Tuesday, September 30, 2008

cardaholic

I am truly a cardaholic.. ive gone a little ballistic. You should see the colours. All types.. ive made some arty cards and some neat scrapbooking type cards. Some of them are so beautiful.. but they are for market, will photograph them tomorrow and put them up.

So now I am taking a break. Just sitting here thinking at the moment. I have to work on myself a bit more.

Monday, September 29, 2008

ribbons

I am seeing ribbons loads of ribbons.. i am able to work on my other cards for the market today. I bought some lovely coloured papers all sorts, i have some quirky ideas floating around my head. I visualizing it all as i picked and plucked out the colours.

I will take a few photos of my cards later and put them up. They are very pretty. I will be prepared for the next market. I managed to get some plastic slips for them so that icky fingers wont get on them.

write more later alligator!

Sunday, September 28, 2008

slightly odd

Ive had a slightly odd day today... went for monrnin coffe/brunch.. went to the post office..( my fav place to go)I have a few letters to write. Had a whopping latte also.
So im wired for sound.

Now I have to listen to this meditation cd, and start on my resume. Ive been a slackarse. Anyhow, not really up to writing much today..

which is slightly odd

albell

Saturday, September 27, 2008

footy fever


Today its footy fever...the grand final. hawthorn vs geelong... quite a good game.. yes ok i admit it...i watch footy sometimes..but i prefer cricket. Me and sport? Hardly on the same side. Everyone cramming in their shopping before 2pm, then after that must of been a real ghost town.

Perfect time to go and shop. Not really. I saving money.. well being a bit frugal.. its not like me though..im usually spend thrift. However I am trying to save for either my next exhibtion/ an overseas trip to see a few friends. I m unsure yet.

I used to hold these pot luck dinners. I miss having them. Everyone brings a dish to share..its a nice thing to do. Usually I used to over cater and make a few dishes of sweet and savory.. to balance it out. Generally used to work out. Anyhow.. i must move on in life.. perhaps move back to the city? No idea yet. We shall see.

Well I guess... im bloody tired so i may head to bed shortly. Oh this painting i did well its not so bad. Im still working on it.

night night

Thursday, September 25, 2008

fireworks


I called this piece fireworks as that is what it looks like. It reminds me of the sky lit up at night when there is an event.

beautiful butterfly


I made a few of these.. and im still going to make more. One i sent to my friend in new zealand..she likes it a lot. I will be doing more of them,. i want to do a massive piece of it.. and get it framed...but i'm finishing off everything else first.

I couldnt sleep last night..got up and made cards until midnight. Then went to bed.Funny ive been waking up at 7am lately. None of this 9am buisness.

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

seeing squares


Seeing squares cutting up all the paper and felt for the invites. SO they are ready to go.. i then got distracted by making other cards. For the market which i don't think dad wants to do..i do though maybe i can just go and have my own stall. Athough i'm not sure.

Perhaps it will give me a chance to get a whole lot of new stock. More butterfly pictures.Get a few things fixed up to sell. Think i should do a melbourne market... or perhaps i should get my own shop on etsy. Im not sure i know how to run my own little buisness... abn number tax etc. Taking hold of my life isnt as easy as u think it would be.

welp think i better stop myself there...

cya later alligator

Chockers

Went to the city yesterday.. yes there sure is a buzz about it... a vibe.. its certainly is a great time to go to the show. Or be in melbourne. Its too crowded for my liking though, especially since the train was sardine city. Sooooo packed.Nearly every seat was filled. Dad got us a spot on the handicapped seat which was good.

Im glad i came home on the train i did...as the train dad was on on his way home well they had to add 3 coaches from dandenong. The question is why dont they put more carriages on? they are mental. They know its the kids holidays.. and grandfinal week. Sheeesssshhh u think they'd learn. Happens all the time.

What else? Well I just did a few things around the house. I realise i have nearly every art supply for a long while all bar black ink...which i need for another picture. lol but i can paint the others like i have been doing. Ive been trying to finish off the ones i started. The red abstract needs to be less squarish and a little more organic.

I better put in some hours on painting/. invites

albell

Monday, September 22, 2008

around

Sloiwly, slowly, im getting starter on the invites. Yesterday however I spent making some beautiful cards using the felt flowers i had stitched together a long time ago. I placed a pearl in the middle of them.. they look great. Now I have half a box full now. I think I will just take cards..a few bits of artwork and perhaps a painting or two. My books too. Including archer.. i think its time i made some shelf space...and ive read nearly all his novels cept his prison diaries. Even if i just sell them at $2 thats ok too.

