Organic Journal I made a start on my Organic Journal today. For details of this exciting book, please see this post. A collection of collage papers. On the right, one of my music sheets painted with coffee. In the centre, a scratch paper with marks created by cleaning off my paintbrush - this…
Preparations apace! I made a good start yesterday on my pre-op preparations. I sorted the top of the kitchen freezer which is now virtually empty. While I was at it, and because there wasn't too much in the fridge prior to my grocery delivery, I took everything out, removed all the shelves etc.…
Napkins from Lithuania A few days ago I received the final (I think! - I ordered so many it's hard to keep track!) of my packs of rice paper and napkins. I knew there was a delay on this one because it was coming from overseas, but I hadn't realised it was coming…
New drawings Recently I found some YouTube videos with lots of inspiration, so I played them, stopping often and copying down various motifs and ideas for use in my own projects. One video was of a riot of different flowers connected by different border strips and background fills - plenty of material here…
Health update - more frustrations! On Sunday I had my CT scan in Exeter as arranged. When I had my first scan there, back in the summer of 2019, Mr. Daniels, the consultant, had said that he wanted me lying on my stomach for it, and when I arrived, there was nothing on…
The downward spiral In 2020 we longed for the normality of 2019. In 2021 we thought that perhaps 2020 hadn’t been so bad after all. “Three weeks to flatten the curve”? Hmm. The majority are ruled by fear and are willingly giving up their basic freedoms and submitting to totalitarianism. However, for the…
What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? Not a lot, if truth be told. I've been too busy this week with other things to get near my studio. Much more of this and it will revert to its dumping ground status again. Shoshi the Tattooed Lady Last Friday I went for my radiotherapy planning…
Health update First of all, thank you, everyone who spotted my additional post this week, sharing the news of my cancer diagnosis, and for your good wishes. That post, just prior to this one, gives details, and I have also added a new cancer diary page to my blog (tab under main header).…
What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? Working on the embellishments for the cat throw. I am finding the chart I made last week extremely useful, and it's fun adjusting it each time I complete another crocheted kitty, and seeing the bottom half of the chart gradually diminishing in number. As you can see,…
What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? This week I have been working on the embellishments for the cat throw. With a total of 80 squares in the blanket, there are quite a lot of embellishments to make. I have bundled them together according to type, to keep them organised until I can sew…
