We decided to go to Poole park, love Poole park, the train was not running which was a shame. George was very frightened of the ducks and geese so we went into the swing park. It always seems to be bitterly cold when we go to Poole park, shame as it was dry but the wind was too much. We had a good time though and the fresh air does the boys good!
Tuesday, 8 March 2011
15th February 2011
I sat on the train making these notes for my blog.
Journey going smoothly so far, train stopped in Reading, starts going backwards from this point which always seems odd to me, we still end up in Bournemouth though! Apparently it is raining in Bournemouth, (lovely)!
Helen and the boys will not be home until 5pm ish so I will have a couple of hours to sort myself out. Looking forward to seeing them.
Arrived in Bournemouth ok, had to wait for the bus for 25 mins. Got off one stop too early but that was ok, didn't take long to walk the rest.
Chilled out till they got home. George and Harry gave me big smiles when they saw me, :))))
Journey going smoothly so far, train stopped in Reading, starts going backwards from this point which always seems odd to me, we still end up in Bournemouth though! Apparently it is raining in Bournemouth, (lovely)!
Helen and the boys will not be home until 5pm ish so I will have a couple of hours to sort myself out. Looking forward to seeing them.
Arrived in Bournemouth ok, had to wait for the bus for 25 mins. Got off one stop too early but that was ok, didn't take long to walk the rest.
Chilled out till they got home. George and Harry gave me big smiles when they saw me, :))))
Friday, 25 February 2011
14th February 2011
Off to Bournemouth tomorrow soI thought best get on with some house work and sort out my bag just in case anything needed washing.
Went to the solicitors, signed the sale of contract for the bungalow. I hope it goes through soon, not having to pay the mortgage on it will be a huge relief.
Played Harry Potter on the Wii for a couple of hours. Richard was in a grump, not sure why, but then I can't really moan I am always snappy!
Went to the solicitors, signed the sale of contract for the bungalow. I hope it goes through soon, not having to pay the mortgage on it will be a huge relief.
Played Harry Potter on the Wii for a couple of hours. Richard was in a grump, not sure why, but then I can't really moan I am always snappy!
Sunday, 13 February 2011
13th February 2011
We woke up yesterday to very low cloud but dry. This
prompted us to stay in bed a lot longer than we should have as once the day started to emerge we were way behind in getting organised to get going to start our land art. You think I would have learnt by now to get things organised the night before such as sandwiches, boots etc but it seems no matter what age you are if you are inclinded to be unorganised then that is how it is!!
We set off to Clougha to get a slab of rock for Richard, he to use a certain type of rock so Clougha is the best place. We then came back home to collect our welllies!!!! That done, we set off for the Forest of Bowland where we set up a camp for the afternoon!
I then decided I ought to eat some lunch, it was nearly 2.30pm by now and I was feeling hungry, when I start to do land art or any art I get very absorbed and forget about eating or drinking until I start to feel very grumpy and the art isn't going to plan, which is probably due to low blood sugar causing a lack of proper concentration. Richard notices it in me straight away and I get reprimanded for not taking care of myself!
I wanted to make something with mud and I am particulary fascinated with Frasers Spiral
prompted us to stay in bed a lot longer than we should have as once the day started to emerge we were way behind in getting organised to get going to start our land art. You think I would have learnt by now to get things organised the night before such as sandwiches, boots etc but it seems no matter what age you are if you are inclinded to be unorganised then that is how it is!!
We set off to Clougha to get a slab of rock for Richard, he to use a certain type of rock so Clougha is the best place. We then came back home to collect our welllies!!!! That done, we set off for the Forest of Bowland where we set up a camp for the afternoon!
First of all I made this, I found a very good silver birch log which I used to make the main V shape in between the two trees. Then I scoured for some good branches to lodge in. It wasn't easy to find the branches, there lots around bu they were too soft to use. I was trying to make a very modern looking piece of land art and I was pleased with the effect I managed to create.
I then decided I ought to eat some lunch, it was nearly 2.30pm by now and I was feeling hungry, when I start to do land art or any art I get very absorbed and forget about eating or drinking until I start to feel very grumpy and the art isn't going to plan, which is probably due to low blood sugar causing a lack of proper concentration. Richard notices it in me straight away and I get reprimanded for not taking care of myself!
I wanted to make something with mud and I am particulary fascinated with Frasers Spiral
Friday, 11 February 2011
11th February 2011
Been a funny day today, not got into a good flow with anything, flitting from this to that and not achieving a lot.
The weather started off dull and drizzly, temperature around 8 which is where it has stayed most of the day. The sun tried to emerge around lunch time but only briefly.
President Mubarak stepped down from power today, I have been watching the BBC news, when it was announced that he was stepping down there was a huge roar from the Egyptians in Tahrir Square. I have never taken much notice of what goes on in Egypt until now, I did not know that the Mubarak regime was bad and that the people hated him and had been repressed by his regime for many years. I am so glad that they have been brave in holding the 3 week protests to rid him of his power and will keep watching to see what happens to them in the future. We might get fed up with our government in this country sometimes but at least we are able to live our lives freely and have the freedom of speech.
