Signs of spring...

Mucking around with my blog....

I always seem to be changing the background on my blog. But today I decided to make a new banner for it, making a collage with some of my art along with an image of Madam Pudding, my art assistant extraordinaire! lol

Caught napping

Moody, my daughter Tessas lilac Siamese can always be found cuddling up to something or someone warm. Any heat source will do! Here he is, cuddling into Angel aka Madam Pudding....catching a few ZZZs while catching a few rays of sun coming through my bedroom window.

Prepping my new art journal....

After a long long spell of having a big creative block I've started going to town again. I've started a new art journal; a bigger one than I am normally used to working in, with pages 8W x 11H. It's a spiral bound journal with the left-hand pages being blank and the right-hand pages being lined. Above are 5 spreads I have started. A few more visual additions to be done, then I can get down to the journaling part of these spreads! I can't stand it when I have these creative blocks; so I am so relieved and happy to be playing once again! :D

I have an art table in my bedroom, and today I was sitting at it, playing away in my jumble journal. I turned around only to find my bed behind me taken over by my four cats. Oh, they have it so rough living here! lol From left to right we have: Joe Toes (he has 26 of 'em, not the regular 18), Tigger, Madam Angel Pudding and Moody!

JUMBLE JOURNAL

jumble journal

Wildlife

My mom likes to feed the squirrels in our backyard. This little one is the Mom who, oddly enough, seems to like feeding herself first before she allows her young ones to eat! The bird has been visiting me daily for weeks now. He is always alone, and I've never seen a second one. I've just learned the type of bird it is: a Townsend's Solitaire. So, he lives up to his name! What a pretty bird he is. Our 2 dogs and 6 cats love to watch the wildlife feed! lol