Well, it's another Monday here in sunny Tasmania, but it seems the EIM blog is somewhere else in the world as it hasn't caught on to Monday yet...or maybe it is just a case of international Mondayitis?
Here I am, with my Hampster inchie ready to post and no-one else is up yet...just like when I was a young child, always up well ahead of everyone else in the family...still, week two is done, only another fifty to go!
Here I am, with my Hampster inchie ready to post and no-one else is up yet...just like when I was a young child, always up well ahead of everyone else in the family...still, week two is done, only another fifty to go!
Pencil sketch from a Googled image and water coloured, with some Derwent ColourSoft pencil shading added when dry. I used a fine black Posca for the eyes with a tiny dab from a fine Signo Uniball for the white eye highlight and edged the inchie with a gold Posca...
Hamsters look to be appealing animals...I don't know why early settlers bought rats with them from their home countries to Australia and omitted these sweet little fellows...I know which I prefer!
Here he is, mounted on the canvas with his little stitched pal from last week...he has a slightly startled look...I do hope next weeks animal is not a cat...Oh no...I just checked the list and it is a cat! No wonder he is looking worried (I have space for three inchies in my top row)...it will have to be a sleeping cat I guess...
Tim had a great day at the cricket yesterday, probably better than we did here at home. The temperature got to 32 degrees with a hot wind here, Tim, Duddles and James enjoyed the day in airconditioned comfort from the new stadium...just as well as they had a rather long day of it...Arriving about 1330 hrs, they first watched the WBBL (women's big bash league), during the afternoon between Hobart Hurricanes and Brisbane Heat, and later watched the evening Big Bash League, (the men's game), so they didn't finish until after 1000 pm. My brother lives just across the road from the gates so parking etc. is a breeze!
Evening and the flood lights are on, Hobart Hurricanes fielding and Sydney Thunder are batting..,
We drove to town briefly this morning to pick up the required cardstock to allow me to finish off the second of the memory albums, which I have now done...I made the video late last evening when it was still very warm (my craft room gets stiflingly hot even on a mild day with the lights all on and I have to close the door and windows when recording to reduce "other" external noises), so it wasn't a particularly edifying video, but at least it is done.
I will need to start my new DT projects soon, ahead of the February deadline...fortunately my head is simply bursting with inspiration for both projects, so no worries there.
I will need to start my new DT projects soon, ahead of the February deadline...fortunately my head is simply bursting with inspiration for both projects, so no worries there.
The cover and dangle of "Her" album, all with delicate colours.
The soft, feminine colours continue on the inside also...
The "His" version is more robust and solid looking...
which continues on the inside...
The bean supply is building, with daily influctions of young runner beans hitting the kitchen counter daily now, as well as half a bucket of young butter beans arriving back from the allotment at lunch time...I have been searching my recipes for some older recipes from when the children were all young and we ate a vegetable rich diet from the very prolific garden we had at Campania...
Yesterday Chris and I ate bean and tomato salad for lunch, a completly forgotten delight, I will be making this again, often and we enjoyed a silverbeet, rice and cheese bake for supper...tonight we are having beans, tomatoes and potato stew with a barbequed lamb chop...it surprised me how many of these dishes I jotted down back in the day.
Yesterday Chris and I ate bean and tomato salad for lunch, a completly forgotten delight, I will be making this again, often and we enjoyed a silverbeet, rice and cheese bake for supper...tonight we are having beans, tomatoes and potato stew with a barbequed lamb chop...it surprised me how many of these dishes I jotted down back in the day.
Simmering the sauce to a rich unctiousness. This is a perfect recipe for me right now as it uses a kilo of beans and as many of the chat pink eyes from the bottom of the potato box as we need for the meal.As well it utilises tomatoes that may not be too wonderfully flavoured...from memory this dish is equally good hot or room temperature...easy peasy! Also, the flavour and texture in reality is far in excess of it's individual componants.
Better trot, this room is becoming exceedingly warm and I need to move to somewhere cooler in the house...bye now,
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