weekend

Had a great weekend. Went to the city.. had a lovely meal and then drinks after on brunswick st. I miss it, its my old haunt. Well of course I miss the city in general. However its not too far away.

I likes the food that was served in particular these peas that were in this afghanie sauce... they were so delicious... i loved them..the others didnt really like them so i ate a whole bowlful. It didnt look like it would be that filling but it actually was.
So i feasted on four different dishes.. plus four different starters. I must say i hadnt been there for about 10years.. and yet its still going its been open since 1983 it was the first afghan food place to open and for it to still be going now is terrific.

Sunday rocks around and i just hung out with catherine and david. It was nice to just sit around chatting. I left on the afternoon train home. I didnt go shopping.. or anything like that.. just came straight home. Funny i was meant to get some tea but thought it could wait til next time. I will take cat there and let her choose two that i will pay for. That is her brithday present plus the cards i made.

At the moment it is a monday afternoon and I am sipping on miss jasmine tea. Its so yummy. Mum hates it.. i like it..as its a gentle jasmine not a stinky one..as its blended with green tea and other flowers. Its such a beautiful day today.. im impressed first day of spring and its put on a real show..bright sunny but really bloody cold at the same time.

So i have been painting all morning... being productive.. putting a background onto one of the canvasses i have got. Its going to be beautiful..im going to take my time with this one.. perhaps sketch it all out. I also mucking around with ink also. I will take some photos later. Well I think ive had a good lunch break.. time to get back to it..


love albell

now and again

I have not made much today. I have done little.Got a letter from a pen pal. Worked on cards a little bit then painted a few canvas boards. Ready to go tomorrow.

cardaholic

So I have been working on my cards the past few days. Trying to get some more done. My new challenge.. is writing an art cv.. how the hell im supposed to do that is a mystery to me. I think I need some help. I will try and write one.. havent done one in absolute years. Have not needed to until now. I cant cold canvas places without something to hand them!

So project ally is underway. I also got some photocopies of some of my art work. Think i need to replace the ink cartridges now! ooopppss a daisy. Oh well. I am attepmting my first roast today.. hope i don't poison us. Cause i've been known to do that with meat. I cant get it together.

Had a scare last night with Oliver.. he was dribbling from the mouth... and being sick everywhere.. we took him to the vet.. who gave him some injections.. and told us he had been poisoned. Not sure from what though. His temperature was almost he highest it can possibly be... I thought he was going to die. Not so.. we took him home and he is back to his normal self. He was cuddly when he was blue. Thank goodness he is ok. Poor little OL OL.

I better go. Got a meal to cook.

albell

thoughts

I woke up a little groggy... but im fine now.. my first cup of coffee is waking me up. So the weekend was great..saw the art deco exhibit at NGV; opulent. I had a ball. Then went to another friends house.. to see them (after about 3months.)played scrabble, had dinner.. then bed..

didnt go to the kimono exhibit. Its ok. I came home early sunday afternoon. Just felt like getting out of the city. So I did.

write more later alligator

albell

Away

Hey there. Ive been a bit distant as of late. I have been so busy making cards, Ive been churning them out like a machine. They look terrific, I am so happy with them all. I watched this documentry about these people designing their house... and I tell u ow.. they had white upon white..upon white... see it appears so easy to look and think that its simple design and cold.. but as they said "we chose everything that went into the house.. every detail" So its a bit like my cards.. they look simple but they are not in a way.

Anyhow..aside from that.. i caught a ripping game an absolute corker of a waterpolo game last night. AUstralia got 3rd. It was a great game...i wish i still played. Oh well no good wishing. I wrote a few letters to some people.

I will be away from tomorrow til sunday. I have a full platter in the city. Meeting up with a friend to check out an art gallery, then heading up to lucy and pauls house for the night.. might be meeting kylie and then going to see the Kimono exhibition with the lovely anrdea.

Anyhow,.. I'm tired.. im off to bed now. Ive packed up my cards etc for the evening.

got the great tale to read by Jeffery Archer,

night night sleep tight.. see you in the morning light

albell

sleepy head

I have never been so sleepy. These past few days i have just wanted to curl up in bed.. instead ive been pushing myself out of the house once everyday. If i don't nobody else would!-Today i got a working with children form to fill out. So perhaps i will do volunteer work at the school... I will have to get in contact with my old tafe teacher to see if he can be a referee for me, say once i have my resume put together, more like my proposal.

I have scooter who doesnt want to leave my side today... she's a funny dog but we love her. I mean shy and timid..pretending to be ferocious behind the fence... chasing her tail. She loves rice and prawns. Both the pets love their fortnightly feast of prawns (none for me or mum... special for the pets... sheeeesssshh)

I sometimes find myself crying at night.. i guess.. my head swims with thoughts and so feelings surface. All that is ahead of me.. all that is behind me. I still have a long way to go but I have started working on myself. Sometimes I hate me and the learning curves ive been through. perhaps its cause i've isolated myself here. It is myself that made me a hermit.

