ooh my sesquiecentennial post
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Stranger than fiction.
Weird day today, spent the day cleaning up my study and building a new flatpack computer workstation desk instead of my beautiful old blackwood dining table which I have been using as a desk.(Unfortunately the table made the room look tiny so a desk was the compromise to give it space and to continue to operate in some sort of normality.
Anyway I digress, I heard a tale of twisted behaviour today that made me laugh in the end but the drama of it and the perpetrator of it are beyond the pale.
The situation involves some friends, A goes overseas for a year leaving her partner B alone in their house. C is the next door neighbour and a good mate to B but admitted later that she had never liked A that much because she found her manipulative and generally a bit of a nutcase- in some respects I have to concur with that opinion having been on the receiving end of one of her tirades in the past myself. A & B have had a rocky time for a few years in their relationship and the decision to take off for a year for A was one that always puzzled some of us.
Anyway off A trots telling all and sundry before she left that she and B had an arrangement that sex with someone else while they were apart did not count.
All sweetness and light apparently but in the meantime C and others get various communications that she is not happy about some aspects of her life and is actually looking for 'something better'. Also while saying this was obsessing about B getting in touch with and old girlfriend of his and other women in the area who he 'flirted' with. Now B is no saint but there are few nicer men in the world, he enjoys a light hearted flirt as much as the next guy but he has never overstepped the mark with any female in the wide group of mutual friends and acquaintances we have. A charmer but not a sleaze.
Hint one: B has some friends to stay, two women. His house is set up with three bedrooms, one of is fully self contained for guests and the Master bedroom and a second bedroom that is not in fact used as a bedroom much share the other main bathroom. B decides to make his guests comfortable and move out of the Master bedroom and into the selfcontained one so the two women could have a room each and share a bathroom with each other. A really nice gesture and just that of a considerate host. When one of the guests emails A to let her know about the visit and B's kindness (A visit she was fully aware of- before, during and after the fact) She flips out at B completely and ripped into him about how he had given up the bed of a 'loving couple' and so forth.
Another friend of A & B -let's call her D- stays with B for a couple of weeks to carry out some research work prior to her eventual move to that part of the world.
D is a bit of genius with colour and B wants to paint his pride and joy - a boat- before A gets home so they can take off and go for that trip they had sort of planned for her return. B is also a bit colour blind and asks D to pick the colour of the boat for him after discussing his requirements. D is bit wary of A's insecurity and points out to B that A might not be impressed but he explains he wants to do for the reason described above. So D chooses the colours for him and the result is very striking apparently and much admired his friends etc.
Hint two: A comes home after a year away and immediately launches into a 'spring clean' of the entire house. Even after she know B is not a slob and C had helped him out doing just that before A got home so the place would be all nice and clean for her to just kick back and relax. B tells C and D (and me) afterwards that he realised A had come home on some kind of mission to find 'proof'.
A finds a note from D that had accompanied a present to B to say thank you for his help during her visit and then a letter from D which was part of a writing game she had shown B during her visit. A goes ballistic at B and contacts D and gives her a spray to which D reacts with the full force of her Irish temper. The strange side of this is that D is married to F who is B's best mate! Now it gets even stranger,
B had promised to help F with some work for a couple of weeks which would make it neccesary for him to stay with D & F.
B is the kind of man who wont break a promise and says he is going to fulfill his promise to F and goes to stay with D & F who are shocked at how emotionally drained he is. He tells them that A said she wouldnt be there when he got back.
However A has not even begun to play her games yet. She phones B and is sweetness and light to him the first call, incredibly ignorant to D who answered the phone and would be everytime she called. Then the next call starts haranguing him and saying fairly tasteless things about what he and D were doing etc. Next call all sweetness and light and then hot and cold each time she called.
With B away and out of effective reach A falls back on C the neighbour who has been roped in by A. Then they have a falling out over A's complete disregard for anyone other than herself - basically the woman broke a cardinal rule when it comes to the ownership of an animal and prevented C's dog from going home when C was calling her because A felt 'lonely' The dog is a breed that really needs a pack leader and only one pack leader.
Unable to get at D except for one memorable night when she screamed like a banshee at D because the extension phone in B's room wouldnt work and B said he wasnt getting up to take the call because he was not feeling all that well and it was quite late. A turns her attentions to C and her friendship with B- a completely platonic friendship between two Libra's- ie they dont mess with each other LOL.
