Forgot to say after seeing Graffiti books may have to Graffitti offending wall next door I am fancying a palm tree and a beach scene anyone else think of anything better Virginia still thinks a balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet .Bye for now.

Sundays and family

Hi everyone out there well what a Sunday managed to catch up with all my lot today ,even my John Yesterday was trying to help Virginia with her water logged garden after much deliberation we decided to send Craig for lots of pea shingle .He had removed the turf and dug out a very large concrete slab from under about two feet of soil .The underneath was clay and completely water filled so we put lots of sand and shingle and then returned soil and turf,.Everyone was laughing at me for stamping and kicking the turf to make it fit .This was quite difficult as I was wearing my diamante wellies and the garden is holding too much water  and my wellies were getting heavier by the minute although I appeared taller after an hour of tramping round in it, that was the plus side of it as I am less than five feet tall.There is enough clay in virginias garden to throw pots and open a ceramics shop.Decided to go see number one son and have a look at his grafitti books that he has and we all decended on him for tea and chit chat which was lovely ,his dear cathie was baking a cake which meant his kitchen smelled divine.I dont know why I said his kitchen as they usually fall out over whose space it is because she  likes to cook in it he likes to treat it like his own craft room so you can well imagine.Although his craft tends to be reproducing props from the films he has seen, ecto goggles from Ghost busters movie was the last thing he made but he often has three or four projects on the go at once.The journaling page I have put on today is all about time and how fast it seems to go as we age  .This one came to mind because Virginia always has a rant about the fact someone pinches an hour off us when British summer time begins and she hates it she says it is no good giving it back to her in October as she doesn't want it then it is so funny.

I had my rant yesterday and laughed my socks off at Virginia's reply fantastic sense of humour loved the idea of graffitti on the offending wall and the Juliet balcony  might have to do just that .Now for todays piece can we all remember what it was like to fall in love so madly that we were totally blinded by it all well the image I used for this was in a very expensive magazine that I bought and cut up  so that I could journal it.The image shows a man and a woman looking deeply at each other unaware of all that may be around them.They are differant that she sports wings like an Angel and he has large areas of his skin that are torn away to reveal what may lie underneath as if he is baring his soul to her.I totally get this image it makes me feel as I did when in  the early days of a relationship the feelings are so  strong we are oblivious to the rest of the world and love and passion blinds us to everything.

Have corrected spelling mistakes now so it looks more English and less double dutch anyway just to show how little a fan of high sided conservatory of recent ramblings, I will publish a piece of work on said subject. As everyone can see I am still pretty upset by it I cannot see the Magpies building this years nest, well same pair every year they alternate between two nests that they built several years ago I used to watch their antics and believe me there have been several wildlife on one moments, from chasing snoozing squirrels to having a  fight with a load of bullying crows.My garden pots that I have round the back of my house will need to be moved as they won't have enough light or  sun to grow and my sitting out area now looks at a ten foot badly pointed brick wall.Worst of it is she failed to tell me that she needed to have such a big wall so she could spend all night singing Abba songs with Daughter number two right below my bedroom window on her very large flat screen T V. Does everyone think I have said enough on that subject.This is why I love art journaling as you don't just get to journal the good stuff.

Yes forgot to rant about said karaoki on Saturday night while turned 3.30 in the morning warblings of daughter number two and so called friend next door and she said they had chosen Abba just for meha ha   very funny I know they were good but not that good that after a rough shift at Meadowhall I would want to sit up and listen while Baby  sitting number two,s daughter.I suppose they must have enjoyed it someone had to.

