The railway tunnel under the Mersey

*!* what a week ...

not going to bore you but ... eeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrggggggggggggghhh

phew that's better

problem is I am a bit temperamental (don't snicker)

I will sulk

for days

longer

lifetimes

FINIS

will look for a distracting couple of pix now

ciao xxx

Mercury

Hail frost ice or snow

whither thou goest I will go

Late post

just another autumn day

although th icy grip of winter isn't

too far away

the long and winding road

ok back to some pixellating pix

me on the way home tonight

photo through a window in liverpool on the day that yoko's exhibition was closed

one of them lambananas...

Turning the tides

pix of my prints from college (not unfortunately in natural dyes)

plus the ice floe collage again as I so want to texture my hat with it

salute to the Sun

British summer time is over and the clocks have gone backwards one hour

Warm and cosy indoors

going to work on my sketchbook tonight to try to keep up to date

and the picture is...

A depiction of Skaði by Carl Frederick von Saltza from Fredrik Sander's 1893 edition of the Poetic Edda.

Saturn's day

Already wearing my dancing shirt
will have to be the new Prada T shirt later on
Completely soaked in Norse mythology now
(found a snoe shoe goddess)
am going to make a felt hat with a Viking and ice theme
if it turns out OK it will be my new Winter hat
well that's the plan...

Week 7 at college

Freya's day (oops it's Frigg's actually) get your facts right love

Getting our sketchbooks up to date today

Ripping , placing , sticking, reading and writing

A day to go kicking up leaves

a gift of chocolate mmm...

charity shop silk scarf @ 50 pennies

Prada T shirt ! £1.50

cafe au lait cotton blouse for dancing in £2.50

ahh...

Thor's day

off to Cambridge for a day trip soon
will be a late night before college
my new Viking book is excellent
The Viking World by James Graham-Campbell
A4 size with fabulous full colour prints and illustrations

Rune poem

Ice is bark of rivers
and roof of the wave
and destruction of the doomed

to be or not to be...

my new books are in the post office waiting to be picked up
guilt is an ugly word
have another busy week ahead so textile and art stuff will have to wait for Friday
am not letting go of my snow bees though... no no no way
need to keep my vision clear in my mind and allow it to develop organically
may have to stop surfing for a while and focus
get out of my own way (so to speak)..

Mellow but mildly irritating Monday

Mmm...
Three gifts today
a pile of shells collected in St Lucia
a pear
and a caramel slice
what can it all mean?

An Autumnal Sunday

My mind is still full of little bits of cut up silks today
last week got so busy I never made it to the Courboisier exhibition
it is still on the list though
I did manage two whole days of doing arty stuff so life can't be too bad
Art is keeping me sane
For anybody who is interested (They) are in the bedroom sleeping on top of my clean laundry next to the radiator - cat heaven

textured surfaces in felt

Great course today - got a snap of a bee on the way there

made three pieces of felt and then printed and dipped one in indigo

sprinkled it with silk slivers first

realising how addicted to colour I am

cats are being a bit bossy at the moment - but excessively cute too so i can't complain

Week 6 at college

We did collographs today and I loved it

did loads of work plus more rasta colours that I can't stay away from

lots of prow curl prints and even some bees thrown in for luck

no camera and course in Wales tomorrow so this will be brief

collected another couple of hydrangea flowers... nice one.. and a pearl bead

organised all my bits for textured surfaces in felt

now i just need to get up in time

jools and tom are crooning on the tele

suki is on my bed

sid is mithering me to go too

college tomorrow
must dig out some needles and threads etc

Spiders and Cranes

ok all i have tonight are spiders and cranes

little Sid watching my fingers type

Suki is mooching about in the background

its getting better all the time

I bored you with the details
sorry
still... onwards and upwards
would love to go on a short trip to Oslo to see the churches and museums
churches for the architecture
might have to settle for day trip to the viking museum in york
if that
i can dream
boy can i dream
back to Liverpool Thursday or Friday for the Courboisier exhibition in the basement of the catholic cathedral in Liverpool
paddy's wigwam
that's the plan
Suki has been a bit sick tonight. think i might wean her off the fish and Felix
Sid is fine
i have levelled out a little

not a good un

Oh dearie me... one of those days when you know you should just have stayed in bed

