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My first knitted tea cosy

December 25, 2008 | 2 Comments
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Everyday Sketching

I knitted a tea cosy! Having a quiet morning – having turkey for dinner tonight but the big family day is on Saturday this year. I am rather excited to have completed my tea cosy – since drawing this I have made it into a black and white pussy and added white whiskers.

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An Obelisk

December 25, 2008 | Leave your thoughts
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The only one in Sydney that I am aware of – there is more to it than one would think!

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A subdued start to my holidays

December 24, 2008 | Leave your thoughts
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So my holidays (vacation) have begun and I’m back to using watercolour moleskine – ah! they are nice. First page, done last night, is dedicated to a dear friend in Scotland who passed away last week. I did this at approximately the same time as the funeral was being held in the highlands. The flower...

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Last Day at Work for the year - petrol queue and a fancy lunch

December 24, 2008 | Leave your thoughts
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I don’t know what it is like in other places in the world… But here in Sydney you have to plan your week around filling up with petrol on Tuesdays (or Wednesday mornings) as the price often jumps up 15 cents on Thursday! I don’t normally fill up on the way to work as the...

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A friend's brief visit to Sydney - Monet exhibition, thai dinner and morning coffee

December 20, 2008 | 1 Comment
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Sketches from an afternoon and morning visit from my friend who is always there at momentous stages of my sketching journey – when I started, my travel journals in Europe last year, really thinking about composing the whole spread when on location and this time….. just going for it when it comes to sketching her...

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Mini Sketchcrawl: East Balmain and Mort Bay

December 13, 2008 | 1 Comment
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I have started to go along to sketching outings with the Sydney Sketch Club and today was a training for the next World Wide Sketchcrawl on Jan 10…. We went to Balmain – a wonderful inner city suburb on the harbour. Not that I really need to get into the mood of sketching but I...

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