snotty noses, teething and ugg boots
its taking ages for marta and claude to shake the snooty nose coughing in the middle of the night thing. so its been stories, warm baths with lavender and painting painting and more painting.
but today bundled in hats and coats they are off on an adventure with nara to find some hand tools for the ukuleles that he is making. that means im home ....all by myself.....
im swimming in a sea of arms legs and ears as i make up another order of rabbits and ducks for Craft Victoria. we have been eating stacks of risotto and ricotta rice pudding so there are heaps of rice bags to play with. so today will be spent cutting, stitching and stuffing.
we have got a wedding to go to in august and my mum is making marta a wool box pleat dress. the wedding will be in a big paddock so im thinking warm layers. im making claudes outfit and am draw to the idea of an apron, is just deciding on the fabric. ive recently gone back to work part time and am a bit overwhelmed how many 'making' hours i have lost in the week. im still squeezing things in but it just feels like every thing is half finished. i stretched some canvases last week, much easier than i thought. here is a painting ive been working on
I think you've really captured her! What a lovely painting. And I know what you mean about losing so many "making" hours - rather alarming. Mine are about to disappear as I embark on a training programme of flying trapeze, tumbling and dirty dancing - scary! I'm home - let's catch up! Love Fixiefoo www.fixiefoo.typepad.com
Posted by: X Asphyxia | July 01, 2006 at 07:31 PM
just found your blog this evening through hopskipjump. so glad I did. your things are absolutely lovely. and this painting of marta is beautiful. i love it.
look forward to checking back often....
Posted by: molly | July 05, 2006 at 12:42 PM
What a gorgeous painting - really lovely !
Posted by: lyn | July 06, 2006 at 06:28 PM