First she smears C all over the district. Then is sighted by not just one neighbour but two with her hand in C's letterbox. Apparently on more than one occasion. C notices some strange stuff going on with her telephone over the next couple of months. Ringing once then cutting out and when she dials *10# there is no call recorded. Friends reporting her phone is being directed to other states etc. Finally she gets someone from the phone company to believe her and he finds that her line is indeed diverted.
The phone company brings in the police after they find that someone has impersonated C and organised a remote diversion process on C's phone. Because they have the voices of two women on file and that C's voice was on file previously and the police verify it is indeed her they know someone has stolen her identity with the phone company. Serious crime and one that is frowned upon deeply of late.
C is played the recording and recognises A's not so dulcet tones but plays dumb as to the identity of the fraudster because she thinks B has been through enough and his reputation might suffer in the process- added to which she really doesnt want to have to listen to A badmouth her in court as to her reasons for doing what she has done.
A is a strange woman, on the surface a complete airhead. She chatters all the time about nothing ins some ways to reassure herself I think but in light of what I have been told I think the woman is completely self absorbed. Another friend has talked of an instance where A blithely informed some people of her fertility problems in front of her after she had confided in A and sworn her to secrecy. I have begun to recognise a pattern in her behaviour. A seems to like see herself as the victim all the time and in this latest saga she has been playing for all it is worth apparently.
But committing fraud? That is not just nasty but downright stupid. I must admit I will be watching to see if she can actually see past her self absorption to realise just how much risk she has put herself in legally. Who would want to employ her with a fraud conviction? It will be interesting to watch
And as I said folks STRANGER than FICTION!!
Anyway I digress, I heard a tale of twisted behaviour today that made me laugh in the end but the drama of it and the perpetrator of it are beyond the pale.
The situation involves some friends, A goes overseas for a year leaving her partner B alone in their house. C is the next door neighbour and a good mate to B but admitted later that she had never liked A that much because she found her manipulative and generally a bit of a nutcase- in some respects I have to concur with that opinion having been on the receiving end of one of her tirades in the past myself. A & B have had a rocky time for a few years in their relationship and the decision to take off for a year for A was one that always puzzled some of us.
Anyway off A trots telling all and sundry before she left that she and B had an arrangement that sex with someone else while they were apart did not count.
All sweetness and light apparently but in the meantime C and others get various communications that she is not happy about some aspects of her life and is actually looking for 'something better'. Also while saying this was obsessing about B getting in touch with and old girlfriend of his and other women in the area who he 'flirted' with. Now B is no saint but there are few nicer men in the world, he enjoys a light hearted flirt as much as the next guy but he has never overstepped the mark with any female in the wide group of mutual friends and acquaintances we have. A charmer but not a sleaze.
Hint one: B has some friends to stay, two women. His house is set up with three bedrooms, one of is fully self contained for guests and the Master bedroom and a second bedroom that is not in fact used as a bedroom much share the other main bathroom. B decides to make his guests comfortable and move out of the Master bedroom and into the selfcontained one so the two women could have a room each and share a bathroom with each other. A really nice gesture and just that of a considerate host. When one of the guests emails A to let her know about the visit and B's kindness (A visit she was fully aware of- before, during and after the fact) She flips out at B completely and ripped into him about how he had given up the bed of a 'loving couple' and so forth.
Another friend of A & B -let's call her D- stays with B for a couple of weeks to carry out some research work prior to her eventual move to that part of the world.
D is a bit of genius with colour and B wants to paint his pride and joy - a boat- before A gets home so they can take off and go for that trip they had sort of planned for her return. B is also a bit colour blind and asks D to pick the colour of the boat for him after discussing his requirements. D is bit wary of A's insecurity and points out to B that A might not be impressed but he explains he wants to do for the reason described above. So D chooses the colours for him and the result is very striking apparently and much admired his friends etc.
Hint two: A comes home after a year away and immediately launches into a 'spring clean' of the entire house. Even after she know B is not a slob and C had helped him out doing just that before A got home so the place would be all nice and clean for her to just kick back and relax. B tells C and D (and me) afterwards that he realised A had come home on some kind of mission to find 'proof'.
A finds a note from D that had accompanied a present to B to say thank you for his help during her visit and then a letter from D which was part of a writing game she had shown B during her visit. A goes ballistic at B and contacts D and gives her a spray to which D reacts with the full force of her Irish temper. The strange side of this is that D is married to F who is B's best mate! Now it gets even stranger,
B had promised to help F with some work for a couple of weeks which would make it neccesary for him to stay with D & F.
