October diary
October diary
Oct 31st Thursday
Cool and cloudy ,laminate a couple of write ups Russ and carol to set up exhibition I helped until lunchtime,4 people visited, nap M off to pick up kids, I load images onto website, snitzel and rice for tea,watched bosch, grand designs,big bang , and hard quiz
Oct 30th Wednesday
Cool and cloudy, maybe showers,warmed up in arvo, M spent the day at Ks place minding theo, wrote up a few reminiscences, worked on painting dragonfly and ducks,also did more grinding on cloud piece, researched more on when art was first taught in Victoria meatballs and pasta for tea, watched Bruce springsteen road diary,rivals and big bang
Oct 29th Tuesday
Cooler and cloudy, Belinda did her name signs and 1 flower, I added top and “ducks” to pond and painted, cut out another wheel to make 2 bases and started a couple of ideas, bought medicine for colonoscopy and Drouin history books, pick up theo for speech and shop at aldi,wrote email for russ and carols exhibition and sent it, sausage rolls for tea, Pilates.watched citadel diana and big bang
Oct 28th Monday
Cooler and cloudy, m fasts re drs appt, ear again, the boys work on pizza oven and mulch stirrer, I put dragonfly in ring and on stand, also started ducks and stand and cut out about 12 rusty flowers, moved flowers in garden,nap,washed and hung out , did 2 more write ups and filled in my admission form to St John of God for Saturday, dug out some thistles tea was reheated lentil loaf and salad,watched qi, the Lincoln lawyer,big band and take 5 with Bernard fanning
Oct 27th Sunday
Fine and cloudy warm, finished adding dragonfly wings to body, dragged out”ducks” and cut up 3 of 4, shopped in Drouin, 1 visitor reading Copeland Townsend, made sausage rolls for tea watched paris has fallen, the rookie spicks and specks and fisk and big bang,
Oct 26th Saturday
Fine and sunny found the bits for more dragonfly wings and welded it in both sides, laminated finished writeups, 3 more to go, reading more of Copeland and townsend, hamburgers for tea watched black canary, the office aus wilty and big bang
Oct 25th Friday
Head spinning overnight, fine and mild. Went to warragul bought bird feed, aldi shop, dropped off scrap metal, dropped in belt sander and asked for bandsaw blades, home to read new book townsend of the ranges, still reading Copeland, did bang bang chicken for tea fine, watched Broken arrow,nautilus and big bang
Oct 24th Thursday
Fine and cool, maybe showers Legacy ladies group coming for large part of day 20 or so biggish day talking and demonstrating, they provided lunch M off picking up kids and end of day activities, rang st Pauls and talked to Sarah Watson, sent emails to Shelly and erin at Drouin,rang neerim and warragul.Out for tea at family hotel watched the bear, hard quiz,big bang and grand designs aust.
Oct 23rd Wednesday
Fine and cool, grey, maybe showers in evening, M gets kids off to school,I wash down verandah of Gallery,finished butterfly on hand mow across rd and house block, group coming in afternoon did sausages for tea, watched Qi, Diana, Rex Time bandits and big bang
Oct 22nd Tuesday
Fine and sunny 30, Belinda, work on small pieces finished house bird and fat cat, mow more of sculpture garden talked to wayne and Tess, pick up theo at end of day and take to speech, shop at aldi, fish wraps for tea,cooled down after 6.00, Pilates,watched bones and big bang
Oct 21st Monday
Fine and sunny,the boys worked on pizza oven,I tidy shed start new work, did play,and started landing, house bird fat cat, paint peace love etc,mow part of sculpture garden did a chicken pesto bake watched rivals,the rookie and the Lincoln lawyer and big bang
Oct 20th Sunday
Grey but mild maybe showers, shopped , attach peace piece to base and paint, 3 visitors, finished reading the waiting by Michael Connelly, did chow mein for tea jeff called in , going away for a couple of weeks, spicks and specs, take 5 with neil finn, big bang , fisk
Oct 19th Saturday
Drizzling all over, nothing on rain radar, wrote emails to Cassandra and Marian Scarlett , then do more on second side of peace love etc, all finished , did base for that piece, set out 2 big sculptures, 1 visitor, reading the waiting , enjoyable, M talked to em, quiche for tea,watched cats thou shall not steal, big bang
Oct 18th Friday
Raining all day in waves, went for blood test , then finished one side of heart and started the other side, reading more Copeland and bee sting and sweetpea, M worked on sheet went to take kids home after school power went off about 5.00, fish and chip tea, power back on about 8 watched paris is taken and 1 big bang, stopped reading the beesting and stopped sweet pea as both were ghastly.Hated the homosexual rapes.