siblings

Hi everyone have just returned from my great nephews Christening his name is Sonny Kay and he has the most amazing blue eyes and such a laid back baby, I think he must have been here before.The weather was beautiful the church was full and a brilliant time was had by all.Two years ago today I lost my dear mother and a worst death I could not imagine she broke our hearts but at the end all her Daughters and her Granddaughters were with her and we all were of one voice,we all hurt the same way and we all were bereft at her going .I have forgiven all of what went on after mum died but I will never forget it and put most of it down to being the worst time of my life .But life is very short and carrying a burden is no good for anyone so I take each day as it comes and celebrate all that life has to offer.I love my family and adore my two grandchildren and thank God for them all so I will give thanks to life that we are all here to enjoy the moment and the day and the celebrations and feel how lucky we are to be able to do this when so many people we knew and loved  are no longer around to enjoy it with us.The piece of journaling is about brothers and sisters asI have ten of them I feel  I am an authority on the subject none of us are the same and we often don,t see eye to eye.My second piece is a tribute to a very famous designer someone who chose to be very differant  but also my dear sister Vanessa who I adore  and both these females I regard as both very unique in there own individual ways .love them both well I will be back soon xxxx

Back again

Hi everyone including myself,woke with a rotten cold this morning and a crappy headache have to work late shift today so I am hoping I improve before I leave the house.Went to visit Dear Margeret at her 5 star retirement village yesterday my other halfs step mum,now she is a force to behold for a lady who runs round on her mobility scooter she puts everyone to shame .She had served in the village shop in the morning stopped for a bit of lunch with ourselves her sister and two old friends and at four o clock was off to her choir practice .She is a whirlwind all on her own .I then went to cardmaking group where we make cards for the charity group Virginia works for .They sell them in a post office they run .It was quite surreal as we were making Easter cards or sympathy cards Nirvana kept passing things to me saying you do the miserable cards nannan and I will do the nice ones she is only ten but she is fantastic.The page above I did when reminded of my first love I met him at Grammar school I was a Beatles fan he was an Hollys fan .Bus stop was a hollys hit the summer of 1966 and and it so reminds me of young love and I can,t listen to it now without thinking of him.

Following myself

Well you can tell I don,t know it all yet I meant to follow Carmen and managed to do it all wrong now I am following meself well someone needs to keep an eye on me ah ah ah

Sisters

This is a two page layout on the theme sisters .I have four sisters some I am close to and some not so close, I have some fantastic memories of life knowing my sisters but have enjoyed one of them in particular in later life as all my sisters are a lot younger than me and I spent my childhood growing up with my five brothers ,it was ten years after me that my first sister came along and what a blessing she was it made a change from all those boys.Anyway I needed to journal it .

First art journal pages on my blog

Hi everyone just thought I'd put a few of my recent pages on my new blog. Thank you for the lovely comments on my first post and thank you for following me I officially have 4 followers woohoo.

Can you believe that I've been playing with my photos all morning and I'm still in my PJ's I can see my blog eating up chunks of my life - but it is fun isn't it!

This first image is about how elephants never forget and reminds me of a difficult period of my life with lots of falling out, it isn't a happy memory but it is a memory nevertheless. This image is in a gorgeous 2006 diary that I found out that I'd never written in - how awesome is it that I can actually use something that I thought would just end up in the recycle box. It's a lovely A4 size and is leather bound so should take some hammering!

I love this image and just had to journal it and reminds me of all the adventurous men that I've met in my life!

This image reminds me on my Dad as he's wearing a flat cap, it would have been his birthday this last week and he would have been 84. My Dad was an awesome man and had 10 children and many many grandchildren. I miss him so much but it's been difficult in recent years as dementia robbed him of his memory. This page however reminds me of what a happy person he was always so gracious and loving and fun and just great company so it was nice to remember him in this way!

FIRST POST I NOW HAVE A BLOG

First ever blog, very new to this but follow quite a few, I like to see what people are up to and I've met some great people through Dyan at AFTH when I attended a beginner's art journaling course in February - had an awesome time and haven't stopped journaling since - it's taking over my life but I love it!

I've reached the big 60 recently and am now semi-retired which has given me much more time to come and play on my new laptop and with all my lovely paints and inks and papers and journals etc.

I promise to come back later once I've worked out how to photograph my journals and put them on my computer! See ya later!