B is the kind of man who wont break a promise and says he is going to fulfill his promise to F and goes to stay with D & F who are shocked at how emotionally drained he is. He tells them that A said she wouldnt be there when he got back.
However A has not even begun to play her games yet. She phones B and is sweetness and light to him the first call, incredibly ignorant to D who answered the phone and would be everytime she called. Then the next call starts haranguing him and saying fairly tasteless things about what he and D were doing etc. Next call all sweetness and light and then hot and cold each time she called.
With B away and out of effective reach A falls back on C the neighbour who has been roped in by A. Then they have a falling out over A's complete disregard for anyone other than herself - basically the woman broke a cardinal rule when it comes to the ownership of an animal and prevented C's dog from going home when C was calling her because A felt 'lonely' The dog is a breed that really needs a pack leader and only one pack leader.
Unable to get at D except for one memorable night when she screamed like a banshee at D because the extension phone in B's room wouldnt work and B said he wasnt getting up to take the call because he was not feeling all that well and it was quite late. A turns her attentions to C and her friendship with B- a completely platonic friendship between two Libra's- ie they dont mess with each other LOL.
First she smears C all over the district. Then is sighted by not just one neighbour but two with her hand in C's letterbox. Apparently on more than one occasion. C notices some strange stuff going on with her telephone over the next couple of months. Ringing once then cutting out and when she dials *10# there is no call recorded. Friends reporting her phone is being directed to other states etc. Finally she gets someone from the phone company to believe her and he finds that her line is indeed diverted.
The phone company brings in the police after they find that someone has impersonated C and organised a remote diversion process on C's phone. Because they have the voices of two women on file and that C's voice was on file previously and the police verify it is indeed her they know someone has stolen her identity with the phone company. Serious crime and one that is frowned upon deeply of late.
C is played the recording and recognises A's not so dulcet tones but plays dumb as to the identity of the fraudster because she thinks B has been through enough and his reputation might suffer in the process- added to which she really doesnt want to have to listen to A badmouth her in court as to her reasons for doing what she has done.
A is a strange woman, on the surface a complete airhead. She chatters all the time about nothing ins some ways to reassure herself I think but in light of what I have been told I think the woman is completely self absorbed. Another friend has talked of an instance where A blithely informed some people of her fertility problems in front of her after she had confided in A and sworn her to secrecy. I have begun to recognise a pattern in her behaviour. A seems to like see herself as the victim all the time and in this latest saga she has been playing for all it is worth apparently.
But committing fraud? That is not just nasty but downright stupid. I must admit I will be watching to see if she can actually see past her self absorption to realise just how much risk she has put herself in legally. Who would want to employ her with a fraud conviction? It will be interesting to watch
And as I said folks STRANGER than FICTION!!
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Today's visitor
A Dingy Swallowtail or Citrus Butterfly
A native visitor to the parched garden distracting me from the mundane
I should be polishing and sweeping and stuff but life is far too short and this summer has been spent doing so much work!! lol
and not MY work
Oh well back to the grind- I know it will be worth it but I am just SO bored with it all
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Almost, almost there
The photographer from the real estate man came yesterday and took about half an hour to take the shots he needed- telling me he wished I would do all his houses because it was just ready and didnt need dressing
this is what it has been all about folks
front view
the kitchen which will be the main pic on the billboard at the front of the house leading up to the auction
and our newly enormous bedroom - after the removal of M.O.T.H's junk
this is what it has been all about folks
front view
the kitchen which will be the main pic on the billboard at the front of the house leading up to the auction
and our newly enormous bedroom - after the removal of M.O.T.H's junk
Sunday, March 09, 2008
Two hour art
Probably the worst reason to create art in the eyes of my tutors past and present is to 'match the furniture' but this was done yesterday afternoon to create a focal point for our living room.
The fine tuning has begun now that the majority of the painting is finished- only two doors left for me to paint etc now it is time to dress the house to make it attractive to buyers.
I took down our extensive art collection which consists of a number of paintings we have collected on our travels and are mostly smaller pieces, having them around the house would make it visually busy and the effect I want for the sale is a place of calm and relaxation.
