Tag: meditation
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An early Bath…
Hello again. Spring is in the air – can you feel it? I’m so ready for the turn of the wheel this time. A day out in Bath A couple of weeks ago, I headed off for a day trip to Bath – my first visit there in over two years. It was wonderful and…
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Blue and Green
Or – what a difference two weeks can make…. After such a long winter, the richness of the spring is making my senses tingle. A couple of weeks ago, there wasn’t much green… Now, it’s bursting out all over… And the bluebells are so gorgeous, I couldn’t resist taking more pictures… A spring carpet.
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A touch of printing…
I’ve finished cutting the lino I mentioned in Symmetry. This is how it looked at the first printing. Both daughters want to colour it in, and I admit, I do too, so there might be more to see another day. I get enormous enjoyment from doing these linocuts. Anything that forces you to go slowly and take…
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Symmetry…
I’ve been working on a new linocut today. As with the needlepoint, I find the process becomes meditative as you get involved – it’s huge fun – just like being a child again, approaching a technique just for the hell of it, not expecting anything. I must have been designed for repetitive tasks – something in them…
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Three Part Woman…
It occurred to me recently, that in order to be happy, there are three things I need to be and do every day. The three parts are Housekeeping: By which I mean doing the run of the mill jobs that keep the family engine running; feeding the family reasonably healthy food at appropriate times; keeping…
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Walking Meditations & Whiplash
Ever since the girls got too big to want me to walk to school with them, I’ve found myself spending more and more time indoors, when what I really need, is to get out into the fresh air and go for a walk. Now I know it really isn’t difficult to put your shoes on…
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