Ive been feeling a little low even though ive got a lot to do. I looked at my felt pictures that i had made .. i still think its good. I had high hopes for it to get them photographed... and create a book from it. I was looking for something else at the time of course... i get distracted easily. When Roman is here i'll eable to read it to him. That will be great he can learn about animals then..even if they are doing silly things.

So I was up at 4 this morning.. so i sat and tried to write a letter... didnt last very long maybe half a page before my eyes became like curtains closing. Went to bed, woke up at 9am.. if that happens tomorrow... then i won't be going to the city.
I will stay home and make the sweet potato and ricotta gnocchi.

Well its 10:30am now.. i better make tracks to the invites..


ally

Sunday, September 21, 2008

Aghhhhh

Poor little scooter had to have most of her teeth out, she must of been in pain for quite some time. SHes slowly getting back into fine form.Im glad shes better. Nothing exciting about the weekend. Went out for morning tea..got the ribbon i need for louises invites.. anyhow...

must get going now.. force myself to paint.


albell

Friday, September 19, 2008

spot of shopping

Went out today shopping, Came home with lots of things for everyone. I got myself some things, some to use for art type things. Went a little on the crazy side of clothing, seemed the lovely weather makes everyone crawl out from their winter hideouts and get a summer/spring wardrobe.

It was packed.. i think i'll hibernate for a few weeks... its school holidays now and all the wee tackers will be everywhere. Specially on public transport. Anyhow.. im quite tired.

write more soon
albell

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

loop

Things kept looping and looping around in my head last night and I could not get to sleep. It was mainly how I have treated men that had walked into my life and how I treated them all... mainly abused them all. With some form of awful behaviour... so its no wonder I'm not far off from spinsterhood. I know there are learning curves but there are things that i have now learned from that..well look at me i'm holding a candle to my past again.

It has been many years since moving home I have crushed some of my inner spirit. Sounds silly doesn't it? So many wrong choices, so much for being a kind person. I so wish. Well we all know how how that sentence ends don't we? Yeah *sighs* I keep wondering with the what ifs. It was playing in a loop like a recording..round and around..and finally got up and decided to numb out by playing some scrabble.

I think it has a lot to do with the fact I have no friends here.. and I so wish i did. It would make life a bit more interesting. Its not like i've pushed myself out under "the spotlight" or anything. Ive noticed the only greeting i get is from the bus driver and a few regular passengers. I guess a small greeting is better than nothing.

I found the absolutely cutest piece of scrap booking paper in the shop today....it has an owl on it. I think i will make Romans birthday card from that. I got a letter today from a pen friend in usa. A short note., the inside of the the envelope is beautiful..so im going to recycle it and make a card from the innards.

Scooter has to go get checked again tonight. I am going to attempt Gillian recipe. So far the track record cooking her food has not been successful. *sighs* I must be doing something wrong. Of course. Cooking is rewarding as it is experimental and tests patience .. I guess its like gardening (a little bit like art too) (ok ok u can apply it to anything)

I need some more tea , my stock is quite low. Well only 4 plus 3 different types of chai. So yes i have sort of got a range but not wide enough. I am almost out of honey bush, which i love soo much. It only has the life of about 2 more pots. I wonder how they get the names of paints..its astounding i would love to name colours of paints.

Anyhow..

better go

ciao

Monday, September 15, 2008

hmm

Hmm let me see here.. i found a great recipe for a spinach, mushrooms and feta frittata
it looks good.. all i did was i had these mushrooms left over from dr gilians u r what you eat book.. (her recipes are quite time consuming) (lots of prep time) and the mushroom stroganoff i will have to make it again with te right mushrooms.. as i experimented with just a few sorts and some bean shoots we had in the fridge.. they have a nutty flavor to them. Lets just say the mushroom goop from last night (that i ended up blending with rice) (sort of risottoish) has now been turned into a frittata. I hope it will work. I felt like something hot for lunch. As its only a cold 13 today.. most likely snowing on the mountains.

I have the heater on, ive got mum addicted to boston legal. Hehe... she is flying through the episodes. I only have 3 discs to watch..mum as the whole of first season..most of second season and nearly all the 3rd season. I know what she'll be doing this weekend a marathon Boston legal session. WHich i don't mind wathcing over again. I still get laugh out of it.

