Just an update of the little 15 minute paintings I have be doing for the month of October.
Some days 15 mins is over in a flash and others I could do with longer but I'm trying to be good.
Here are the rest of the Honey Boat squash and the gourds I grew along with them.
I used to always grow gourds when the children were little and now and then we actually found an exciting one! More often than not they were just the simple ones like these but it's a bit of fun. Maybe next year!!
Stitchy wise I put together the pooling cushion. It's bright and cheerful and the dogs like sleeping on it.
Last weekend on the Saturday I went up to the Knitting and Stitching Show and didn't buy much at all, which is, I think, good! I'm still trying to work out if it's because I didn't find anything, I didn't need anything or I just wasn't inspired. They'd had a change around and there seemed to be a lot less of the galleries. I came away feeling rather flat to be honest. Usually I have a notebook and camera full let alone the shopping bags. Not too sure if I'll do next year. Perhaps I need a break from it.
On the Sunday SiL Mike had a 10k race around Shaftesbury. It's very hilly and, he said, Gold Hill, (yes the one from the Hovis adverts!) was the least of his worries. At the same time little Olivia had her very first official run too! She ran in the children's races around the school field and came first in the Under 5's Girls! So proud of her!
Every runner had a beautifully made ceramic medal and the winners each received an amazing bowl too. The bottom part really sparkles like water.
Well today I had the first part of new crown molar tooth fitting, the drilling out part. This one particular tooth has an incredibly sensitive and stubborn nerve which refuses to go numb no matter how much anaesthetic he pumps me with. My wonderful dentist tells me in 35 years he's only had 5 like this and I'm probably number 2! At least each pump of the stuff gave him 30 seconds to work at a time before he could see the gum pinking up again. I was ok but he was shaking quite a lot at the end and he's a very big man! It's really lovely to actually have found a conscientious dentist who worries about hurting.
Big dog walk tomorrow, I hope it stops raining long enough!
Some days 15 mins is over in a flash and others I could do with longer but I'm trying to be good.
Here are the rest of the Honey Boat squash and the gourds I grew along with them.
Stitchy wise I put together the pooling cushion. It's bright and cheerful and the dogs like sleeping on it.
Last weekend on the Saturday I went up to the Knitting and Stitching Show and didn't buy much at all, which is, I think, good! I'm still trying to work out if it's because I didn't find anything, I didn't need anything or I just wasn't inspired. They'd had a change around and there seemed to be a lot less of the galleries. I came away feeling rather flat to be honest. Usually I have a notebook and camera full let alone the shopping bags. Not too sure if I'll do next year. Perhaps I need a break from it.
On the Sunday SiL Mike had a 10k race around Shaftesbury. It's very hilly and, he said, Gold Hill, (yes the one from the Hovis adverts!) was the least of his worries. At the same time little Olivia had her very first official run too! She ran in the children's races around the school field and came first in the Under 5's Girls! So proud of her!
Well today I had the first part of new crown molar tooth fitting, the drilling out part. This one particular tooth has an incredibly sensitive and stubborn nerve which refuses to go numb no matter how much anaesthetic he pumps me with. My wonderful dentist tells me in 35 years he's only had 5 like this and I'm probably number 2! At least each pump of the stuff gave him 30 seconds to work at a time before he could see the gum pinking up again. I was ok but he was shaking quite a lot at the end and he's a very big man! It's really lovely to actually have found a conscientious dentist who worries about hurting.
Big dog walk tomorrow, I hope it stops raining long enough!
