Time Of My Days

Like a giant rib cage in the sky, are the clouds this morning. As the sun rises over the horizon, the sky turns from a molten grey to a vivid purple and orange. Sun rise always is phenomenal!

I thought I would post some pictures of what I have been working on in the last few days.

Jewelry....

 Washing fleece for Logwood baby blanket.....

Paintings.... watercolours to be exact....

Muskox... started about five years ago and is now being finished.

The Daughters.... painted from a photograph.... background is only penciled in yet... lots of work left to be done.

Friends..... a painting I did years ago when my children were young.

The last painting requires a little explanation. This painting was done from a photograph when Daughter #2 was little. It was a photograph I had of my sister and I and and our friends when we were little. The photo was taken not far from my Grandparents house. I had worked many long hours on this painting as it was to be a gift for my sister. She's the second from the left and I'm the little tot partially covered by the grass. When I finished it I laid it on our dining room table to be taken to the framers and when I came back Daughter #2 was standing on the dining room chair with a pencil lead in one hand and a crayon in the other. You will notice the scribbles in the top left hand corner. I was horrified and of course took the crayons away from her. she was too young to understand the amount of work she had just spoiled in two seconds. I wanted to cry. In a fit of rage I tore the painting up later that evening thinking that I could never repair the painting. But afterwards, I  kept all the pieces and stored them away in a portfolio where they have been sitting ever since.  Little did I know at the time that had I not torn it, (yes, sometimes my temper gets the better of me.... these moments are sporadic... but every so often... well, I do have to say that I can be quite impulsive sometimes!!!) there was a product on the market that could have removed the pencil and crayon marks..... sigh!  Anyway, it has been sitting in my portfolio, a constant reminder of my stupidity in leaving it on the table in the first place. This week I glued it back together. I am using a soft eraser to remove the crayon marks and am touching up the glued areas with my paint brush. I'll let you know how this restoring project turns out.  (For those of you who say why didn't you just paint it again.... let's not even go there.... I am not a perfectionist and while this painting could be duplicated it would never be the same.)  I am using acrylic on watercolour to cover the rip marks. I'm not sure if it will work but I sure hope so.  If it does work then I will frame it and hang it in my new and improved bedroom.

The sky has turned to a dull grey... no wind.... I'm off for another day of nursing Daughter #1 and working on wool.But first I have a beading project that won't take long to finish....

Stay tuned for that.....