Hello Cathy! I hope that you have a very fulfilling week away from work! I have tried for the past two weeks to send you a coffee using PayPal but I cannot complete the login. The lock icon just continues to spin. I’ve never had this happen before and I’m wondering if I am the only one having this problem or if there are others. I don’t want you to miss out on invigorating beverages!
Thank you Janet, I appreciate your kindness - and am sorry I didn’t know there was a problem. I have not heard from anyone else regarding the problem you encountered but will look into it. Have a good week ahead.
It was again dark at 5 this morning. I had gotten used to the morning chorus at that time. It will soon come again however...and even earlier of course. Happy making....as is your video of the geranium (?) shadow and the singing of your bird friends.
Enjoy the different pace, and reflecting, and putting together pages.
Hello Helen and thank you for your comment - always good to hear from you. Yes the morning felt dark today but will get lighter. Have a good week ahead - and yes the shadow is a geranium.
As usual. Love your work. Everyone needs little quiet breaks. I am very low on energy myself. I wish I understood guaush. My experience was awful. I am never offended by Jesus and His life. 👋 I so small hand sewing which is put away. I need to start again.
Thank you Cathy. Do give the gouache a try again sometime - it’s a versatile paint and there’s many ways of using it. But like most things it takes a while to find your own way.
I look forward to seeing your tulips as they open and would love to see your organized embroidery table if you care to share - there is something so inviting about a thoughtfully organized set of beautiful materials. And, is the shadow from a geranium? I overwintered my first set of geraniums this year, and so there is something familiar about this shadow.
I do love seeing your pages full of different bibs and bobs… I think I am jealous of your colour palette! I love the desaturatedness (that’s surely not a word?) but I know when I paint I pick quite the opposite, bright glowy intense ones with gold and metallics like the magpie I am. I think I saw a great way to store wools and threads, using a quite narrow cardboard tube hung up with a string through it and the colours wrapped around it so they can be dispensed a bit like kitchen roll? I hope that makes sense and I would like to see how you end up doing it 🌷🪻🦢🌞
Many thanks Nancy for your thoughtful comment - I have also felt very bright colours are not for me, unless balanced by a good deal of moodiness. I am a moody person! A little black and/or white added to a colour usually makes it more my thing. In other words, dirty it up a bit! You have given me an idea for a future post thank you. I will let you know how the wool organising goes and thanks for the suggestion.
A lovely poem, thank you for sharing. I like the story of the missing donkey.
Thank you for reading and for your kind comment
Tulip, beautiful poem, and birdsong, thank you for bringing the English spring into my home in France.
Many thanks Claudine for reading and for your kind comment
Hello Cathy! I hope that you have a very fulfilling week away from work! I have tried for the past two weeks to send you a coffee using PayPal but I cannot complete the login. The lock icon just continues to spin. I’ve never had this happen before and I’m wondering if I am the only one having this problem or if there are others. I don’t want you to miss out on invigorating beverages!
Thank you Janet, I appreciate your kindness - and am sorry I didn’t know there was a problem. I have not heard from anyone else regarding the problem you encountered but will look into it. Have a good week ahead.
Good evening Cathy.
It was again dark at 5 this morning. I had gotten used to the morning chorus at that time. It will soon come again however...and even earlier of course. Happy making....as is your video of the geranium (?) shadow and the singing of your bird friends.
Enjoy the different pace, and reflecting, and putting together pages.
Hello Helen and thank you for your comment - always good to hear from you. Yes the morning felt dark today but will get lighter. Have a good week ahead - and yes the shadow is a geranium.
As usual. Love your work. Everyone needs little quiet breaks. I am very low on energy myself. I wish I understood guaush. My experience was awful. I am never offended by Jesus and His life. 👋 I so small hand sewing which is put away. I need to start again.
Thank you Cathy. Do give the gouache a try again sometime - it’s a versatile paint and there’s many ways of using it. But like most things it takes a while to find your own way.
Good for you, to schedule breaks, Cathy! I like seeing the semi-chaos of your working area. The tulips are beautiful!💕
Thank you Sheila, yes a schedule of breaks is the best way to pace myself.
I look forward to seeing your tulips as they open and would love to see your organized embroidery table if you care to share - there is something so inviting about a thoughtfully organized set of beautiful materials. And, is the shadow from a geranium? I overwintered my first set of geraniums this year, and so there is something familiar about this shadow.
Thank you and yes the shadow is a geranium - a scented leaf variety. I have several geraniums here on the windowsills - they seem to like attic life.
I do love seeing your pages full of different bibs and bobs… I think I am jealous of your colour palette! I love the desaturatedness (that’s surely not a word?) but I know when I paint I pick quite the opposite, bright glowy intense ones with gold and metallics like the magpie I am. I think I saw a great way to store wools and threads, using a quite narrow cardboard tube hung up with a string through it and the colours wrapped around it so they can be dispensed a bit like kitchen roll? I hope that makes sense and I would like to see how you end up doing it 🌷🪻🦢🌞
Many thanks Nancy for your thoughtful comment - I have also felt very bright colours are not for me, unless balanced by a good deal of moodiness. I am a moody person! A little black and/or white added to a colour usually makes it more my thing. In other words, dirty it up a bit! You have given me an idea for a future post thank you. I will let you know how the wool organising goes and thanks for the suggestion.
Thank you for every word and picture in another lovely post Cathy;)
Have a wonderful break.. and it was so interesting reading the history of Blake’s poem in that link;)
Xx