I have been so tired I could not face uploading anything. I think when Mum has been very sick, then gets better, I relax and it hits me. Watching someone dying slowly over years is not an easy thing; nursing them at home is emotionally draining.
Would I change it though? Not on my life… This time with Mum is precious, and it is not an opportunity every daughter gets.
We cropped, we shopped, we scrapped!!!! It was GREAT.
Okay, what am I on about? Last weekend was Crafting Connection 2006 in Wellington, run by Kiwiscraps – the best scrapbooking retailers downunder.
I did 9 classes in all, and scrapped till I thought my eyeballs were gonna fall out LOL. Natalie, another librarian, went with me to Wellington and we had a blast. She shopped, I cropped, we ate great food, slept well, and bought heaps of new scrapping supplies. Excellent… We’re saving up for next year.
I bought home some unfinished projects cos some of the classes were really fast paced – and have since finished most things. Which is seriously cool, cos sometimes unfinished projects kind of, well, stay unfinished…
Okay, so it’s not exactly a major piece or work – but it was good to get the paints out and do something. Now I have blue/purple fingernails – so situation normal 🙂
Pity the scanner has added stripes across the top where there aren’t any LOL
Mum is in the hospital wing of a resthome for about 8 days – the hospital said she was too sick to come home but not sick enough to take up a bed when they’re jam packed already. So they recommended the hospital wing – and Mum likes it, so that’s good.
This week I’m off to Auckland for a 4 day course – so I’ll take a few art supplies and a journal with me and make the most of the long evenings. Hopefully that will kick-start some creative habits again. I’m finding the longer I don’t do any real art, the grumpier I get!!!
As you can see, I’ve been inspired by Patea Beach this time – and the view out to the cliffs. It really is a beautiful beach on a good day – and miserable on a bad one!
We’ve had Tony’s daughter with us for the weeekend, up from Christchurch, and they got out and about seeing the tourist sites.
Meg’s chemo didn’t go well on Friday and they had to quit the process – so we’ll try again tomorrow.
In the meantime, I’ll just keep painting to sooth my nerves…
I had another relaxing weekend, working my way through more of my art course.
It was a weekend of experiments really – from using a garden stake to draw an Indian ink cartoon, to painting flowers using nothing but gladwrap, an old credit card or a paint roller!
This flower was done with only three colours of paint and a rubber paint roller. I’m quite pleased with the effect.
The black and white drawing was done with Indian Ink – we had to depict our week in cartoon form. It didn’t photograph very well, the writing says
As her week got busier, Cath began to feel lost in the chaos; limbs slowly detaching and her mind developing a calm but annoying stutter.
It’s a good thing a weekend of painting makes me whole again LOL.
Cath Sheard Art 