The smell of the frittata is wonderful. I hope it tastes nice.. as i really chucked it all together ..on a whim that it might work. must go out later and get my tattslotto ticket.. something has been niggling at me to go and buy one... i walk past and tink i should..i should ..i should... so i will be brave and head out into the cold and get one. Its absolutely a miserable day. We need the rain though, i hope it is falling over the catchment areas.

Its all good i guess.

write more later gater

Saturday, September 13, 2008

Tulip


I like this photo of the lonely tulip among the sea of purple/blue.


anyhow

ciao

Bright Day


Its so bright a very spring like day. 25 and lovely. The suns out..the happy daffodils singing in a choir of voices thanking the blue sky . I like this photo a lot. Dad loves posing. He is a bit photogenic. A character and a half.

I did not paint.. ive been reading the paper a bit for a change. I got some clothes and im happy with them. Athough a white shirt is a bit risky given the way i tend to eat... spills all over the place. Oh dear. Oh well. I also got a beautiful blue t-shirt to boot.

Thursday, September 11, 2008

iikkkyyy

I am trying to cook from The Are What You Eat cook book. So off I go following the recipe... blending it all up... chucking the chic peas, onion,garlic carrot etc. Mushed up.. a bit on the ermm gooy side of things.. whacked a little flour in to the mix.. and then put a test run into the oven... bleeeehhh talk about just a hint of coriander and chic pea. Thats all you could taste.. soo iiicckky,

So off i go again.. grab the bottle of sweet chili sauce and put a shit load of it to work.. i must say.. i like them now... they are not as bland.. i think i better eat them with mum. Though they are healthy for you.. i will serve them with salad... but im not sure what to do with 16 of them! I trying to change my eating habits however.. with this cookbook..may put me off food all together. Funny but iikkyyy.

I have been drinking so much water, am eating less.. there is just one element that i better add to this: i think we all know...
walking and the gym.

I have had birds tweeting all the time.. telling me their sad songs..and happy tunes..Shheshthe dog is back in fine form. well anyhow..better get cracking


ciao
for
now

bag em up

Bag em up.. its spring.. bag em up...so i went through my wardrobe.. and got a bag of clothes that i don't wear anymore a couple of books and a few odds and ends too. I went into the garage too.. found a familiar looking folder.. had a lot of crap..but boy did i write every single day to myself.. most of it is teenage crap.. bagged em up and threw them out..all accept this little story which i shall work on a little more. I got a B plus on it... they wrote my spelling kept me from getting an A. Funny that.

Bag em up threw them out... rewarding in one sense... goodbye clutter... hello zen.
Well not really, see I am still keeping letters from friends and reading a book called The Tibetan Art of Thinking. Its really opening my eyes up. I am also reading a travel log about a guy who travels around india. Plus a whimsical novel too. So i have heaps of reading to do this weekend. Now ive freed up my time from that door stopper of an Archer novel.

bag em up and ship em out

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Holding On

Holding on...clutching at many straws...survivng...eating... just relaxing in general. No stress... holding on...to those things I can't have, reflecting back I was so snooty..(yes im still a tea snob loud and proud) even though I came from a small town that has quite a reputation for unemployed people etc. So what. I realize i lack confidence... that used to come in the shape of a bottle...

swig
swig
swig

Holding on to those memories where Ive just been smashed..no longer... poof gone... i dont drink that often anymore... and i certainly don't get drunk anymore. Maye a quiet tipple.. So the past is a little jaded. Mainly I have been having flash backs to uni days,...and its been doing my head in. I cant stop the images that echo so vividly. I usewd to think that no one found me attractive.. i think thats where i was wrong..my friend once handed me a a queen of hearts card...and smiled and said "thats what you are" Its funny any heart i had back then. I was shy and alcohol it a great thing for coming out of ones shell. Then there are moments of drinking and having no memory. Love truely blinded me in those teenage years..and i couldnt see it.


Holding on to that... i think i deserve to be the joker card now.. or a hermit card in the tarot deck. Im slowly emerging from 4years of anti social behaviour. I dont think. Letting my nails grow long...and bloody get cracking losing weight. Now i feel alone in my struggle. I know somewhere i am not the only one like this.

