Category Archives: Musings

Have you noticed that when peeling and cutting beetroot the colour leeches out and stains the chopping board, your fingers, kitchen hand towels and any cloths you might use to wipe down the work surface?  I am regularly scrubbing my … Continue reading →

This, I thought, was worth reblogging. PIED TYPE Photo: Gamma Gallery This 6′ × 24′ graffiti mural is the work of Gamma Acosta, Longmont, Colo. “Crayons” is his statement about the Sandy Hook school massacre, done a day later. It’s gone now, … Continue reading →

I’ve never been great at photography and now that I need to do so much it seems like the time to improve.  My quest started several weeks ago during my visit to Cockatoo Island.  I’m finding that my new interest … Continue reading →

I’m just coming down to earth after a brilliant 2 weeks sporting extravaganza in our house. Firstly there was the French tennis grand-slam.  Two weeks of stamina, strength, fierce determination and then heartbreak for those who lost in each round. … Continue reading →

Whilst out and about yesterday I was amused to see this sign outside our local Pub. As it was only 10am I thought it a bit early to take advantage of this wonderful opportunity!! However, I took on board the … Continue reading →

The last few days here in Sydney, Australia, have been delightful.  From the bright warm days to the cool early-dark evenings, as I look around I see the beautiful vibrant colours of Autumn. As I wander the bush trails in … Continue reading →

This week has been a week of terrible torrential rain and dark days with a sprinkling of sun shining through the grey clouds now and again.  Never mind that, my dogs still wanted their daily trek along the bush trails … Continue reading →

The last few days have been spent painting and printing with different media.  Yesterday I played with my oil based Shiva sticks.  Beautiful colours, wonderful effects and good results.  However, when I came to clean up that was another matter … Continue reading →

I was very disconcerted to go out for a couple of hours during the day and return to find a shed snake skin in my carport which hadn’t been there earlier.  A pretty bold fellow to be wandering about in the … Continue reading →

In the introduction to project 2 there is a section entitled Fabrics where the idea of experimenting on different fabric backgrounds is mentioned and dyeing our own is suggested.  I looked through the fabrics I have dyed over the last couple … Continue reading →