Our living room is quite large now I have removed the half a tonne of books that were in there but the walls were bare and we had nothing really large enough with a splash of the red colour I was using to give the room oomph so I trotted off to the Reject Shop and bought a canvas and let it sit in the corner for a few days while I ruminated on what I was going to produce. Being a water sign anything related to the sea inspires me and I was mucking around with an idea based on a nautilus shell design which I messed around with it and created a medieval type spiral and then using PVA as my first drawing medium on the canvas created the outline of the design and let it dry in a ridge and then mixed up acrylic paints- nothing special just stuff I had laying around the place from various projects and kept spritzing it with a spray bottle until I was happy with the effect and colours. After that dried- quickly because it was warm yesterday- I rubbed the 'ribs' with Treasure Gold.
Voila- Two hour art.
Now for one for our bedroom- another place that is surprising large once all the junk is removed- although M.O.T.H still maintains it is all treasures- yep I'm a bower bird and he is a friggin' squirrel!!! ;-)
The fine tuning has begun now that the majority of the painting is finished- only two doors left for me to paint etc now it is time to dress the house to make it attractive to buyers.
I took down our extensive art collection which consists of a number of paintings we have collected on our travels and are mostly smaller pieces, having them around the house would make it visually busy and the effect I want for the sale is a place of calm and relaxation.
Our living room is quite large now I have removed the half a tonne of books that were in there but the walls were bare and we had nothing really large enough with a splash of the red colour I was using to give the room oomph so I trotted off to the Reject Shop and bought a canvas and let it sit in the corner for a few days while I ruminated on what I was going to produce. Being a water sign anything related to the sea inspires me and I was mucking around with an idea based on a nautilus shell design which I messed around with it and created a medieval type spiral and then using PVA as my first drawing medium on the canvas created the outline of the design and let it dry in a ridge and then mixed up acrylic paints- nothing special just stuff I had laying around the place from various projects and kept spritzing it with a spray bottle until I was happy with the effect and colours. After that dried- quickly because it was warm yesterday- I rubbed the 'ribs' with Treasure Gold.
Voila- Two hour art.
Now for one for our bedroom- another place that is surprising large once all the junk is removed- although M.O.T.H still maintains it is all treasures- yep I'm a bower bird and he is a friggin' squirrel!!! ;-)
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
In the home straight- we hope
Been very busy of course as you all realise but I am currently working on the final room- the painting thereof that is LOL.
Hope to have it complete over the weekend at the latest then I have promised myself a day off, last week was my birthday and I spent it painting LOL
But the BEST birthday present of all was my niece having her baby on the same day- her first. She lived with me for a while and we had our moments but she is pretty special to us both and this makes it doubly special. What with the running around for the house I didnt even get the time to visit her in hospital but she only had three nights in and plenty of visitors apparently.
SO I thought that maybe early next week I would pack up a picnic and go over for a visit.
Although I love the kid she made me a flipping great auntie- although I am in actual fact a great GREAT auntie already.
Thats what you get when you marry a man a bit older than yourself who is the baby of a large family and he is only a couple of years older than his niece who is now a grandmother.
Oh well
heres hoping I feel I can take an afternoon off because I have to have three rooms dressed and ready for the photographer by the 12th of next.
Hope to have it complete over the weekend at the latest then I have promised myself a day off, last week was my birthday and I spent it painting LOL
But the BEST birthday present of all was my niece having her baby on the same day- her first. She lived with me for a while and we had our moments but she is pretty special to us both and this makes it doubly special. What with the running around for the house I didnt even get the time to visit her in hospital but she only had three nights in and plenty of visitors apparently.
SO I thought that maybe early next week I would pack up a picnic and go over for a visit.
Although I love the kid she made me a flipping great auntie- although I am in actual fact a great GREAT auntie already.
Thats what you get when you marry a man a bit older than yourself who is the baby of a large family and he is only a couple of years older than his niece who is now a grandmother.
Oh well
heres hoping I feel I can take an afternoon off because I have to have three rooms dressed and ready for the photographer by the 12th of next.
Monday, February 11, 2008
We have
lift off?
Nah just a date which puts a deadline on the working on the house
Halle-bloody- lujah! LOL
The preliminary sign went up today and the marketing of the house begins in earnest just after Easter. The date of the auction is April 19. I was working outside for some part of the day and the number of people who slowed down and had a look when they saw the preliminary sign was pretty amazing- bodes well
So I have to have the interior finished and scrubbed and polished by the week before Easter. But at least the fun part begins because I can 'dress' the house
ie actually decorate rather than just shove something where it will fit!
