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.

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.

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. 

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



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.

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.