Art is in the eye of the beholder Sitting in my recliner looking up at my pastel sketch of a friend’s daughter on the weekend of the Dobell festival, and seeing a hint of that elongated style of his that, to me, is what makes William Dobell’s work memorable. In truth this was done from… Continue reading Dobell Inspired
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Being Happy –
Can take some work, plus a handful of B, D and magnesium tablets. It doesn’t take much to make me happy these days. An outing with my son and fresh home-brewed coffee in my thermos, carried in a hand-woven basket given to me for my birthday by Fabiola, my Fabulous Physio*. Add home-made sultana scones,… Continue reading Being Happy –
Geriatric Social Influencer
That’s me I am told! So what does one wear? This describes my planned outfit for the photoshoot of my trial of the EnvisionSmart Glasses from a couple of posts ago. When you can’t do slim you do Arty lol. Saretta is part of this special project to provide an outlet for great modern Indigenous… Continue reading Geriatric Social Influencer
More Chandeliers- and spreading the love with light
My friend gave me this old chandelier. So I added solar garden lights
Never too Old to Be Cool!
Or never too cool to be fun Came across these photos in my collection and my friend who was here said of this: That’s so cool! And it is! My friend, Barrie, aged 79, is vertically challenged following a childhood spinal injury aged 4 and later surgery. His small staure has always made him cute… Continue reading Never too Old to Be Cool!
The Bubble Car and The Car Pool
Memoir circa 1965 Wow! Love the number plate for Eunice Carol! What a great little car! Reminds me of the tiny Fiat that 5 of us used to travel in- like sardines from Worksop to Retford when I was a TO in the Tax Office around 1965-67. That must have been not long after 10… Continue reading The Bubble Car and The Car Pool
How Ideas Grow from Cigarette Packets!
IT STARTED OUT AS A SKETCH ON THE BACK OF A FAG PACKET, MOVED ON TO PAPER ON THE DRAWING BOARD , AND HERE YOU ARE THE FINISHED ARTICLE . FANTASTIC. 👍😃😃 “Great model, thought it looked like a paper and plaster construction . So added the pun reference paper drawing etc. d”, so… Continue reading How Ideas Grow from Cigarette Packets!
SSKELETONS IN THE BACK YARD OUR (REALLY) OLD NEIGHBOURS
Bronze-Age skeletons unearthed over our back fence Excerpt from my Campus Life journal This is an exerpt from my Journal Campus Life that I have attached to Mee Memoirs Intro to Campus Life P83… WednesdayRang to see if I could contact Ursilla Spence re: visiting the Raymoth Lane artefacts dug up at the bottom of… Continue reading SSKELETONS IN THE BACK YARD OUR (REALLY) OLD NEIGHBOURS
Making an Impression(ist) Painting
I sent his digital portrait to Monty Don, done as a thank you, not only for his delightful programme on the Impressionist gardens in France, but for all his lovely programes I watched while back in the UK for a few years. In this programme Monty Don spoke of how he worked in gardens in… Continue reading Making an Impression(ist) Painting
A Real Hardware Shop
..is a joy! So much shiny treasure, bright plastic, gadgets you never new existed and, best of all, a person who understands exactly what you need, and where to find it. (though not like Ronnie Barker in the famous ,’Fork Handles ( four candles) skit in the Two Ronnies TV series…….https://youtu.be/gi_6SaqVQSw Most hardware shops have… Continue reading A Real Hardware Shop
Mee Memoirs -and other stuff 