Posie

I have these flowers in the garden, the beginning of a pretty sparse garden along the fence of the kid's garden. Sienna picked these. When she picked the snapdragons, it was like "oh that's sweet, thank you" and then a nice little chat about why she shouldn't pick any more. An hour later in came the daisies on their 5cm stems. I was a little less grateful that time - there were no daisies left. This was Tuesday lunchtime. Then I kept meaning to photograph them in the little glass on the dining table, but Ash decided to pull half the flowers off the snapdragons. I photographed them anyway, they are such sweet colours (looked good in the garden too!).

So I did this layout yesterday for Kiti Q, originally intending it to be a class kit. It didn't quite turn out how I thought with the paint turning out more transparent than I had expected. So it's for the gallery. Botanical Bliss papers (Tinkering Ink) go rather well with some of the Love, Elsie 'Jack & Abby' papers!

I've begun a work of 'heart' - isn't that cheesy? LOL, love it. OK seriously though, I've begun an altered book just because I really want to. All gel medium, vintage sheets of music and paint and stuff. My best friend growing up (that I'm not blood-related to, Bec!) and still close friend Rosie grew up on a hobby farm on the edge of Mount Barker, South Australia. Since we spent most of our time together, about 2/3 of that at Rosie's place, her farm was the home of many of our imaginative worlds and make-believe creations. Anyhow, when I heard it had been sold and would be demolished for development, I had to go back to take photos. This book is to record those photos, with notes and memories and paint and stuff.

Funny pic of Ash - the kids were playing with dress-ups, Ash had the construction-builder type hat on, and insisted I help him add the blue wings LOL