So many people have said I wont want to leave after I get it finished- dont you believe it baby LOL
Our exhibition was postponed from March PHEW lol
that certainly took the pressure off so as soon as we begin marketing I can make a start on my two pieces for that- thankfully one quilt and one other piece that I can pack up when I am not working on them.
Who says I dont like challenges?
catch ya soon
Nah just a date which puts a deadline on the working on the house
Halle-bloody- lujah! LOL
The preliminary sign went up today and the marketing of the house begins in earnest just after Easter. The date of the auction is April 19. I was working outside for some part of the day and the number of people who slowed down and had a look when they saw the preliminary sign was pretty amazing- bodes well
So I have to have the interior finished and scrubbed and polished by the week before Easter. But at least the fun part begins because I can 'dress' the house
ie actually decorate rather than just shove something where it will fit!
So many people have said I wont want to leave after I get it finished- dont you believe it baby LOL
Our exhibition was postponed from March PHEW lol
that certainly took the pressure off so as soon as we begin marketing I can make a start on my two pieces for that- thankfully one quilt and one other piece that I can pack up when I am not working on them.
Who says I dont like challenges?
catch ya soon
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Jazzy in Charge- again
Me exhausted from supervising all the works
Everybody in this house is SO grumpy. I wish the sweet builder man was still here at least he still would find time to give me a pat and a scruff. Daddy is home this week and starting to drive Mummy crazy - she might be hormonal as well as exhausted because she has painted most of the house over the past few weeks and all he has to do is half of one wall and the three gable ends.
Last week Auntie Diney was here and she helped Mummy and they got a heap of painting done together and Daddy would come home and pick faults with it the naughty boy.
I must admit I like the colours Mummy has chosen and it does seem to be coming together but just not fast enough for Mummy because Daddy tends to be a bit scattergun in how he works around the place. Because Mummy has been at this since the end of October she is actually methodical about working around the place which is something a bit new for her hehehe.
The deck area all painted and ready for Auntie Ric's Baby Shower this weekend.
There isnt much a little pussy can do to make things better except follow Mummy around and help by being close even if she will persist in putting things on my 'bed' well my current bed is her flannel workshirt teehee!
Hopefully they wont kill each other before it is all done and will relax a bit this weekend when they have the baby shower for Auntie Ric
I will keep you posted
Loves and purrs
/Jazzy Jazz
Saturday, January 05, 2008
Some random Yarraville wildlife
the Huntsman- commonly referred to in my clan as Huntsies- brrrrr lol
One of the "highlights?!" of summer in Oz is the spiders
NOT my favourite critter and I am moving to a part of the world where spiders are legendary in size- along with most other bugs and crawlies sssshiverrrrrrrrr
but this one was one of three of similar size that were in my living room simultaneously last week.
For OS viewers this is a Huntsman spider relatively harmless unless you have a weak heart and turn on the light and one is sitting on the lamp!! But tickly crawly and quite large although this one is about average for in town but I have seen bigger - at closer quarters unfortunately LOL.
We have a lot of trees in the front garden which also provide havens for Orb Spiders too which spin the most glorious webs imaginable but they can be incredibly icky if you walk into them at night especially when you know there is a rather large spider inhabiting that web!!
Their legs can be up to 3 inches long and they actually thud against the house if the web breaks
Garden Orb
and the result is
decided to discharge the black- been doing a lot of that lately but I love the results
fairly pleased with this piece - now to chop it up and use it LOL
Friday, January 04, 2008
Too hot to paint- hooray
So I can do some stuff of my own and the conditions are perfect for flour paste resist dyeing
this is a piece I am starting for the exhibition that begins at the start of March
oh yes I do work better with deadlines!
Sunday, December 23, 2007
A little visitor
I was loading rubbish into the skip we hired to clear away all the old building materials yesterday when I found this little bloke.
For the first time ever I find a lizard in my garden after spending my childhood in a place infested by skinks I find a gecko in Melbourne!!
Taking it as a good omen because Geckoes make appearances in my work
the first pic was taken just after I caught him, I kept him overnight to watch and sketch and he gradually changed pigmentation to a paler colour which makes me think he is a Marbled Gecko after doing a little research on the Museum of Vic Website
Monday, December 17, 2007
The fun part- getting some colour!
