What's been happening over the past two weeks? 

i hand-coloured this bathers print 'Esther's Sister' 




Survived some heavy seas down at the yacht club - fun!

Each month we celebrate birthday - sarah, stella and gael are august babies

we had our first knitters

group at the general store,

there have been two now

and i'm hoping it keeps

going - a nice social thing

to do. this is joy in her

amazing octopus hat

Karen greeting the morning with a few seagulls

I went for a walk up Ibbotson Street near my place and this beautiful group of red-browed finches turned up :0)

FINALLY!! I've got all my artwork up off the floor and onto the walls. the rooms seem so much more spacious now i can see to the skirting boards and it's lovely to be able to look at all the works again.

THIS SEAL HAS BEEN RESIDENT down near the yacht club for a few weeks now, recuperating from an injury.  I hope he's getting better, fishermen say he is, they keep an eye on him and he's swimming now

ANOTHER WALK down Ibbotson Street and this group of yellow-tailed black cockatoos was munching on pinecones.  there were several groups i couldn't see until they all flew off, must have been at least fifty of them - that beautiful slow flight and the unique sound of their calls, love em

SUNNY AND ETTA HAVE JUST GONE after two nights here.  we cooked, op shopped, etta discovered the joys of my hose fitting and spent a lot of time chasing sunny around the yard 😄  Lovely to just have time with them both, they came down to the beach this morning after my swim.  Jenny and freddie called in yesterday for lunch and chocolate cake for sunny's birthday.  they helped me start disassembling the plan drawers so i can rearrange the studio.  i need space if i want to hold classes and everything looks so different now that trent has come and put in the new glass doors and windows where the old metal garage doors were.

     The beginning of reorganising the space

PICS FROM THIS MONTHS SWIMS