up, earlyish, ok so far

slight altercation in car park with new neighbour and boyfriend with attitude

drove round corner for milk

knock on car window re flat tyre :(

illegally parked :*)

de dum de dum dedum

2hrs of tyre fixing ****

got to work

milk spilled in bottom of rucksack

growl

not one of my better days

did loads more research at work though

about the three styles of Viking Art

got some photocopies done.... checked out the ryanair prices to Oslo :)

primary research doncha know

they will sack me one day if i am lucky

here's a pic of Bidston Hill where the Viking fertility symbol is

now that is Primary research

Sid says hello by the way

need more sleep now

Sunday is the day of rest and in my case recovery

not really organised for work tomorrow but as long as I get a relatively early night I will be OK

pictures are a view from my window and the cats

of course

Week 5 College

Photo postings from college

ran out of steam yesterday

going to get some netting to make some snow bees next week

plus needles, silk threads and whatever else I can find

He doesn't know how much i love him

Another late night.
Great day at college. Did textile ice floes in cotton wool seas. And felt prows from viking longships plus a rice paper flower. Mmm snowflakes. Winter draws on :)
Charcoal outlines and glue.
Plus a gift (found object) from the flower arranging class of another hydrangea flower in the most amazing colours.
Being a true flower child of the sixties ( born Liverpool 1960) you can't get me away from my flowers very easily

Woman

throw me a scrap of information and

like a little tasmanian devil i carry it off snarling and yapping to devour

pinky ochre ? rrright

minerals, earth, wikipedia then somehow???

to snowball earth theory and

whoops i am right back in Norway with the snow queen, snow bees (:)) and

a little ice nugget

snaps are "Skyladders" by Yoko Ono on display in the old bombed out church

beautiful autumn day

offensive drunk on the train there but i gave him one of my twisted sister looks and he left me alone

Lovely Lou

off to try to catch the Yoko Ono installation tomorrow
again
going in my lunch time, whilst also picking up some rice paper from Rennie's Art Shop
going to do some Viking boat shapes in natural dyes
hopefully i will get the snaps i am after

happiness is

sorry am multi tasking at the moment

which in my case means not concentrating

could only post five photos last night

geese or swans flying overhead .. loads of them

we must be on some sort of bird superhighway

i don't think they are fed up with the camera yet

i use them like an anchor in the great big river of life

Weekend catch up

OK amazingly I was up too early on Saturday ... (Yes you did hear right)

the Yoko Ono installation was still locked up

you would have needed a ladder to see it :)

so it is a photojournal of my morning

i had to go back for an afternoon nap

of course

there is little sign of the cats tonight as the heating is on

no... I can hear Suki feeding noisily in the background

Sunday Post

Energy levels low today, weather cold and wintry already. Need to get some shut eye in time for work tomorrow.
Bought books on Vikings, Man Ray, Ibsen and feltmaking. My next felt class is saturday october the 18th. Textured surfaces in felt.
I will have to prepare some silks and wools to take with me.
must go now. Sid needs my undivided attention
bye

party time

will tell you tomorrow about my trip to the Yoko Ono installation today
Saturday night has arrived

Week 4 at college

ahh a good but tiring day where if you slow down ....


i have so much to do and so little time


it is the season of my discontent

The QE2 is in liverpool for the last time tonight before being de-commissioned the last shot is the fireworks as she sails out of the mersey... ahh well i will look at the others tomorow night
ciao




















I have to listen to some grieg now ... via you tube of course



here's today's collage frottage cardi thingy

Eyelines not skylines

Blogging facilities were a little restricted this evening and I still need to do some organising and printing for tomorrows class

Found Yoko's blog today online whilst looking for pictures of the ladders exhibition

maybe i can make a little textile ladder for the site. She has been advertising for people to bring their old ladders to the site.

Well it's conceptual and I love it

YES

is the answer

and you know that for sure

wish the light show lit up the three ferry sites like a surreal triangle ......

sid is watching my fingers type. He wants to lie on the keyboard again to keep warm

poor little love

]#

The Liver Birds

computers for the terrified

i think that is me tonight

need to do some printing for the collage session at college on Friday

also print out some stuff on Elsa Schiaparelli too