Hermitage

Is it just me or does everyone feel like they just want to stay home and not talk to anyone….
The older I get the worse it seems to be getting.  Once I get over the Christmas fun (and it is fun) I just want to hide and not see or talk to anyone.  The thought [...]

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Letting go

Arn’t we funny things.
The only thing that feels better than getting something new is the feeling of letting something go.  Clearing out.  Making space for the new.  Appreciating the absence of stuff.
So why do we stock up?  Is it evolution?  Is it instinctive?  Is it greed?
In my case I think it’s protection of some kind.  [...]

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Before you get pregnant.

Do you understand the basics of bicycle and basketball ring assembly?
Can you whip up a batch of cup-cakes at 11pm and wrap presents without wrapping paper?
Can you juggle the emotional and psychological needs of multiple children, a spouse and yourself?
Would you attempt an impromptu vaudeville act while making breakfast?
Have entire conversations using body language and [...]

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Festive, fun and feverish

I LOVE Christmas.
Childhood memories of an abundance of presents and company.  Every second year with the extended famil(ies) in an extravaganza that stretched from early morning to early evening – and sometimes beyond.  Santa, Marnie’s tree (My Dad’s Mum) with cousins and aunties and presents spilling all over the place, Grandma’s for lunch with my [...]

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Pay it forward

You know how sometimes, you see (or hear) of something that is just so fab that you think you might like to be a part of it.
And then it touches you, and you feel privileged to be part of the movement and the pleasure of being alive and part of the human race.
Ever happened to [...]

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Mmmmmmmmm

Something so incredibly special happened today that I don’t have the words for it yet.  I will soon though.  Promise.
In the meantime some wonderful (insert flashing lights and sparkly music) biscuits have been made in our house.  I was going to blog them last week but they all got eaten before I got the camera [...]

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And as she taxied on the runway…

And as she taxied on the runway she wondered if she would ever be back here again. Oil on wood, 2008, 18cm x 12cm
New work available over here.

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Lucky me!

I got so caught up in the making and sending of Backtack 4 that I almost forgot that I was going to get something in return.
How very exciting it was to find a parcel on my doorstep yesterday from Tatjana.
I don’t want to rub it in, but I did feel very spoiled and grateful and [...]

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Approaching…. what?

The approach, 2008, oil on board, 30cm x 30cm
Yesterday we said goodbye to my treasured Grandmother.  On the long drive home it started to rain, and almost 20 hours later it is still raining hard. Fresh, nourishing, cleansing, life-giving rain.  Forcing one to snuggle inside and reflect on the possibility of going out.
I love the [...]

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Memory

New work available here.

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