We went into town at lunch time, I collected my train tickets for my trip to Bournemouth, looking forward to seeing Harry and George again. The ticket cost me £50.00 one way, I am hoping to get a lift with Colin and Laura on the way back. Colin and Laura are planning on going down on Saturday 19th as they want to collect a load of baby gear from Helen. Now Colin has a nice car I don't mind travelling 6 hours in the car with him, it was pretty awful in his old banger the last time I travelled down South with them!
I bought some spray paint for my Gormley sculpture, I'm really looking forward to using it!
You know when you get that afternoon sleepy eyed lull after lunch, that was me, I could not keep my eyes open so I went for a snooze, how lucky am I that I am able to do that when I feel like it! Sometimes when I look at other peoples blogs with lots of pictures of art and craft they have done that day I am very jeolous and wonder how they manage to get all these things done and write about it, so that is my next challenge to put more effort into doing some art everyday, it makes it sound like I do not want to do it, I do, but I let other things get in the way which I am not going to do anymore!
We are going out to do some art tomorrow, look forward to that.
J.
The weather started off dull and drizzly, temperature around 8 which is where it has stayed most of the day. The sun tried to emerge around lunch time but only briefly.
President Mubarak stepped down from power today, I have been watching the BBC news, when it was announced that he was stepping down there was a huge roar from the Egyptians in Tahrir Square. I have never taken much notice of what goes on in Egypt until now, I did not know that the Mubarak regime was bad and that the people hated him and had been repressed by his regime for many years. I am so glad that they have been brave in holding the 3 week protests to rid him of his power and will keep watching to see what happens to them in the future. We might get fed up with our government in this country sometimes but at least we are able to live our lives freely and have the freedom of speech.
We went into town at lunch time, I collected my train tickets for my trip to Bournemouth, looking forward to seeing Harry and George again. The ticket cost me £50.00 one way, I am hoping to get a lift with Colin and Laura on the way back. Colin and Laura are planning on going down on Saturday 19th as they want to collect a load of baby gear from Helen. Now Colin has a nice car I don't mind travelling 6 hours in the car with him, it was pretty awful in his old banger the last time I travelled down South with them!
I bought some spray paint for my Gormley sculpture, I'm really looking forward to using it!
You know when you get that afternoon sleepy eyed lull after lunch, that was me, I could not keep my eyes open so I went for a snooze, how lucky am I that I am able to do that when I feel like it! Sometimes when I look at other peoples blogs with lots of pictures of art and craft they have done that day I am very jeolous and wonder how they manage to get all these things done and write about it, so that is my next challenge to put more effort into doing some art everyday, it makes it sound like I do not want to do it, I do, but I let other things get in the way which I am not going to do anymore!
We are going out to do some art tomorrow, look forward to that.
J.
Thursday, 10 February 2011
10th February 2011
I've not had the chance to catch up until today.
Monday 6th Feb was extremely windy with intermittent showers. Carol and I met up from the shop to go for a walk. We had planned to do Nicky Nook but unfortunately Carol had to be back for 1pm so I decided to take her on our canal round. Carol is local to the area and has lived here all her life, she is in her late 50's but has never done the walk, only the canal section.
Carol's dog Benji a super 7 year old black and white collie had never been over a stile in his life before, I have to say I was amazed. He was nervous about going over and we ended up have to drag him across unless we were able to get him to go underneath!
There are spring lambs in the fields already, we kept Benji on the lead as he has not had experience of sheep, Carol seemed to think that because he is a sheep dog that he automatically would be ok with them, but that is not true, a dog is a dog and they are trained to be ok with sheep and are not always naturally sheep friendly!
I slipped going down the steep hill, I had hold of Benji on his lead and he pulled but not excessively, the problem was all the rain we have had lately, the ground is completely sodden, no grip on my very worn boots so it was inevitable I would end of on my arse! Luckily it was a soft landing and the only way I suffered was from embarressment and having a brown bottom!
We arrived back home safely and I waved Carol goodbye. It was a good walk, I liked being able to take someone out who is new to country walking and showing them a different side to it. We will be going out again next month!
Tuesday 8th February.
I spent quite a few hours drumming up business for the land art workshops, writing letters to schools etc, I was pleased as I managed to get quite a bit done, the sense of achievement was good! I popped over to Ginny's my neighbour for a cuppa, she is a drama lovvie and has her own business running drama classes. I wanted to see Cassie the cat, I have missed Cassie since Ginny came home from Australia, Cassie remembered me and let me stroke her and pick her up.
I took over our land art books for Ginny to have a look at and she was impressed enough to ring me and say how amazed she is by the sculptures. Even though I had explained what we do she had no idea what land art really meant. Apparently she has a friend who is an artist and runs her own studio, Ginny wants to show her the books, it will be interesting to hear what another artist makes of them.