For the past ten years or so my house has been coloured Portland Stone but now that I am selling it I decided to add some colour to it- splashes only because all the new paintwork inside is nice and neutral to appeal to the maximum amount of prospective buyers.
The outside wall colour is called Dancing Moss and is a nice green with cool blue tones in it which balance the Rivergum guttering but the sparkle comes from the white architraves and door trims. My inspiration was the houses I saw on the Chesapeake years ago- I would have liked to go for a stronger colour but again the tastes of the prospective buyers had to be taken into account- AND my rather wild garden.
Despite rather sceptical comments from the chippy about my abilities to choose colours from paint chips- the cheek of him considering I chose the colours for his boat for him from chips LOL
Then there is the front door- which is somewhat pinker than I thought from the chip even after two coats- I think the guy used the wrong base colour when he mixed the pot for me but I kind of like it - even it M.O.T.H is a bit alarmed by it. When you hold the chip against it it is definitely NOT the same lol
but Miss Jazzy seems to like it!!
The outside wall colour is called Dancing Moss and is a nice green with cool blue tones in it which balance the Rivergum guttering but the sparkle comes from the white architraves and door trims. My inspiration was the houses I saw on the Chesapeake years ago- I would have liked to go for a stronger colour but again the tastes of the prospective buyers had to be taken into account- AND my rather wild garden.
Despite rather sceptical comments from the chippy about my abilities to choose colours from paint chips- the cheek of him considering I chose the colours for his boat for him from chips LOL
Then there is the front door- which is somewhat pinker than I thought from the chip even after two coats- I think the guy used the wrong base colour when he mixed the pot for me but I kind of like it - even it M.O.T.H is a bit alarmed by it. When you hold the chip against it it is definitely NOT the same lol
but Miss Jazzy seems to like it!!
Friday, December 14, 2007
The 'Treehouse' is ours
waking up to this each morning is going to be so hard- NOT!!!
In all of the activity of the past couple of weeks I forgot to relate one important detail- the house in Queensland is now officially ours! What a ride that has been to say the least and even at the last minute there was a near disaster because the bank didnt have the right paperwork in place.
But as of the 3rd of December the house is ours and now all we have is a BIG FAT MORTGAGE to pay off until we can sell our house in Melbourne. Which was why all the hard work over the past two weeks with our wonderful friend.
The generosity of spirit of our friend has sustained us both through all of the ups and downs of the past six months or so. The debt we owe him is huge and we will be there for him when he needs us.
One little pussy of the household is totally bereft at his departure yesterday- when we came back from the airport last night she inspected the car and gave us such a dirty look and then stalked inside and spent the night on 'his' bed. This morning she is quite bemused by the lack of noise and activity (I'm puddling around and catching up on housework ye-uch instead of builder's labouring today) and has moved to the windowsill in this room in disgust.
Friends you make in life drift in and out but this friend is a constant for M.O.T.H. and I and will always be. I hope he knows how much we both love him and how much he means to us. Thank you Ken.
Recap of old pics but just a reminder of what I am moving towards. YAY
Saturday, December 08, 2007
Home stretch- sort of
Miss Jazzy in her role as supervisor of works.
The reason she never goes terribly far from the work going on - she knows a sucker when she sees one.
The builder in chief has suggested we might have it all finished by Wednesday AM. Once the window goes in today I think they are stopping for a break- they better because I am decidedly fragile after a night out with the Community Centre mob- sort of my last blast because of the move north. I had a great time last night and will miss most of them quite badly.
Isa as my friend Mereani would say.
Friday, December 07, 2007
Pussy Blog- Jazzy speaks
Well it is tough at the moment at Eirene St, Mummy is busy being a builder's labourer for that slave driver builder. He keeps her working SO hard she barely has time to feed me which is JUST NOT GOOD ENOUGH.
I could take a stand I suppose but he is such a nice man who gives me loves all the time when I fluff him with my tail. And he cuts all this stuff in the back yard that is such fun to get on my coat and drop all over the house!!
And he built this deck on the back of the house that is just PERFECT for me in the mornings to have a sunbathe and wash so I suppose I can forgive the fact that my Mum is not as scrupulous about feeding me as she usually is.
Daddy is working with him at weekends but Mummy is being the labourer although it is not all work and no play because they took a half day off yesterday and buzzed off to the Aquarium and left me out in the heat for the day the rats!! Although they did bring me some tuna so I can almost forgive them. Just wish they had brought me home something from the Aquarium tho' some might big fishies there.
wonder what he tastes like?
