She makes stuff...

Sad news, good news.... a day of halves

Its been a funny old time of late. Lots stuff happening. Not all good and not all bad. Guess thats just life.

Work has been stressful. We have sadly lost 3 of our residents over the past couple of days. Now when you are a nurse, and especially a nurse working in elderly care, you kind of get used to these things happening. People get old and they die. Sad but true. But once in a while you get to nurse people that you really connect with. They touch you in a special way. You get to build up lovely, lovely relationships with them and their families.

And when they die it really gets to you. I am actually feeling bereft about the death of one of my residents. I had the pleasure of nursing this former artist. He encouraged and inspired me. His artist sons did the same. I will miss our arty chats. However I do have one thing to remember him by. He gave me his easel. I will treasure it forever.

Rest in peace J and may you find arty goodness wherever you are x

But I did hear some good news today that has left me smiling through the sadness. One of my dearest friends had some great news today... and that deserves celebrating! I've cracked open a bottle of Becks and am raising a glass to A&R.... cheers!!!!!

Tomorrow I'm hoping normal service will be resumed and I may have some pics to share!

Til then

Maria x

PS Anyone else have a cat who loves beer? Am fighting with Ziggy over the bottle haha

Busy times....

So life has been a little hectic of late.

Lots of hours have worked but also a little time to kick back and chill which is good. It's all about balance I guess.

Last week we had the most glorious weather and off into the country we ventured. Over to Penrith to be more precise! Ah a drive in the country...drinking in the stunning scenery and relaxing. I quite like being a passenger sometimes lol. You get to see lots and float off into day dream land.

 

Sigh... I LOVE the countryside. We are so so lucky to live in a beautiful country.

Driving round corners and stumbling upon views like this!

And then it's back to work lol. Work has been a bit crazy! LOTS going on but it pays the bills so it's a necessary evil.

Didn't manage to get any arty stuff last week which was sad. But I've made up for it this week and have now completed my second Goddess. Am not over the moon with her, but given that it's probably the difficult piece I've done so far, will live with her.

This was a monochromatic piece. It's much trickier than I thought it would be to stick to one colour. I realised how much I use different colours to bring shape and form to life! My next piece will be saturated in colour to compensate for the lack in this one lol

Right I'm off to get sorted...BB starts tonight and I plan to chill with a glass of wine and some crochet :-)

Maria x