Wed 9th February
Off to the Yorkshire Sculpture Park today. We wanted to see the David Nash exhibition again, before it ends on the 28th February. It completely blew us away the first time we went. David's sculptures are amazing, the amount of work he must put into each one. The smell, the texture and colours of the wood made the senses go into overtime. I wish we could have the park to ourselves, it wasn't busy at all, but I would love to walk around it with no one else about, I would also love to meet David Nash and see where he works at his Church in Wales.
We had fish and chips from the local chippie when we got back, it was getting on and we did not feel like cooking, a good day.
10th
It was foggy first thing this morning. It hung around until about 10ish then the sun broke through. It has been a lovely sunny day all day, the washing is out and even though it is sunny I am not sure it will dry as there is very little wind. I have been finishing off my school land art letters and I am glad to say I have finished all the local Lancashire schools, some I will send via email, Im sure it will get more attention via email, I really hope I get at least one booking!
I have a lot of art inspiration going on in my head at the moment. One in particular is starting to forge ahead. I am creating a Anthony Gormley sculpture and I will post a photo on here as soon as it is finished. I just hope it lives up to my expectations and Mr Gormley's presuming he will ever see it!
Anyway, I think I might get on with something else now that does not involve the computer, my hands are feeling quite achey from all the key board work I have done today!
J.
Monday 6th Feb was extremely windy with intermittent showers. Carol and I met up from the shop to go for a walk. We had planned to do Nicky Nook but unfortunately Carol had to be back for 1pm so I decided to take her on our canal round. Carol is local to the area and has lived here all her life, she is in her late 50's but has never done the walk, only the canal section.
Carol's dog Benji a super 7 year old black and white collie had never been over a stile in his life before, I have to say I was amazed. He was nervous about going over and we ended up have to drag him across unless we were able to get him to go underneath!
There are spring lambs in the fields already, we kept Benji on the lead as he has not had experience of sheep, Carol seemed to think that because he is a sheep dog that he automatically would be ok with them, but that is not true, a dog is a dog and they are trained to be ok with sheep and are not always naturally sheep friendly!
I slipped going down the steep hill, I had hold of Benji on his lead and he pulled but not excessively, the problem was all the rain we have had lately, the ground is completely sodden, no grip on my very worn boots so it was inevitable I would end of on my arse! Luckily it was a soft landing and the only way I suffered was from embarressment and having a brown bottom!
We arrived back home safely and I waved Carol goodbye. It was a good walk, I liked being able to take someone out who is new to country walking and showing them a different side to it. We will be going out again next month!
Tuesday 8th February.
I spent quite a few hours drumming up business for the land art workshops, writing letters to schools etc, I was pleased as I managed to get quite a bit done, the sense of achievement was good! I popped over to Ginny's my neighbour for a cuppa, she is a drama lovvie and has her own business running drama classes. I wanted to see Cassie the cat, I have missed Cassie since Ginny came home from Australia, Cassie remembered me and let me stroke her and pick her up.
I took over our land art books for Ginny to have a look at and she was impressed enough to ring me and say how amazed she is by the sculptures. Even though I had explained what we do she had no idea what land art really meant. Apparently she has a friend who is an artist and runs her own studio, Ginny wants to show her the books, it will be interesting to hear what another artist makes of them.
Wed 9th February
Off to the Yorkshire Sculpture Park today. We wanted to see the David Nash exhibition again, before it ends on the 28th February. It completely blew us away the first time we went. David's sculptures are amazing, the amount of work he must put into each one. The smell, the texture and colours of the wood made the senses go into overtime. I wish we could have the park to ourselves, it wasn't busy at all, but I would love to walk around it with no one else about, I would also love to meet David Nash and see where he works at his Church in Wales.
We had fish and chips from the local chippie when we got back, it was getting on and we did not feel like cooking, a good day.
10th
It was foggy first thing this morning. It hung around until about 10ish then the sun broke through. It has been a lovely sunny day all day, the washing is out and even though it is sunny I am not sure it will dry as there is very little wind. I have been finishing off my school land art letters and I am glad to say I have finished all the local Lancashire schools, some I will send via email, Im sure it will get more attention via email, I really hope I get at least one booking!
I have a lot of art inspiration going on in my head at the moment. One in particular is starting to forge ahead. I am creating a Anthony Gormley sculpture and I will post a photo on here as soon as it is finished. I just hope it lives up to my expectations and Mr Gormley's presuming he will ever see it!
Anyway, I think I might get on with something else now that does not involve the computer, my hands are feeling quite achey from all the key board work I have done today!
J.
Monday, 7 February 2011
6th February 2011
Another wet and windy day, we have been very bad as we did not get up until 12pm, wow how bad is that! I feel like a teenager again! I do feel guilty getting up that late, but doing it once in a blue moon I won't beat myself up too much about it!
We had brunch then went for a stroll around the cemetry and park. Read books, watched telly, that's it for the day! Rich cooked delicous spicy meat balls for tea. Here's hoping next weekend is drier and brighter!
J.
We had brunch then went for a stroll around the cemetry and park. Read books, watched telly, that's it for the day! Rich cooked delicous spicy meat balls for tea. Here's hoping next weekend is drier and brighter!
J.
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