Wednesday Thoughts

Been disappointed with myself for not blogging more. I have no excuses, except to say my mood isn't the greatest right now.

The past few weeks have been, how can I say, a blur. Not much has happened just been going through so many emotions right now which has prevented me from doing much of anything.

I went and bought myself a book the other day, Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert. I am quite enjoying it so far. It is nice to take my mind of things for a little while.

I have done some art work, just haven't had a chance to upload it yet.

So I am still around and hope to be back to creating soon.

Bye for now

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AEDM Day 10

Hello Everyone,

Another day another kitty.

I would like you too meet Pirate Kitty, he is going to a halloween party. This picture makes me smile. Love his peg leg : )

And I have another black and white picture that I am working on, can you believe that it actually has no cats in it.

Thank you for all the lovely comments on yesterdays post, I appreciate it so much : )

I am off now to finish another kitty picture : )

Have a great day

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AEDM Day 9

Wow, what a lovely surprise when I got up this morning and checked my blog and saw all the lovely comments. I have never received so many at one time : ). I just want to thank you all for giving me such positive feedback. It has really made me feel so good and I just want to create, create, create.

I have another kitty picture to share, Fishbowl kitty.

Still need to work on my backgrounds, I hope the more I paint ideas will come to me about what to do in the background. I just don't want to make the picture to crowded.

I will be back tomorrow with another picture, I hope you all have a wonderful creative day.

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AEDM Day 8

It's Sunday which means that hubby is home and we get to spend some quality time together. Today we have a barbecue planned and lots of swimming and then dvd's this evening.

I have two pictures to share with you today.

The first one is just a quick drawing I did in my sketch book, I coloured it in with my watercolour pencil crayons.

And of course the next picture has a cat in it. This picture reminds me of my cat Garfies, I have a photo of him sitting in the flower bed.
I hope everyone is having a good weekend.

Bye for now

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AEDM Day 7

Oh dear I am having a bit of a late start on the AEDM challenge, but I am here now.

Been working on a few pictures.

This one is for all those people going into winter.

Love the way it turned out : )

I will be back tomorrow.

Have a great day everyone

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Furry Thursday!!

I have started drawing my cats again.

The reason it has been a while is because a lady came to look at our house quite a long time ago, as she was looking around she saw some of my paintings on the table and said "Oh, you do have children" At first I wasn't sure why she said that, she then pointed to my painting. I told her that we don't have children, it was then a bit awkward. She then tried really hard to compliment my art by saying that she thought it was a colouring book.

I know she didn't mean it to be horrible, but it just made me doubt myself even more.

I do love my kitty's though, and they make me happy which I suppose is a good reason to start drawing them again.

I hope they can bring a smile to your face as well.

Have a great day.

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Something Different

Trying to keep myself motivated to create, which I am finding difficult at the moment.

I did this drawing a week or so ago, I was quite surprised the way it turned out, it is exactly how I imagined him.

Thank you so much for coming to have a look.

Bye for now

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Creativity to share!!

Two things to share with you today.

The first drawing I did a while ago, it is the third in my series of circle drawings.

The second photo is the drawing I did for the cover of my new sketch book. The only problem I had was that when I wanted to stick the picture on the cover I put to much glue down so it smudged the picture a bit in the corners. Otherwise I love how colourful it is.

Enjoy the rest of your week.

Bye for now

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Earthquake!!!

So on the 19 September we had an earthquake here in Bali, it measured 5.8.

It happened at around 7:20am so my hubby and I were still sleeping. I don't think I have ever gotten out of bed so fast. Our bedroom is upstairs, so our first thought was to get downstairs, but instead we stood on the top of the stairs (I know not a good place to be during an earthquake) the house rattled a bit and seemed to stop so we thought it was over but then it started again.

That is when we ran downstairs into the garden. The problem is that our garden is tiny, the swimming pool takes up most of it and then we have high walls all around and then this huge water tower. So all we could do is stand and wait and hope nothing falls down.

It felt like it lasted forever but it was only about 30 sec. It was really scary, I was so afraid the walls were going to crumble. The last time I went through and earthquake we lived in the Caribbean, I felt a lot safer then I think because we lived in a single storey house and we had a huge open area in front of the house but now in our current house everything feels so close together with no where to run.

Thankfully we are fine, our house has a few cracks. The only serious crack is in the downstairs bathroom, the crack goes right through to the other side of the wall so we will have to get someone to have a look at it for us.

There was only one aftershock about 4 hours later, which apparently measured 4.3 and only lasted a couple of seconds.

I hope that there are no more earthquakes.

Thats me for now, hope to be back soon with some more creations.

Have a good week.

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I am working!!!!

Just wanted you all to know that I am still around just been quite busy. Since we moved to Bali I have not been able to find work as a Montessori teacher, but just over a week ago the local Montessori school contacted me and asked if I was interested in being a substitute teacher. I obviously agreed.

So I had my first two days last week because one of the teacher was sick. I then thought this week was going to be quiet but the principal called me on Sunday and asked if I could come in today and now it looks like I will be going in for the rest of the week. This is all great the only thing is that it is my first teaching position so I am feeling a little lost and on top of that I have no idea what routines the kids have or where anything is in the classroom. So it has really been crazy.

I will be back soon with some more of my creations but for now I just have to get used to working again, by the time I get home I am pooped and all I can think about is having a cup of coffee and relaxing in front of the t.v.

Wish me luck for tomorrow : )

Bye for now

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Wishcasting Wednesday

So this is the first time I am participating in Jamie Ridler's Wishcasting Wednesday.

The question this week is:

"What do you wish to acknowledge yourself for?"

This had me sitting for a while thinking about what I could write.

So, I would like to acknowledge for myself that:

- I am a creative person no matter what others might think or say.

- I am confident (not quite, getting there slowly) in myself and know that I can do great in what ever I choose to do.

- I am learning to love who I am and accept myself for who I am.

What do you wish to acknowledge for yourself?

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Flower Power

Wordless Wednesday

Felt Kitty's!

So the other night before going to sleep I came up with this great idea (seemed like a great idea at the time) to make felt cats.

The next morning I gave it a try and this is what I have done so far.

This first picture is the first one I made, it didn't come out exactly the way I had planned. It was meant to be sitting, but as you can see the tale is a little stiff.

The second picture and I think I am getting the hang of this. Starting to look a little more like what I want, but still not quite right.

Now this is the third one, I like the way it turned out. It is looking more like the paintings of my cats. As you can see I didn't give him any legs, I am not sure how to do those yet.

I am hoping that the more I make the better I will get, I am also hoping my sewing gets better and neater.

If any one has any sewing tips I would love to hear them.

Have a great day everyone : )

Bye for now

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New Painting

The painting I did today is very different to what I normally do.

I really wanted to paint some lizards, well I came up with a design. It took me forever to try and draw the lizards, but with a little help from my lizard friend who lives in our sitting area, we have named him Sid, I managed to draw a lizard.

The painting is now hanging in our sitting area, maybe a little small for the wall it is on though.

acrylics on canvas

50 x 30 cm

I have been doing some more black and white illustrations which I will show you soon.

Thats it from me for now,

Bye

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