Anyhow.. I need to buy a new labeler due to me breaking one.. i didnt mean it.. but i can't get it to work. So ive either done something really wrong or some plug has come out somewhere. I'm not sure... so I better buy another one. I was putting my email addy onto the back of the cards i've been making. Now i buggered it up. *sighs*

Anyhow... so what did i make last night? *BIG GRIN* Quiche.. I made it all by myself..using a basic recipe i just went from there... Kind of cheated with the pastry though. Oh well.

5 eggs.
a little bacon and onion cooked
a fair whack of mushrooms cooked in butter
(as if brings out the flavor)
sundried tomatoes
milk
a cup and a half of cheese

its really easy peasy. It tasted great.So no i cancelled the city... i'm catching up with andrea on sunday instead. Just got to find a gallery to go to! Im sure there are just "a few" around melbs.

Well some of the cards i made are in scotts words "pretty spiffy"...so back to it for me..

later alligator

Time

Time tick tick tick. So for the past few days i have been plotting and mapping out a few things. Thinking of things to do. I am so involved with card making.. I baked today made lemon shortbread cookies.. and choc chip cookies for dad to take to mr redmans office, some for mum for work and some for aunty anna and uncle henry.

I have a lovely cup of hot tea...and thought it only right to write in here.Ive been a bit distant. However I am heading to the city tomorrow for the day. I missed the op shop 50% off everything sale.. which is probably a good thing really. I probably would have gone to town.

So. There have been days this past week where i just felt like staying in bed all day.. but I havent i have been forcing myself to go out of the house. Which is a good thing ..as its so easy to fall into a trap and mess up sleeping patterns.

This Archer book is a real headspin, a real page turner. I try to read atleaSt two chapters before I sleep. Probably more of a day time novel..considering its kind of dark nature.not dark as in horror dark..dark as in prison dark ..all the things that go on murder drugs etc. I guess it could be a little autobiographical too, just disguised with characters.

I have not seen a winter like this in years. It has rained nearly every day for the past month or so. Its been good and we need more of it. Ive just cleaned up the kitchen and have settled down with a hot tea... watching the olympics with dad.
Its good.. i dont mind watching either.

Well for the second i will get going.

ciao for now

albell

Agh

Agh the joys of wondering on a wayward path at the moment kind a looking for validation. So I found that from someone i see.. I feel i'm kinda going to go out an do some things and shed my hermit skin.

I know what it is perhaps some finding out about things. So where have i been?? All over the place. Had a few family things happen. So had to deal with that.

Aside from that...i have been in the city a little bit more. Catching up with friends and just hanging out. Trying to save my pennies. Staying home and making cards has been quite a productive experience. I have made them for a lot of people. Some of them are very beautiful. Mum pulled out the ones she likes for her friends, which i don't mind.

I am going to do a few things that may change some things in my life right now. We shall see.

Agh its good to be back blogging again.

signing out

Ally

away

Sorry for not writing... i have been away for about 4 ish days. and the rest of the time i just didnt fell like blogging. I am back now and i assure you... i will begin again tomorrow morning.


Right now its almost midnight...and i need to catch some zzzzs


goodnight


lub ally

Out and About.

I have had the best time as of late. Been hanging out with friends in the city. Start back at thursday.. met up with my friend Evonne.. teked around.. decided not to go to the art show.. walked around and had a new adventure.We spotted a little sign that said French Crepes. so we thought why not... they are made from buckwheat which she could eat.

The crepes were absolutely to DIE for. I had a sugar and lemon one and evonne had a savory one. Fabulous.The coffee was nice.. it wasnt bitter and it wasnt over done. Just lovely. Though there are only 6 little tables inside and there are two outside... its a delightful french affair. The owners are lovely too. Its unpretntious and a hidden delight.

So after that.walking about.. i said "i need more stripey socks" "lets go to the vic market " so we wet there on a whim. I got two pairs of socks..very happy with my purchase. Pink stipey and musical note socks too. After about 5isles the same stores kept repeating ..and it got a bit minotinous. So we left the makret..crammed on a tram as it was lunchtime...

Took off to go in search of the next installment of Alexander McCallsmiths No1 Lady Detective story.. Miricle at SPeedy Motors. Which i must say.. i am FLYING through.
I love the way he writes. So got the book.. by then it was around 3.. our tum tums were rumbling... so walked down to degraves street.. and i had mushroom pasta.. a bit too creamy for my liking... but really yummy. Evonne had a steak.. that like it had been beaten to a pulp. It was too thin for my liking and her liking.

Had an absolute ball. Sped read my new book on the train. Time flew. A great end to being out and about. Man what a great time.I enjoyed myself a lot.