November diary
November diary
Sat 30th Nov
Rain in morning, light, shopped in Drouin, worked on stands for antiques from Peter, turned routed, welded, sanded all done, M off to help kids and K shop at Traralgon,left over lasagna for tea watched Shetland all creatures, fisk and big bang, Adam called in to get stuff from Bus.
Friday 29th Nov
Cooler, no showers, warmed up but with nice breeze, turned base of whalers brass thing, Deb from Foster brought stuff back and took more, reading a bit loaded exhibition on website,cooked a lasagna, M to pick up kids from school,shopped 2 people visited BBAA artists get together watched bones and big bang,
Thursday 28th Nov
Cooler and cloudy to begin, move pedestals for new exhibition assemble small pieces from yesterday, peter and wife brought parts for me to create stands for, I mowed ½ of sculpture garden, helped girls( alene, Tini,Ingrid, susan and d set up their exhibition, they did most of the work, open studios debrief 6.15 Helens, pizza, probably my last open studios, home to watch big bang,rivals, caleb rang up M talked to him.
Wednesday 27th Nov
Cloudy showers, probably muggy later, M off to get kids to school, I work on small pieces from yesterday finished rooster, choices, and pointillist landscape, also finished adding screws to flower centre, Russell and carol took down exhibition, paid them, delivered Phils pieces and talked to Phil, delivered mosaic seat and played briefly with Honey, home to nap, Koftas for tea watched adam hills, big bang, bosch and hard quiz,
Tues 26th Nov
Coolish cloudy, showers?Hot and muggy in afternoon, better in evening, Belinda did 2 flowers, I prepared 3 small pieces and started a big flower, 10 people came on community bus, Jessie and dad also, picked up kids M took mae to tumble gym I took theo to speech, did second ½ of spanakopita for tea, Pilates watched Lincoln lawyer and big bang
Mon 25th Nov
Cool and cloudy maybe a shower The boys,worked on a dragonfly and a mulch stirrer, I put away flag, vacuumed gallery, did a runner plasmacut, a screwy heart and started a punching landscape, went early to Pakenham to amuse Calebs new dog Honey, nearly left my wallet there, bought metal at Martin on way home, nap,M picked up Mae and took her to somewhere, did spaghetti for tea watched cross, big bang livia poet,
Sun 24th Nov
Cool and showery, Open studios, M to help K with Ballet concert at WGAC, she has a sore leg and a bit of a cold so might be a trial, she wasn’t needed as David came back from his scout camp to help. I sat going through magazines and drawing on a very people short day. We had 10 visitors including Sue Os, Rhona and Darryl and Peter Cumming. A man dropped in to buy the elephants I had made on order. I made chicken sticks for tea and we watched big bang, spicks and specks, Shetland and all creatures
Sat Nov 23rd
Fine and hot 36,Open Studios, cloud cover but still dense heat, rang Rhona and Dawn, only 10 people for open studios, sorted magazines, dated my reminiscinces put out some labels on sculptures, Pizza for tea.Caleb had a new dog called honey a long haired golden retriever, M has a sore leg and a cold, went to help K with kids as David is away on a camp, rested up.rain coming tomorrow morning, watched bosch, big bang, cats countdown and Rex
Fri Nov 22nd
Fine and sunny hot, 36, went to Neerim Sth to buy a strap hinge for phils project.added these on to the Read sculpture, Did some shopping there,came home and did research and putting together list of notable people in the area from Wikipedia.Reading Stalingrad and pinwheels for tea.watched wolverine and Deadpool, big bang and adam hills
Thursday Nov 21st
Fine and mild, to get warm, bit of research, chiropractor , visit historical society,swap over discs, shop, home to assemble 5 pieces from earlier in week, mowed across rd, lunch nap, Paddy rang, M picks up kids did tuna pasta for tea,watched the diplomat, the rookie, grand designs and big bang
Wednesday Nov 20th
Cool to begin then fine and sunny, mowed,finished gladiator, did work on research, talked to Helen, Got flag from sue. M got kids up and picked up at end of day, cooked beef chavachipis and fried rice, watched hard quiz, shetland, big bang and fisk
Tuesday Nov 19th
Varied day, cool to start, Belinda did 2 flowers, I did I support the team, homebody, riveted dog and dotty dress and most of gladiator, Erica came and bought 2 pieces, reading Stalingrad,took theo to speech, M took mae to tumblegym, shopped at aldi and got folder for research, spanakopita for tea Pilates mat class, home to watch bosch and big bang
Monday 18th Nov
Varied day, windy showers sunny, The boys did a mulch stirrer and a daffodil and horseshoe rack, I did 6 flowers assembled bird girl, started homebody, val and son visited, M minded kids all day took them to see the big red one, movie, did chicken kievs for tea and smashed potatoes, watched the Lincoln lawyer, big bang and bones
Sunday 17th Nov
Cloudy and sultry, cooling,cold then mild up and down over day, finish bird girl and do 14 flowers,also 2 wreaths, 7 visitors wrote up pieces and added to website.jeff and jeanette came to visit, had chicken and salad for tea, watched countdown special, Shetland and big bang
Saturday Nov 16th
Fine and sunny hot ,added to artist lists, shopped ,went to warragul arts market saw Helen and Jessie and Mark Finger and family, work by putting wood on flower seat and more on bird girl added more hooks to gallery wall, finished new reacher book, bit complex, sausages and salad for tea, watched cross, dark and violent, Qi and hard quiz and big bang.