Well enough fluffing from me I have to chase my mum into the shower to get her out of the house for the night so I can have Daddy and and hunky builder all to myself!! MIAOW and purrs to everyone except maybe one...............
/Jazzy Jazz.
Thursday, November 29, 2007
New skills
about 11 o'clock yesterday morning
about 11 o'clock today
and about 4.30pm this afternoon
and we had sundowners on it a bit later woo hoo!!!
Over the past couple of days I have learned about deck building. I was mainly the hold this, pass me this or fetch this gal for my darling builder who has come to rescue us from the south.
Some of you might recognise him as my mate the Sea King. Yes it is the same wonderful man- multi MULTI talented is that lad ;-)
Seriously without the generosity of spirit that Ken has shown us I doubt we would be making this move- even if of late there has been some little reconsideration in light of some other stuff going on. He is a special man to us both, to me in particular he has been an extremely good friend and confidant and there is little in the world I wouldn't do for him. Short of murder maybe? LOL
He was very patient with his novice labourer and he didnt have any trouble with her at all- AS IF lol
Tomorrow daytime is replacing damaged cladding boards and then off to a concert with my mate tomorrow evening- as a special thank you to him I am taking him to a Beethoven Concert with the MSO tomorrow night- Classical music is a love I have discovered under his tutelage. Hmnn I wonder what else he could teach me?
Anyway I learned a lot over the past few days and no doubt learn much much more from my mate- a bloke in a million even if some others dont fully appreciate that.
Thursday, November 22, 2007
Hard Decisions
A lot of hard decisions will have to be made over the next few weeks. Divesting myself of my treasures is not an easy task- being a natural bower bird but unfortunately I am married to a freakin' squirrel- but getting M.O.T.H. to start doing his bit of that process has NOT been easy.
I thought I would have a fight on my hand over the books- got four double stacked 6' x3' bookshelves down to two single stacked was surprisingly painless although I think he is itching to retrieve his Solzhenitsyn's.
The problem being that no one is terribly interested in them as books- apparently the charity places are awash with books etc. and none of the dealers want old stuff anymore.
I wont be doing much creative work of my own for a few weeks, my lovely builder arrives on Tuesday and I am contracted to be his labourer/runner/tea lady etc. Between then and now I am hoping to paint the hallway- all cleared this morning and just waiting for the walls to dry after their wash down. Should knock that over pretty much by tomorrow night
Picked up my folio yesterday from VU and was very pleased with my results
yippppeeeeeeeeeee
Catch when I can
I thought I would have a fight on my hand over the books- got four double stacked 6' x3' bookshelves down to two single stacked was surprisingly painless although I think he is itching to retrieve his Solzhenitsyn's.
The problem being that no one is terribly interested in them as books- apparently the charity places are awash with books etc. and none of the dealers want old stuff anymore.
I wont be doing much creative work of my own for a few weeks, my lovely builder arrives on Tuesday and I am contracted to be his labourer/runner/tea lady etc. Between then and now I am hoping to paint the hallway- all cleared this morning and just waiting for the walls to dry after their wash down. Should knock that over pretty much by tomorrow night
Picked up my folio yesterday from VU and was very pleased with my results
yippppeeeeeeeeeee
Catch when I can
Sunday, November 11, 2007
Woodsmoke
Made from the Discharge dyeing session I had a few weeks back
this is for one part of my four part printmaking contract.
Fairly pleased with it and will use is in the Autumn exhibition in March.
the side panels involve shibori folding techniques and the cental discharged panel has leaf shapes marked and was sprayed and splattered randomly with discharge mix
as this was cotton I did a 1:1 bleach and water mix
the leaves were then overprinted with the block with some Lumiere Holo Green Gold
As you may have gathered I havent been that enthused with the group theme for the next exhibition- a bit twee and far too narrow considering the group as a whole is so diverse but I am getting my head around it and this has led me off in other directions- leaves and nature have always been a part of my work but I dislike being constrained.
This is about some of the things I WILL miss when I move to the tropics next year, I do like the change of seasons and autumn in particular is one of my faves because after our scorching dry summers we get cool nights and warm days and then a little later you get the first hint of true cold and the scent of woodsmoke in the air.
Friday, November 09, 2007
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