The Great Tree

I have had the most joyous and inebriated afternoon with friends, Marina, Gareth, and Steve at the wonderful and amiable Artillery!
I feel blessed and grateful for my friends and family this coming birthday.🎈

An early birthday present! Thank you Brian Broadbelt!

Finished! Love it 🥰

Too soon? Hahahahahahahahaaaaaa…

Sloes, apples, and maybe the last rose before winter. Blessings!

Toasty nut cakes with nori, kombu, dried fruit, chia, and jalapeños. Perfect for autumn!

Blessings for Friday 13th my witchy friends!
Pic by Keith Ross.

The buckthorn in my tiny hedgerow has given berries this year, it’s a first!

Just made these sweet potato and mince dumplings ready for freezing. Hard work but very tasty!🤤

Had the most wonderful dream! I was part of a production where the voices were gorgeous and the music sublime! I was singing again! I was so overjoyed!woke up so uplifted!

The book I’m reading …

So what do you do when you haven’t slept a wink 😜? Bake seed cakes, of course. Bit overdone, but I like ‘em that way. Coffeeeeeeeeee…

Soooo, last night.
Last night around midnight two drunken women decided that my doorbell was extremely attractive to them and set off the dogs barking repeatedly. I have them on CCTV but I won’t put them here. They were just having a good time.
Then at about 1:00/ 1:30 in the morning someone kept messaging me about a room, they told me they had stayed here before and that they were extremely good tenants. Messaging someone at 1:30 is not good.
Then repeated interruptions during the night. I have not slept. I felt maybe there was a reason for this, that in the cosmic outlook something was messaging me and telling me to be on alert. So I’ve been worried about my sister, across the pond, and she has not replied to my messages. That is why I couldn’t turn off my notifications. So please throw a little prayer in there on her behalf, will you. And mine as my heart feels unwell today. Thank you.

Took the girls for a walk in Ellington park and they loved that the weather was so pleasant and cool. 😎 Shnapps got plenty of fuss and so did Shazbat and Chispa. Shnapps had a couple of joyful rolls and smells divine now. Shazbat decided she would go home with someone else until she realised I was not following her but she, I. Chispa was a golden girl who came back to me whenever I called her. I got some books at the book shop and then we headed home. Now the girls are napping happily and I’m making myself some supper. I too shall be napping soon.

Good morning! Pumpkins, Too early?

Dear
Publishers, wtf do you have to make books too big to lift and too heavy ? Surely you could do better? Those of us that like physical books would like to be able to fit them on our bookshelves, thank you…

Dog treat day! Peanuts , chicken and sardines, very tasty 🤤

Pinched this…

Morning Matcha coffee in the Library… aaaah

I have finished my portrait of Frances Sykes. RIP Frances , swift journey!

Saw one of these in my garden…

This is the pic I shall paint of Frances Sykes, a vibrant soul in my favourite of her dresses . Smooth sailing, beautiful woman! Swift Journey!

Tired of paying high amounts of cash for questionable dog treats, I am making my own. Peanut butter, chicken and ham, sardine and tomato. Now for quality testing!

My latest piece: “Should I have Another?”