I took a step back from the internet – I\’ve always had some sort of presence on social media – when my Husband finished work for the Christmas break on the 15th of December. I was using some websites pretty avidly in the month or so before this date and honestly, I was feeling like…
Today, was all about puddle testing with the Chief Puddle Tester! I don\’t know what makes a good splashing puddle, but it seems that Marcus does. If its not good enough, he quickly moves on to a puddle that is. Or in this case, stream.
The nice weather has got me thinking that I should be outside painting and enjoying the sun – but whenever I think about doing anything remotely art related I just think of all the canvas\’ I\’ve already got finished upstairs and how they\’re gathering dust because I have absolutely no business knowledge or any ideas…
I didn\’t want to write this post either – maybe next time I\’ll look at what I have to write before accepting a challenge. Mostly, because I find if I dwell on the things I struggle with they feel a little all consuming and it tends to get me feeling a bit overwhelmed and it\’s…
Ooooh, this\’ll be a fun one! My top three pet peeves. I could say about some smaller more insignificant things, like chewing gum or litter but while these annoy me, then generally don\’t get me ranting my head off all evening about it! Bullying – I think this is more than a simple pet peeve…
Why do I paint? I\’ve often asked myself this. Why do I create paintings, drawings and write? It\’s mostly addiction. Not to the process of creating itself, because I personally have taken breaks from the creative process before. But addicted to that strange and often horrible feeling afterwards. That feeling of euphoria that you\’ve created…
I was wondering today, as the title suggests, while I was working through the ironing pile why I had always been a bit afraid of really saying hello to the world. Until recently this blog has always been something of a bit of a dark, dangerous secret. Known only by a few friends and family members….
The title Beach came as a prompt from The Daily Post — It\’s days like today* that you think about the times when life was that little bit easier. What I am learning so far about motherhood is that it\’s not actually easy. I was never under the illusion that it would be, but there…