Art day again. Unfortunately I was having a basket case day, for a variety of small and imperceptible reasons, but luckily Zoe was on top form and carried us beautifully (thanks and sorry!) Started off with Zoe talking to them about Picasso from various books and then they tried something Maddy did at the art […]
Out of the mouths of babes
In the early hours of a grey drizzly morning when I was 18, I watched two people walk down the road of my village, two people supporting each other, holding one another up, clinging to one another, their faces so ravaged by pain and grief that it was impossible to look away. The rumours were […]
Van Gogh Oil Pastel Day
After a quiet weekend, we set off to Zoe’s on Monday for another art day which I had in concept but err… not in planning 😆 Still… nothing that couldn’t be solved over tea and a few books. We’d decided to carry on following the Usborne Treasury book from last time and try aversion of […]
A new way to follow PoP
I’ve made PoP a page on facebook, which you can find by clicking on the widget to the right and “like” if you choose. I’ve been thinking about the way my blog feeds into Facebook and wondering if it is a bit invasive for the people who follow me but maybe don’t want to read […]
Music, movement & painting in circles
Zoe and i commenced “the plan” today, working our way around Fran, Skye and Amelie going to a workshop with Tim Noble at their dance school. While they were out, we got the others working with a fairly intensive day looking at the art of Kandinsky with the help of a rather fab book from […]
It comes to something when housework is the only answer
I had not the faintest idea how to keep myself in a manageable condition today; it has been really tough. I therefore decided to tidy. *faint smile* The dining room has been melting under crud for a while, so I decided to tackle it. It has too many places for stuff to get piled and […]
Catch up again.
Lovely weekend away at the Festival of History with friends, camping for 2 nights at Wicksteed Park. Will blog it better shortly when I can find my proper camera cable, there were some ups and downs and some really great day out moments too. Just wanted to say thank you to all my incredibly lovely […]
Funny Things
Children playing at Stanwick Lakes today. A much needed day out with two good friends. My perfect little heart, given to me by a friend. Love it. Kitchen windowsill. An African Violet given by a friend to cheer me up several years ago, an Orchid from another friend to remember Freddie, the Carnation that I […]
Duck Pond
I am ice. That is what I am. That is all there is. The thinnest, clearest, most fragile piece of ice on a pond at the start of a winter that will be long, cold and dark. The spring is so very far away. There are four little ducks walking on that sheet of ice, […]
Art in shades of pastel.
Continuing our arty-wordy theme, we took pastels back to Le Ciel Rouge today. Let the girls play and trampoline and socialise for a while, then chained them to the table to do something meaningful. Zoe got out some books and suggested they use them for inspiration and we all ‘art-ed’ together. I do think making […]
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