Cast iron gate

There will be a few of these bits of cast iron as I love the different styles that were available. This little house had this quite different iron on the gate and surround. It was in one of the back streets of Glenelg. I love back streets, whenever I have been in Japan one of my greatest delights was to wander the back streets, so much more to see and people to talk to, even if you dont speak the language.
I wonder if we will ever get back to Japan. The way this drought is going I dont know if we will even get a house to live in if this season is as bad as the last.
I cant believe how dry it is and all we get are strong to gale force winds and no rain to follow.

Girl at lunch

This girl had a bad case of sunburn and was sitting in the sun having lunch, so busy talking to her friend she didnt notice me.
I wondered where she was from, not Australia because we all cover up and try not to get sunburnt.
Busy day at home tidying up and doing domestic stuff.

At Glenelg yesterday

I walked for about 4 hours yesterday and at lunch time I sat overlooking part of the marina and some of the new housing so while I had lunch I sketched what I could see.
I rather liked the bird sculpture, all metal of I think a shag on what looked like a wire. Any way it is there in the midst of houses and a not very good boat, hard to get the angle right.
Today we went to the dentist and saw my mother before coming home and after John had put the air conditioner on high in the motel room and then the batteries in the controller died and we had to get some one to fix it at some early hour of the morning.

a sketch and a stamp

I need some more stamps so I have been making a couple, birds are not easy for me so I was quite pleased with the way this one turned out.
We went to friends for a lovely lunch today, too much wine, a lovely house and view of the beach and their garden in 12 months is coming on so well it is incredible.
I have walked around the ponies, and must think about tomorrow as we will be in Adelaide until later on tuesday.

Sketchbook pages

These are stamps which really are not sketches, but I did have to sketch the images before i could turn them into stamps so they are sort of sketches too.
Some of the ones on the right are a wooden Indian block but it doesnt print very well, so I decided to make it bigger and and the other is a kokopelli stamp which I made from sticky backed fun foam and put on a block. I wanted to do some of my own stamps as I am doing some fragments and frescoes for my Playways Module 5 stuff and this seemed a good way of getting them.
So out with the sketchbook and then after cutting and organising, here are my stamps. I didnt actually cut the hand stamp, that was cut from a cutter.
Very cold today, no big walk although twice I went around the mares and foals, the newest foal has a growth on his neck so will have to see a vet next week. We actually got a couple of mm of rain as well that we really were not expecting.
New young broad beans from the garden for dinner tonight with potatoes and atlantic salmon done in a parcel (foil) with olive oil, dill, lemon juice, soy sauce, salt and pepper and a bit of fresh coriander. Into the oven for 15 minutes. Yum.

End of the bed

I hadnt done any sketching and felt I should at least have a try so in true Everyday Matters style I sat in bed and drew the end of it. Of course in typical fashion I hadnt left enough room as instead of blocking the whole thing in I started at one end and then couldnt quite get the last post all in. well it does at least give an idea of what it looks like when sitting up in bed. An old iron bed in original condition, cream enamel and nickle plate, not taken back and brassed as so many were in the 70's.
While doing this I realised that all the fancy bits are on the other side.
It is a comfortable double bed, although we have both got a bit fatter we still manage to fit into it very well and get lost when put into queen or king size beds, although we dont fit as well into a single as we once did.
Probably more information than you ever wanted to know.

Playing with flowers

I had fun today throwing some paint around and then turning the splodges into flowers, not much of a composition but I was trying out a few ideas out of a watercolour how to book.
Of course I then added my own ideas, not sure if it worked but it is colourful.
Cold day with a minute amount of rain, I am still having to water as it is so dry.
Oscar spent all day on the bed glowering at me every time I came in as he had to have his flu inoculation. He was not pleased.