Wonderful Weekend. . .

Mr Hollywood and I had a wonderful weekend with our friends in Biarritz... we nipped over the border to San Sebastian in Spain for lunch in a Cider House.... wow, the steak was mouth watering, the cider good and Rioja wine ...heavenly.. then wandered along the promenade till it was time for Tapas.... then back home for dinner... the following day spent in Espelette for chilli pepper festival... Basque festival with a few Basque games like Bare hand... Main Nue... which involves to teams of two men each whacking a cricket type ball with their bare hands at a wall... (it's a bit like squash - with no rackets- just bare hands) sounds odd...but it was knicker gripping....  Back home now...have to say we are so lucky to have all this just three hours away from our doorstep...   San Sebastian is well worth a visit if you get the chance...you will not be disappointed....

I little something I whipped up this morning.....while I was waiting for Mr Hollywood to bring me a new battery for my car that decided to die this morning....seems like it's having hot flushes too... 

Happy Halloween everyone xx

Trick or Treat. . .

Thank you everyone for your lovely comments and get well wishes... I'm much better.. The sinus lurgy hit hard and fast...I started taking the antibiotics that the Doctor gave me and at the same time I started having hot flushes...no problem, put it down to all the medication I was taking....that was two weeks ago, medication is now well and truly finished and I'm still having the hot flushes!  My Mum and Daughter keep laughing at me and saying that it's the Menopause.. OMD! I'm far to young...and I swore that it wouldn't happen to me.... 

It's like a mexican wave of heat that starts...slowly and then before I know it I'm on my feet doing a peculiar limbo dance where all of sudden I have to take most of my clothing layers off, I flap about like some demented scarecrow...and I puff...fwooo fwooo.. like that's going make a difference... Mr Hollywood just looks on sympatheticlly... he's obviously thinking he's got himself a right old chook.....

Meet Winifred Broomstick and her friend Catnip.... I have a story all mapped out around these two characters...but I've been struggling with it all week...there is another story that keeps popping into my mind...Grrr Mexican Wave...

This is my last homework piece for the Supplies Me Course..

Here is a sample of some cards I had made of my little characters...(sorry the photo is rubbish) I put 8 into a local shop and yesterday she told me that she had sold 5.... spurred on by happiness and hot flushes...don't have anything more to lose so plucked up the courage and  I went to another local shop and she took all my cards and asked me for some Christmassy ones..... Whooo whoo Mexican Wave....in a good way...

I'm off this weekend to Espelette near Biarritz for the Chilli Pepper Festival...like I don't have enough heat in my life ....so have a wonderful weekend.... hugs to you all.....

Love and peas . . .

My lovely friend Jenny Blair of Love and Peas has setup a bright and breezy website.... go take a look. Her site makes you forget the horrid weather outside it's full of gorgeous eye candy... an absolute delight...she is one talented cookie....

Little Witch. . .

Opps! looks like my little witch has messed up Cinderella's carriage and shrunk  Prince Charming... Oh what a t'do!!!

Thank you everyone for your positive thoughts and lovely comments.. I'm feeling better and just soldiering on..that's what Mum's and Wives do...we have no choice.... have to say though I've whipped out me Winceyette pyjamas and wheat bag and early to bed...

Sunday Sketches . . .

Hi everyone...I'm still fighting off this Sinus bug...

Here are a few pictures I've been working on this week.... while the drugs were working.... am off to bed again and will pop over and see you later at Sunday Sketches...

Courage. . .

I've spent the last few days fighting off a nasty Sinus Infection... so I'm drugged up to the eyeballs, not sleeping and can't wait for half term holidays next week..... I just want to flop in a corner and do nothing....fat chance of that....Oh well, here's hoping you are all well.... ta ra for now....

More homework. . .

 We had to draw spheres.... Miss bubble blowing mermaid appeared ..... like they do....

 Soft pastels.....messyness galore....wonderful....

And Autumn is here to stay...... so goodbye summer.... the brief was a blended face with markers... plus lolly legs and arms.... Messed my poor girls face up so she got a tattoo........

Plus the roof is finally going up on the barn and Mr Hollywood and I successfully demolished a stone wall.... have to rebuild the thing now.... what fun..... hope your all having fantastic weeks.... xxx

Busy busy. . .

A few pages of homework.... gosh I love homework....  As usual my little ditties are all fun and nonsense... hope you have all had a good week.....

Catch up . . .

Sorry I've not been around much.... work and life in general is taking over from play at the moment...
Here's my homework for Jane's class....am in the middle of doing more...will show and tell when I finally get time to finish it....

Must dash, house to clean, me to clean and shopping to do....friends for dinner tonight...then back to the farm house tomorrow morning to rebuild a wall....old stone wall the decided after two hundred years of being up that it wanted to be down....ugggg....

Ta ra for now   Catherine x