Painting class

I did this quick sketch as a mock up for a larger one, so bits are not finished but in some ways I like this one better than the other.
We had a wonderful week end and thank you to all who wished us well, we certainly ate and drank far too well and went to the art gallery to see the Hans Heysen exhibition, I felt why do I bother after seeing so many of his lovely watercolors, probably better known for his oils his watercolors were brilliant.
We also took the tram down to Glenelg and back which was fun, ate Chinese, Italian and Australian well I think that is what the Hilton's Brasserie calls it. Our room was great and we walked and slept and enjoyed ourselves.
The devastion of the bushfires in Victoria was really brought to us on the television news on Sunday morning and the death toll just keeps rising. An unheard of day, very high temperatures and gale force winds wrecked havoc.
It was emotionally draining seeing and hearing about it and worrying about my many friends in the pony world many of whom live in or near those areas. So far the ones I know about are ok, but for some it was a very close call.
Huge floods in the north of the country and fires down south. We are all now worried as there is more heat forcast for the end of the week, we are tinder dry too, no rain to speak of for 3 months and at least 2 more months perhaps 3 before we can expect rain.
And then the northern hemisphere has had snow and ice. What a world we live in.

50 years ago today

Here we are, skinny very young and very hopeful. I wont do a today photo, its a bit depressing.
But to the most wonderful and usually understanding husband in the world.
thank you for 50 interesting years.
I thought I would add the one of the wedding party, all under 21 except the groom, I was 19, my sister Felicity was 15, my young cousin Amanda was 8 , and Johns friend Ant as the best man was I think 20.
Its still hot but a change coming and so we are off to a night on the town.

Casting

Both of these have bits of casts in them, the first is using water soluble paper as a piece stitched to silk paper, this may be used on a book cover, the other is a cast of utee on a stamp and put while hot onto some scrim and then put on a small canvas with gesso and paint and dye and a small paper clay tag made from a tiny cookie cutter.
I am having fun playing while it is so hot and muggy, 38 degrees and steamy it is not nice.
We are going out to dinner tonight and I do hope the cool change comes as promised tomorrow afternoon as we head for town.
Thank you for all those wishing us well for our anniversary.

Playing with silk

I have been pretty busy today, all the mundane things like ironing and washing and a bit of cleaning, cleaning is not my forte, I only do it when I have to.
So the first one is a wisp of silk, a skeleton leaf and some glitter stars put between two pieces of vliesofix and the second which I love is silk cocoon strippings on a moulding mat with moonshadow mists. I love this one with the turquoise showing through.
It is going to be hot in Adelaide tomorrow and a bit but not much cooler here so the best laid plans ...
It is our 50th wedding anniversary on Saturday and we were going to the Hilton tomorrow and Saturday night, but now with the heat extending in to the Saturday, 43 degrees for Adelaide tomorrow and hot north winds, we couldnt leave as there is such a fire danger.
But we do have Saturday night which is THE night and Sunday to explore a bit, not the market as its not open on Sunday but perhaps a Chinese eatery which that area is famous for. We have booked a table at the Brassierie at the Hilton for Saturday night, we were going to explore the town but as we may not get up until late better to have some where booked on a Saturday night and I do love the chef there.

Sachiko Japemo

This fun little doll is designed by Rhonda McGinnity of Western Australia, she was such fun to do and I have another almost ready, she just needs her little kimono on.
It has been a trip to Adelaide day, lovely in the car which is air conditioned but not so lovely here as the house got hot and is now quite humid.
My mother was not terribly well today, well more confused than normal, I am now wondering what drugs she is on. Again!
We had to go to the accountant and drop stuff into the bank had a quick take away which we ate on a cliff top, a coffee when we collected the mail in Victor and where there was a lovely sea breeze and home where there was no breeze at all, the joys of living so close and yet so far from the sea.
I have a carpet of leaves under trees where they are shedding them and even the agapanthus leaves have been badly burnt, we wont get any apples although the trees in the orchard are laden, they all got burnt and this is the year we have had no parrots to eat them!.
I would desperately like to get on with both my catalogue killers and my ratty tatty papers on line classes but I just keep running out of time, perhaps tomorrow.
Gosh what a miserable post, its not all bad and at least as a friend says when she looks at herself in the mirror, I am still here!

A basket of hearts

Today down here it has been much cooler, asw I came over the hill into Victor there was a sea mist which by the time I had had my physio appointment had spread inland, sadly by 11 it had largely dispersed, but we have been around 25, 27 today although Victor was much cooler.
I had to go back in for a Woman's and Children's hospital meeting, and it was quite pleasant.
I am tired, probably because now we have cooled off I have relaxed a bit.
I have been making these hearts while it was hot and they were fun to make. They dont seem to show up terribly well in the photo.
I am still trying to finish off yet more charms, I hope the number I have done will be enough. I am not sure what to do about a jumnp ring as they dont really fit, I may just put some nice fun thread on them, I will have to think about it as I am really not sure how to do it. Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Walking the beach near the Gorge

This morning we had to take the freeze branding stuff back to Yankalilla and so we went on for an early morning walk to the sandy beach near the Gorge. We hadnt been there for a while and couldnt get over how the usually lovely sandy beach was full of pebbles as you can see in the top photo. There is a lovely view down towards Rapid Head and I took photos while I walked and gathered a few shells, I was bemoaning the fact that I have always found at least one cowrie on this beach when I finally found one, and only one. It is quite an interesting bit of the coast, a lot of mica in the rocks, we gathered a tiny bit.
It has been a bit cooler today so John decided to bring in my mothers old frig, but where to put it as we dont at this stage want to take the old one out. That meant another bout of total re organisation which left us both feeling hot dirty and tired.
An old pony friend came to visit and she and the friend she had with her have decided to buy one of the foals, so that is one down and a whole heap left to go. It was lovely to see them.