Minnie in Monets Garden: 2012

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Call if you need me (with Kieran Ryan)

Monday, October 29, 2012

Ruby Hunter with Paul Hester - ain't no time for me to ever complain

Monday, June 4, 2012

Wiley: Style Manual: For Authors, Editors and Printers, 6th Edition

Saturday, June 2, 2012

The Puppini Sisters - Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friends

I love these sheilas

The Puppini Sisters - "Millionaire" (v.1, dir Alex de Campi)

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Car Magnet - Red Spots Over Darwin

I got 4 car magnets from vista print for 6 dollars - This could be slightly over the top but I thought it might help sell the book. I will see how they go. When I showed Mark he said " your not really going to put them on the car door - are you" now I am having second thoughts.

Monday, May 28, 2012

My first achievement everyday

I like to have goals to work by. It helps me keep focused and achieve small successes everyday. My kitchen is the first goal that I like to do everyday. It makes me feel happy when the sink is clean. I love having small plants and our produce on the window sill to look at. A clean sink gives me a happy heart! You know the day starts happy. Even if the day ends differently. Up on the left hand corner i have bay leaves drying. This is from a friends garden on Mitchell Island.

Friday, May 25, 2012

The Lilly Pond

The Lilly Pond is a small painting I done today at the art group that I go to. For the first two hours I couldn't think of anything to paint and then I ended up painting this because I know how to do the Lilly pads. It turned out nice and I was please with the result. Half the trouble with painting is solving the colours and techniques before you put the brush onto a white canvas.

Thursday, May 24, 2012

A treasure chest for Hamish

Finally finished the draws for Hamish's room. Hopefully this will help the problem of having the clothes all over the floor.

Lunch at the Cooee BBQ cafe

Cooee Chicken basket - very generous!

The Cooee BBQ Cafe -
The owners of this cafe are very lovely people
and make you feel really welcome -
best place to eat in Taree

the hopeful on looker

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Painted Water Lillies

While the state of origin was on last night I decided to paint a little picture. I don't even know who won last night but i would say the QLD did as there was not much said from the boys.

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

The things you find at a tip shop - Painting by Arnold Jarvis

ARNOLD JARVIS

My prize I found at the tip shop for 5 dollars

(1881-1959 ) Juggler, equilibrist, lighting sketch artist.

Routinely billed as “the Australian Cinquevalli,” Arnold Henry Jarvis was the son of Henry Jarvis was an early horse-tram driver from Erindale in Adelaide (one of the suburb’s streets is named after him). By 1899, while still in his teens Arnold had established a reputation as an equilibrist, and the following year accepted an engagement from Jones and Lawrence to appear at the Cremorne Theatre, Perth. The West Australian noted at that time “the ease with which he performed the most difficult feats excited special attention and secured [him]… rounds of applause (1 Oct. 1900, 7). In addition to his juggling skills Jarvis was an adept lighting sketch painter – reportedly being able to paint landscapes, seascapes and interior scenes in less than three minutes. While not viewed as an original creator of juggling acts, he was nevertheless regarded as a highly talented performer. One of his early turns was the replication of Cinquevalli’s “Human Billiard Table.” It is presently unclear how long Jarvis continued his career in variety. No reviews and advertising bearing his name have been located after 1901. He later became recognised as one of Australia’s leading watercolour landscape artists in the style of Hans Heyson, however. Jarvis died in Melbourne in 1959. Today his paintings can fetch between a few hundred dollars to upwards of $4,000.

The best shop ever - Forster Recycle Shop

I have been looking for a chest of draws for Hamish's room. I have been going to all the furniture shops and I was just blown away by how much they cost. The quality of each set is really poor and they would last no time at all. I get many strange looks from the shop assistants as I start to take out the draws and look at how they are put together. I told one lady that the workmanship was so poor that the chest would only last 6 months they were so flimsy. The price was totally over the top. Up to 1000.00 dollars for chip board - stapled together!. I went away feeling like I am never just going to get a strong set without paying more than a thousand dollars.

So I hit the road........travelling to my best shop ever.........the Forster recycle shop.(the Forster Dump)...
I walk in and there was my set of pine draws calling me over. Just what i wanted. Solid pine with a handle or two missing. The blokes out at my favourite shop are just great young men. How much for these mate? i asked.....hows ten dollars......beauty, they're mine. I am now the proud owner. Mark looks at me side ways and then I tell him the story of how much they were in the shop without the quality.

going for the white and black theme

just a little bling on the bottom - i think its nice!

Next stop on my way home, Bunnings.......sifting through the isles for handles and I make a purchase. 8 new handles and home to start sanding and painting. The thought of sanding took a while for me to get enthusiastic, but after a few weeks I was on the job. Plus the other incentive was the view of the boys room with the clothes all over the floor.......cant live like that anymore.

Stay tuned for the final photo of the new chest of draws that cost me all up only 90 dollars and a long time of service in the life of a messy boys room.!