Photography
January
Although I did do a bit of a gasp today when I looked at the date of my last blog post, it’s not actually that much of a surprise that January hasn’t seen me make much of an appearance here.
January is traditionally my nemesis month. One for head down, plough through, and this one hasn’t been the exception. It’s a keep your eyes on your shoes month, where big thinking and decision-making is limited to safe choices such as whether to have another piece of toast or put an extra jumper on. Light is low, pain levels predictably high and my immune system practically non-existent (I managed THREE itis-es in the space of a fortnight. GO ME!). I forget that this strange illness of mine, along with robbing me of energy, likes to play funny with the chemicals in my head to leave me demotivated and low and devoid of confidence and it’s usually late-January by the time I remember that that’s why I’m probably feeling so crud. And Kai’s not been sleeping either, really not, which, plus pain at night makes for a stupidly little amount of sleep each night, so the whole month has passed in a foggy haze.
But there’s been little islands of awakeness: a birthday, and gifts from friends and family that gave me sudden pounding feelings of gratitude and reminded me there were people out there who thought I was okay; an unexpected, arm-pinching proposal from a publisher which is all looking very promising and I hope to tell you more about soon; and a whirlwind 48 hours where I was transported to a temporary solitary oasis of sky and flat sea and low sun.
Read MoreChocolate Menagerie
Bit short of words at the moment. Tis the problem with doing lots of drawing – right brain definitely In Charge at the moment. So instead I will leave you with the menagerie I spotted in my hot chocolate this afternoon.
I saw 1. diving killer whale, 2. sad-eyed man, 3. seahorse, 4. heart, 5. baby vulture, 6. flying swift, 7. wide-mouthed frog, and 8. salamander with a curly tail.
How about you?
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Weird things found on the street: Found Art
I’ve been having one of my magpie days. Emptying out my pockets and the pushchair today yielded leaves the colour of fire, tin bottle tops, and this – muddy plastic packaging from a toy tool set. Looks kinda like a piece of installation art, don’t you think?
Previous weird stuff found on the street: Bernard.
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