What the sky gave us #2

Yesterday afternoon, one of those 'blink and you'll miss it' moments. The brightest, clearest piece of rainbow.


Sock yarn from Suse finally untangled (took me two tangled skeins to work out that one should wind into ball first. Not real yarn smart..) Think I will try a size smaller needles. They is gonna be awful purdy.

And slow but sure progress on this painting; I now have two days a week to work, paint, have my own space...now that K is working from home. Found a warm sunny spot in the laundry to prop up the canvas and hang out with Tara. It's great to have the time though I really miss Beau. One day could almost be enough. But he gets to have those days with K which is bliss for them and I get to make head way in my work (and break to have coffee with the lovely Bridget, both of us sans children) so really everyone is happy. And that's what we hope for!

snow

What a heavenly thing all that snow. Misty, delicate, cold and abundant. A brilliant day with the Hens, a couple of toboggans, a thermos of tea and a few Gender- Non-Specific Snow Persons that crumbled instantly at the hands of a small snow tiger.

Heidi in the sun

Ok I think I've Moved On from the theme of the last two posts now. Can talk about other stuff...phew.

Beau and I and the Lovelies from the West spent the afternoon at the Heidi which in the 6 years I have lived in Melbourne, I had never visited. Beautiful winter day, quiet, hardly anyone there.

Beau got through the day splendidly despite being unable to touch the most touchable sculptures and paintings. It was fun looking with him, not with an artist's eye but with a child's eye. I love how your kids pull you into their private world when you are in public, into their adventures with innocent disregard for social and cultural etiquette.

Joy Hester Girl With Book on Head. ( Love her work).

I could imagine John and Sunday Reed, and their Siamese cats, and fellow Penguin friends (and their kids!?), hanging out, making art, waxing lyrical and philosophical, growing veges, having affairs, lots of walks beneath those glorious trees and drinking some good wine......

6 Things I Like Today - simple stuff...

(yesterday for me too...) Tagged by Esti

1. Morning tea with my boys and D and M and little R, in Carlton out in the glorious winter sun.

2. ALL the washing getting dry in the sun.


3. Beau spending a long time 'loving [his] tree'.

4. Gazing at clouds (and my new boots).


5. Afternoon walk with my three favourite boys.


6. Last bit of colour as the afternoon sun fades.


I tag msaims and jo; if you would care to play ladies. xxxx

What the sky gave us

......gold, blue and auburn from a ridge up high, and a moment so still and cold.


We drove home from the country in peaceful silence, Beau and Flash asleep in the back.....brought memories of, and excitement for Nullabor crossing.

woolly gifts and a new groove

Soft, warm woolly scarves for dearly beloveds. I'm thinking about all the patterns/motifs I can dry felt onto finished pieces.

Oh this cold, cold day.....we resisted going out into it until 4 o'clock by when Beau and I were in great need of our afternoon walk. Despite the cold he still prefers getting shoes, hat and scarf off. I'm like a sergeant major running behind him trying to cover his flesh from the attacking wind. Lately Beau has been talking a lot about his 'different house' with his 'different mummy' and 'different daddy'. When we go out walking he says "do you want to go to my different place? It's just around the corner. You can stay there too!!' we never get there though it's always just around the corner. The last two afternoons on arriving home he has been in tears because we didn't go to the different place. The strength of the toddler imagination is unrivaled. Oh to have a glimpse of what that all means to him/ how it looks from his dimension.

K and I still trying to find our rhythm together. We are aiming for a comfortable groove like a bossa nova or more ambitiously a sultry tango, but we seem to be stuck in some kind of out of whack jazz improvisation where we keep having to stop and look at the chart to work out where the hell we are.....K has come back from India deeply and profoundly moved and drawn to being at the mountain again, preferably with us. I also feel a pull to the place. But I also want very much for us to have another baby and find our 'home'. So we are kind of pushing and pulling and bumping back into each other and then floating out again..trying to relax about it too and trust that we will find a way to compromise to the satisfaction of all three of us. Rinpoche talks about all people/beings experiencing life from completely different dimensions. We don't really know anything about anyone though we like to think we do. So my practice at the moment is to try to look at K as though I know absolutely nothing about him. On the rare occasion I can get my head out of my arse, that practice makes all the difference to our day!

chasing the winter sun

Beau and I did a bit of drawing today....



and chased the winter sun around the house......









hope you were out in it too...