Wednesday 24 January 2018

Monday...



Just a regular Monday today with my morning at Art with Sheila and Klaus.  My study of a cuppa, books and a jam-jar of roses progresses slowly.  I did at least finish all the blooms today.  When I printed off the guide picture from the internet the ink ran out on my printer and so the colour (apart from the flowers) was odd so I need to reprint it for the remainder of the picture.  As it happens this was easier said than done because for some reason I had deleted it from the laptop and as it happens if you do a Google search of 'teacup books flower painting' you get offered hundreds and this one does not appear amongst them!

Sheila has just about finished her commission.  If you check out her blog you will see that she has been working on a portrait of a dog for someone who came into the craft shop where she works.  It has not been an easy task as the photographs they supplied were not the sharpest, nor was it easy to make out the dog's eyes so well done to Sheila for doing a great job - I am sure her commissioner will be over the moon.

We learned on Saturday that John and Susan's dog Zak (seen here as a small puppy) had been knocked over.  

Apparently it had escaped from the confines of the garden and run up the track which meets the main road and crossed it.  We had seen a stray dog in that area so maybe that is what had caught Zak's attention. 

I text Susan today to find out how Zak was progressing, he had suffered a broken leg and more worryingly a head injury.  She told me that he was at home but he has symptoms similar to someone recovering from a stroke.  We have our fingers crossed that he will make a full recovery and soon as we know how worried John and Susan will be about him and we know how we would feel if it were one of our cats.

We were also sad to learn today that Elaine (pictured here talking to my Uncle David back in October) will not be reopening the Herb Garden in Akourdaleia this spring because it is not financially viable for her to do so.  This is very sad not least because of all the hard work she put into it getting it into shape as a lovely venue for tea and cake.  

One wonders now what will happen to the garden because if anyone was going to make it work I would have put money on Elaine being that person.  It was such a lovely peaceful spot to while away time and it will be a shame if it now becomes neglected.

I had belly dancing this evening.  Although we had had a dry fine and bright day the wind was cold and this evening it was veritably chilly even down in Polis.  It is quite hard to leave the warmth of the lounge at the best of times but when everyone else is warm and relaxed it is even harder.  Mr Boo had come in and just flaked out on the sofa warming his bits much to Charlie's disgust - he squeezed his bulk onto the sofa next to Boo but was very careful not to make contact with him at all.

Belly dancing was great fun as always but we started a new routine tonight and there was a lot of hip work and as I pointed out to John only the other day my hips are not as young and supple as they once were - I shall pay for this tomorrow that's for sure!

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