscovered my skinny self (15 years ago).
This is the haircut that I had when I met my husband.
And a lots of stuff happened after that – mostly good, and including the blessing that is [...]

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Foxy

We love Charlie and Lola in our house. LOVE it.
And Zara has been asking for a Foxy like Lola has for a fair few months now.  So yesterday – the pair of us went shopping.  We bought the right colour fabric (according to Zara).  We figured out how big it should be…
I drew a rough [...]

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a room of ones own

Homes come in all shapes and sizes
It’s not what I would have chosen, but the house we have sort of chose us, and we are (apart from disliking the way it looks – which is kind of important), very, very happy here.  The thing that I did get very excited about was the fact that [...]

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Cast Off

On the weekend, a marvellous, surprisingly fast, and happy project was completed.

A cropped, fitted and fluted cardigan of peacock hues that is light, and delicious and girly.

And the best bit – I actually like it, it fits, and want to wear it.
So many of my knitted projects for myself end up being too big, too [...]

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Toe

I’m working on a new painting.
Today.
Based on a photo I took last week.
Of a stranger.
Does that sounds wierd?  Probably….
Last week we were at the Atherton Tablelands, visiting a waterfall and a minibus load of backpackers got out.  They stripped off to their bathers and all went for the waterfall experience – some swimming up to [...]

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and this is what I got

This was my birthday present.  A moment of such delight and wonder that it sank in deep and stayed.
On the day of my birthday we went to the Daintree forest, took the ferry over the Daintree river, explored and frolicked, terrified ourselves with the prospect of coming face-to-face with a Cassowary (if only we could [...]

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self-portrait wednesday – getting down to business

If you are as left-brained as I am (90% because I try hard to be polite – otherwise it would be 95%) – I feel sorry for you.
I used to be better, but these days, as I spend more time focused on art I am slipping tragically into the mire….
The business of being an artist [...]

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I wish

If I drew this I would be so proud.
The negative spaces are perfectly balanced with the positive ones.  The gathering of stripes.  The collections of circles contained in larger shapes.
It’s perfect.
She is 3.  And I wonder what she will become.  If this eye, attention to detail and sustained concentration are glimpses into a mind that [...]

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lightness of being

feather – found at mossman
One of the things the book I am reading speaks of, is the trap that we fall into of thinking our ego is us.  I don’t know about you – but I have spent a lot of my life talking to myself – in my head, about things that are not [...]

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