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More Spring

Spot the few flowers so far.  This tree is outside our bedroom window and so lovely.  Soon it will be a mass of flowers.

A Pot Saga

Several days ago now I put some lentils on to cook in the kitchen, just to make some soup go a bit further for tea.  I turned it on high and then went down stairs to my studio.  Engrossed, it was several hours later when I went to come back upstairs and was greeted by a horrible smell of burning that I remembered what I had done.  I rushed into the kitchen  which was full of smoke, realised about the pot, grabbed it and filled it with water.

Now it sits outside in my garden, very burnt and waiting.  It is passed redemption. And it was such a good size and so useful.

Anyway a few weeks passed and I recovered and went to get new pots. 

Lovely shiny new pots.  I have never had such lovely, shiny new pots.  The pots sat on the bench for several more weeks while I admired them, plucked up enough courage to use them - they were just so new.

And then I had to reorganise my cupboards because I now had a whole set of new pots as well as my old ones that weren't burnt.

It really is amazing what one very burnt pot can do!!!!

Help !!!

 

Help I need footwear for my cats!!!!!  With all the rain we have been having my house is covered in muddy footprints and this is the bed.  They come in in the morning while I am having my morning cup of tea and say "Good Morning .......... so sweet.  I can't bear to throw them off - who wants cats with attachment disorders?

This morning I noticed that My Kowhai tree just outside had three flowers on it .....yipee, must be spring.  Today was absolutely wonderful and I even had doors and windows open!!!!!!

More of the wall

Signs of Spring

Exhaustion

Watching the Olympics has just been too much.  Especially winning Gold in the rowing and the shot put and Silver in that cycling - that was sooooo hard!!!!!!

An Urban Wall in construction

I just love the developing layers.  The wall has got more paint over the day.

Stitching etc

I did this the other day on previously painted paper with a canvas surface.  It's lovely to stitch on but not good for the bloodied fingers.

And when I was working yesterday I saw this lovely corner in my studio. 

Some times I think I can't see for looking!!!!!!

And this is a tui who is singing every morning outside our bedroom window.  Singing "Pick me, pick me!!  I am the most handsome tui in this neck of the woods!!"  Spring must be coming.

Dyeing for Summer

Some lovely bright colours I dyed the other day to cheer me up.  It is so wet and grey here.  I am so over it.