To start again

I have been finding it increasing harder to get put my art hat* on and have decided to start again. I am going to be starting a new work timetable which, all being well will allow me to have every other Wednesday off. Yippee!! I am under no delusions that every minute of this day will be used to its full potential but even if I spend the day hoovering (unlikely!) at least it will free up other time.

*If I had an art hat I would like it to look a bit like this; across between a satellite dish and a clock.

I have been tidying up my studio space today and I had done some before and after shots, which to my horror look very similar to one another. I am sitting in my studio as I type, and that would not have happened this morning. This bank holiday has been a pure crafty delight!

Going, Going, Gone

Everyday I get on the bus and I sit on the left (unless the heating is on that side and it is the middle of summer) and I look out of the window and wait. I am not waiting for the bus to stop and let me off to begin my world of Administration, there is no urgency there. I am waiting to drive past my favourite view on Mansfield road, the car wash.

This is not just any old car wash, this is a particularly interesting car wash with huge amounts of character and colour. I had an idea that I was going to go and ask if for the price of a car wash, I could photograph their car wash site. They have now gone and I missed my chance. The route to work feels like something is missing and all I have is these mobile phone shots that do not do it justice.

Boating Discoveries Part 2

On the second day of boating, Al and I went for an explore and found a chair graveyard. I was very over excited and started to climb to find more. It was amazing how disguised the chairs were amongst the undergrowth. I have yet to find an appropriate word for how it makes me feel when I spy new chair sights, but it is a lot like the feeling of finding something you forgot you had.

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Boating Discoveries Part 1

This weekend we went on a boating adventure! It was so relaxing, I was almost mute (which for anyone who knows me is hard to imagine). Caroline and I sat at the front, with our feet up, cup of tea and comfortable jumpers. Everything feels right in the world when you’re on the water. It’s so blooming calming and for a serial neurotic like me, it’s wonderful.

We went for a 30 minute sail before we stopped for lunch (if we had walked it would have taken 10 minutes which shows how much it slows down life). We walked past some beautiful buildings.

There were some incredible reflections too.