At Home

I forgot to share these earlier so thought I'd do so now. Another couple of 5x7 pieces with my cheery little houses which I made as New year's gifts. 

Playing House

Since my last blog post I have become a grandmother. Little Eben couldn't wait to meet the world and was born a month early. He is a beautiful, healthy boy and I feel blessed to know him. 

One of the things which this whole experience has brought to the fore is how much has changed in the baby world in the last 30-odd years since my daughter was born, by which I mean everything from attitudes to home birth, advice on pregnancy and beyond, and the range of 'stuff' available to care for mum and baby. To me, 36 years seems quite a short time, but I feel like a stranger in a strange land when I watch how my daughter equips and acquits herself when looking after his needs, and I marvel at it a little.

Of course, much is still the same as well, the basics never change and the most important things: security, warmth, food and shelter, remain. And, of course, love. A loving family and a happy home are surely what we all wish for our children, and their children too.

The pictures above are a couple of the happy houses I made as new year's gifts this year.

Another Red House

I used to dream about living in a red house when I was a little girl. Sometimes it was in the forest and sometimes it was on the seashore but wherever it was there was always a feeling of magic about it and adventures would surely follow.
 

Someday My Prints Will Come

I am very excited to announce that I am at last ready to start selling prints of my paintings in my Etsy shop! Although I got my spiffy six-colour Epson printer quite some time ago expressly for this purpose I'd kept putting it off because I wanted to find the right paper, by which I mean something which will convey the look and detail of the original piece. Well I finally have; some lovely watercolour paper which reproduces the images with great fidelity and has a pleasing, lightly textured surface.

So, I am now busy printing and stocking (in between getting my daily Tour de France fix of course.) I'm also still deciding which work to reproduce so if you would like to see a particular piece of mine as a print that isn't currently available as such please let me know, I'd really appreciate your input!

Neighbourhood Watch

I've been meaning to photograph these houses for ages, before they're claimed by the wrecking ball. They are the last remnants of several streets which were demolished some years ago to make way for a new road network and stand like a forgotten island in a sea of concrete, tarmac and railway sidings.

What To Do, What To Do?

Do you ever have those patches in life when you're just dying to do something but you don't know what it is? Does that even make any sense? Well anyway, that's how I've been feeling for the past week or so. I keep starting, or thinking about starting, things and then abandoning them. Restless, can't seem to find what it is that's calling me. I hope it hurries up and gets here!

In the meantime, here's a couple of new notebooks, both with prints of my original drawings.