Sketchbook Sunday ~ Drinking and Ribbons

Sometimes I write things down in my sketchbooks that I don't want people to read.

Hello

Hope you have a good weekend :)

Two Peas In A Pod

The peas are now in my Etsy and my Folksy. Aren't they cute?  ^-^
Now I'm off to find things to make with my newly acquired skills of crochet ribbing and bobble stitches I learnt yesterday and I think a bit of drawing is needed too.

Monthly Music Exchange #2

Back in May Will and I backed Amanda Palmer's Kickstarter to fund a new album and tour. If you don't know about it, go google it, it's all very interesting and went amazingly well. We had to wait for what seemed like forever for the release date but it finally came round and our lovely backer special edition cd turned up last week. It's pretty much all I've listened to since.

If you have any problems with naked women (or you're in a place of work) then you probably shouldn't watch this video. If you like naked women, stop frame, awesomeness, then click play. Now.




I love Amanda Palmer for many reasons so a new album was a real treat and I'm glad it's as awesome as it is. I picked this song from the album because of the brilliant video. It must have taken ages and lots of planning and I think it turned out amazing. I could watch it again and again, it's a real piece of art.

What have you been listening to?

Cows Down The Road

On Saturday I went for a walk to the meadow that's down the road from us expecting to just see pretty leaves and berries and stuff and then all of a sudden I came across some cows!
I was amazed. There is a sign on the gate that says there are cows in there sometimes but I've never seen any and thought I'd never be lucky enough to happen to be in the meadow on the same day as the cows.
But there they were. I phoned Will who came running over (and was clever enough to bring the pinhole camera, fingers crossed for pinhole cows!) and we hung out with the cows for a bit. I've never been that close to cows before without a fence.
I've got to admit that I was a bit scared of them. They're pretty big and my mum has filled my head with the story of how one time her and dad got chased by a load of cows and almost trampled which makes me laugh even as I type this but in reality if a cow ran at me I'd freak out.
I tried to concentrate on the fact that they're really beautiful and that 2 of them looked straight at me for great photos. Also that they had amazing fringes.

Photo an Hour ~ DILO

8am - Morning check on the herbs, time for some water.



9am - Breakfast



10am - 52 weeks photo. This is for week 38! I'm actually managing it! Go me!



11am - Working on amigurumi peas I've been asked to make.



12noon - Still working on the peas.



1pm - Oh look, more peas.



2pm - Lunch and a musical interlude.



3pm - I went for a walk...



4pm - ...AND FOUND COWS! (there will be more from the cows tomorrow)



5pm - We went to get ice creams before Will had to go to work.



6pm - There are too many spiders about these days.



7pm - Eating soup for dinner.



8pm - I spent my evening watching telly...



9pm - ...I started with the plan of Doctor Who then turning the telly off for more productive things. That didn't happen.



10pm - How stupid some of the people on Million Pound Drop are finally got me to turn off the telly and I headed to bed with a comic.



DILO is Day In the Life Of which is a group on flickr.

Goodbye Summer

Last night was the first time I really felt like summer had said goodbye. My feet were cold. This morning I wore my dressing gown for the first time. It even crossed my mind that the heating being on would have been good last night. I didn't turn it on though, we're well 'ard, our heating doesn't go on till we feel like we might get frostbite (although I think that's just me, I have a feeling now that Will's studio has moved he'll put his foot down and demand the comfort of a sensible body temperature. Wuss).

So here is a picture I took in July, my little goodbye to summer for this year. As far as I'm concerned tomorrow is officially autumn because of the equinox and my slight possible ocd tendencies that make it necessary to define such things. Tomorrow is also the next Day In The Life Of day on Flickr which I suggest you all participate in whether you use Flickr or not because I'm nosey and like to see what people have been up to at the same time that I was up to other things :)