Friday Nov 15th
Fine and mild M takes kids to school, Eleanor crook, m minds her, David back from sydney about midday, grumbling as usual, Julieanne to garden, I assemble fern leaf seat, paint wood for mosaic seat, do mosaic for mosaic seat, and grout, mowed house block our side of nature strip and 2/3 sculpture garden,M picked up kids from school, 7 visitors,pizza for tea,watched Last Paris has fallen, big bang, elanor Poet
Thursday Nov 14th
Fine and cloudy, M takes kids to school, I assemble second seat and paint, assemble cats and paint wood for first seat again,shopped at bunnings, aldi and Gipps tools, home for nap,green curry for tea, watched last citadel diana, grand designs, the Lincoln lawyer and big bang
Wednesday Nov 13th
Fine and cloudy, showers, M takes kids to school, I work on cats and second seat welded backs on flowers and leaves, painted 1 set of wood, Writers group, Noel and craig came to visit, Drs appt at 12.30,I have a haemerroid, made appt to see another fellow, shopped Drouin, Pick up Eleanor to orthodontist, M takes others to Gymnastics,sausage rolls for tea,watched citadel diana, big bang
Tuesday Nov 12th
Fine and mild hot in arvo then thunderstorm,M to take kids to school, No Belinda, welded seat together and painted once, assembled 3 cats, started 2nd seat, Wayne came for talk, pick up theo and take to speech, M took mae to gymnastics patties for tea Pilates, watched bones and big bang
Monday Nov 11th
Fine and mild, sunny, M to take kids to school, I work on seat frame assembled and fern leaf/feather nearly done, The boys,worked on daffodil and mulch stirrer, m taking mae to guides, pasta for tea watched big bang, spicks and specks
Sunday Nov 10th
Fine and mild, sunny in arvo, assembled lectern for phil painted, did base for eggbeater piece, did character for doorway to the past and started cutting out seat, shopped in Drouin, 2 visitors M went with K to get shoes for theo, talked to em, did bang bang chicken for tea, watched Lincoln lawyer, cats countdown, big bang
Saturday Nov 9th
Fine and mild, sunny, assemble big fuscia in a frame, do more on Phils stand, assembled eggbeater piece, 3 visitors, M went to Rokeby market then helped out with Kids and haircuts most of day, I finished 2nd Ruth Galloway stories,lamb patties for tea, watched Paul Kelly and Neil Finn concert, grand designs, 2 big bang and bosch
Friday Nov 8th
Fine and mild, breezy,made another 3 fuscia flowers, assembled cloud piece and birds on wood piece, welded top into Phils base piece, went to Travs exhibition then to Bone scan looked for history art things on the net, fish for tea,watched rex, big bang, fisk, and the rookie
Thursday Nov 7th
Fine and mild cloudy, 20 something, Trump wins American election, ghastly, worked on making 3 fuscias piece, adjusted cloud piece, and started wood landscape piece, shopped in warragul, got belt sander back, home to do research on net.talked to Joan Price re Noel, art teaching and Adam Made biryani for tea ok, watched big bang bones Paris has fallen and last leg
Wednesday Nov 6th
Fine and sunny 33? M to get kids ready for school, Did a load of washing assembled cats for mae and gallery took across birds made yesterday, went for Drs appt all good,shopped home for morning tea writing group, straightened tractor piece and repaired trolley,made 2 echidnas from a gear, finished 1st ruth Galloway story, nap, thunder storm cooled down a bit cloudy, M to pick up kids from school tea at country club, book group, discussing the bee sting, junk.watched big bang and
Tuesday Nov 5th
Fine and sunny, Belinda invoice, Belinda did 2 flowers I did 4 birds, mowed across rd, M shopped, 5 visitors to exhibition, nap, sausages in bread for tea, Pilates watched Lincoln lawyer and big bang
Mon Nov 4th
Fine and cloudy , tidy shed mow behind house,mowed behind house, The boys,worked on pizza oven and daffodil, I did cat in a box and maes cat as well as finishing a rusty wreath, Kids coming around lunch time chased around garden,watched bluey and swang on the swing,did tuna pasta for tea watched edge landers , diana citadel and big bang
Sun Nov 3rd
Fine and warm, breezy showers earlier, shopped at Drouin, walked dog at Robinhood reserve, wrote up a few bits for sculptures, wrote up letter for helen, helped tidy gallery, Opening of Carol and Russ’s show in Gallery, 20-25 people, chicken bits for tea watched John Williams music,big bang and nautilus
Sat Nov 2nd
Fine and warm, M took me to st John of God for colonoscopy, she went off to but ballet stuff for mae and Eleanor, 2 enemas and colonoscopy, small polyp but ok see again in 3 years, home to schroeder mum and friend, did boiled eggs and bacon on toast for tea watched the diplomat Lidia Poet and cats countdown and big bang, slept well, very windy at night
Friday Nov 1st
Mild and cloudy, finished a town called treachery, Ok, Julieanne Gardened, talked to Helen, went and picked up metal from Longwarry, dropping off dragonfly sculpture at Pakenham, preparing for colonoscopy tomorrow, M had sushi for tea watched paris has fallen, bones big bang