Holding on to clutter... i have a shitload of clutter i need to get rid of.. so it will be a BIG clean out. I want to start again, renew. So its almosst midnight now and im a little tired.

holding on to awake, holding on to sleep,holding on to dreams on wishes to keep.

goodnight

sleep tight..

Saturday, September 6, 2008

sleepy head

I went to bed t about 8:30pm last night,,, woke up at 3:30am then went back to sleep in til 9am..so relatively big big sleep. It is fathers day.. was supposed to go out for lunch ..but we just stayed home. So its home again friend.

Friday, September 5, 2008

bird talk

Birds chattering.. sunny 18 degree days;..all the flowers come out from their slumber.
winterous days..in memory the dreams sway. crowning glory bing that green green grass.

SO what now. Well i dont feel like writing that much right now...


write more later alligator

Thursday, September 4, 2008

Scatty

I have had such a scatty day.. started out talking to my internet friend that i have not heard from for about 4months or more. Out of the woodworks they climb.Then i walked down... stunning day for a walk.. had lunch.,..the usual..subway for lunch. Cheap and cheerful.

Swung by my regular hangout (the post office) sent a few things to a few friends, some pen pal letters and a painting. I hope they will like what i sent. There were a few letters for me.. both great... and lovely . Especially the letter from angiebear. Filled with an array of whimsical things. Also my pen pal sent me a lovely simple bracelet.

So I sat with some music on and wrote a poem.. something just well just felt right to pen a poem after about 5years of chucking it in.... so want to read it? Ok here goes...



BEACON,

Could i ever shine from within
if you saw my pale pale skin
a beacon in the night
a bird about to take flight

Supressng feelings here and there
talking with no care
music, i would dance
no man i gave a chance

Happy to be self'
friends are a form of wealth
didnt care about money
no sugar and no honey

Vibrant then, now at 30
reflecting back and getting shirty
I was always breaking hearts
and forever dodging cupids darts

So now alone i ponder
many battles to conquer
fighting back tears
trying to turn back the years

Moving forward is not rare
to keep avoiding my nightmares
and living dreams
from within the beacon gleams

ally miles


So I said ive been scatty as a catty.. had a few tears here and there.Now ive got my coffee... and well..i better get going now..im making roast tomato soup.

love albell

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Interesting

Experimental food.. that is for sure. Under mums instructions... i cooked up pasta got a can of creamy chicken soup... poured it over the top....added cheese, asparagus, some other veggies... and whacked it in the oven...vala: pasta bake.It actually tasted alright. Im having the rest of it for lunch today. Sometimes I hate not having a microwave! Oh well.. you get used to it, right?


So yesterday.. i found out most of the shops including Aldi don't open til 9am... grrrr so i walked around and around the town..caught the bus home. KMart used to open at 8:30am.. but i guess its not christmas yet. (thanks goodness) doesnt stop shops from putting in a row of tinsel, tape etc. which i noticed. Man its only september.they should only be flogging fathers day to death. not planting a seed that xmas is near.
Thats my gripes over.

So im sitting here with a lovely tea... im going to go for a walk as its 18 and sunny. Such beautiful weather. I think i might even try to do some potting up of plants that are on the porch. Ive been painting most of the morning.. just stopped for a tea and a bit of break and a rant.

I am buying a few more things off etsy. Some beads and earrings. I am going to get the photos off the camera so i can clear it, and start photographing my work again.
So I have'nt read other peoples blogs as of late.. i think i will this afternoon. Need to "catch up" with them.. and whats been going on.

I feel sad right now.. I was crying to some of the music on so u think you can dance. Think its just me being a little bit emotional these days. I feel deeply sad. On the edge of crying. Well... I will get going now.. things to do, places to go... tea to drink..all that jazz....

lovely bubbly.

albell

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

spring has sprung

Bring on this glorious weather... its so lovely,, 15... sunny and just warm enough to paint.. which i am pleased about. I did some more butterfly prints.. on some cardboard.. in blue this time.. I am going to use this lovely green I have got too.. perhaps tomorrow..

I have been working on a tree painting too.. its ok.. but itll take some work to get it to where i want it. I am a little tired already..and its only nearly noon. I guess ive been working all morning. The shops dont open here until 9am anymore. Its really annoying, but better than singapore where nothing is open until 11am.

I got these cute bird stickers from the warehouse. Sooo cute. I just had a coffee so that should wake me up. A little but anyhow. I gots to go write more alter alligator