Oct 17th Thursday
Fine and warm, M working on sheets, I worked on doing one side of peace love etc, rim done and started heart, reading more Copeland, also off the discs,M took kids home after school, I did frankfurters for tea, went out to Historical society, found it tiring although interesting, watched big bang
Oct 16th Wednesday
Fine and warm after cloudy start, M off to take kids to school I finished dragonfly and started on peace love and understanding, planted bits of japonica, reading the beesting went and picked up open studios flyers from Helen,rain when I came home, did snitzel for tea, reading watched last two bad monkey and cats does, and 1 big bang
Oct 15th Tuesday
Fine and cloudy, windy, no Belinda,worked on doing other wings and body for dragonfly and put it on stand, nap called in at Drouin Historical group, pick up eleanor and theo took theo to speech after dropping e at home, shopped at aldi,did wraps for tea pilates bed class, watched rest of citadel Diana, 2 big bang
Oct 14th Monday
Fine and mild and grey, the boys, work in shed on assembling garden goddess daphne, start new work dragonfly ring, tony fixed the vyce. both worked on pizza oven, sue came and picked up dogs went to bunnings and metal recycler, m went and folded ks clothes did chops for tea, watched citadel diana, M talked to don re his heart problems, Qi
Oct 13th Sunday
Fine and sunny, opening of Cathy Smith exhibition finished off welding leaves to girls head found a piece for stand, moved more of the long rusted steel pieces, phone appt with dr re Melinda and rod took her sculpture about 20 people over the day 10 to 15 for cathys opening,talked to jeff thege, sausages in tomato for tea,watched unforgotten last episode, take 5 with Claudia Karvan, very diverse and good, Paris has fallen and time bandits and big bang
Oct 12 Saturday
Fine and cloudy, work in shed moved more long pieces beside shed, did another wreath and started a garden goddess with plasmacut face and leaf hair, Tim called in Chris garden and lila called in 3 other people,M made spaghetti for tea,watched big bang, the bear, and
Oct 11th Friday,
fine and sunny, unload car, Julieanne gardened, visit Yarragon with M called in at station gallery and Town and country, saw john and jo and jeanette and Richard across rd, home for lunch and nap, alene Bonser and Richard called in re upcoming exhibition. Had leftovers for tea watched bad monkey, qi, big bang and
Oct 10th Thursday
Fine and sunny, pick up wood from Tims, call in at Library, went to Tafe, Historical society and aldi shopped, home to do a bit of mowing,nap, m picks up kids at end of day, fish for tea watched paris has fallen, cats, unforgotten and big bang
Oct 9th Wednesday
Fine and sunny, M off to get kids to school, I wrote up more on local artists,painted birdbath from yesterday, tidied up second dachshund, mowed lots, to Drouin for medicine and shopping,more mowing, looking at warragul guardian, made a egg and bacon pie watched slow horses,wilty,hard quiz and big bang
Oct 8th Tuesday
Cool and mild, grey, Belinda unhappy did 2 flowers, I did more on dachshund, more on plant pot and started a bird feeder using the octagons, went and bought a disc reader from Jon, reading some of the paper, pick up kids after school and take them home, shop, spanakopita for tea, Pilates watched cats and big bang
Oct 7th Monday
Cool and breezy maybe showers, worked on second dachshund, assembled elephant pieces, started a planter using an old gas bottle, The boys worked on punching bowl and fixing a lawnmower, worked on history art stuff, talked to Russell monson, Hedy Kirkbride and Bec van dyk, and librarian at Drouin Sec. did chicken pieces for tea watched the rookie, bad monkey big bang and take 5 bill bailey
Oct 6th Sunday
Fine and mild cloudy, start of daylight savings, worked on cutting up and welding 1.5 dachshunds for sue,people came to pick up dare, managed to get it into car, phil and annie called in in arvo, to fix read sculpture, delivered butterfly and birdbath to leesons, called in and picked up read sculpture, M did sausage tea, watched paris has fallen,big bang, bones and cats countdown
Oct 5th Saturday
Fine and mild then showers, went to jindi market, made 2 small elephant sculptures and 8 corten flowers, sold butterfly and totem, 7 visitors, nap and reading bee sting, sausages for tea, M has tooth fixed at dentist, small shop, pasta tea watched shaun Micallef origin story, big bang ,take 5 danni minogue
Oct 4th Friday
Cloudy and possible showers, men came to clean roofs, I attached more hooks to outside of gallery for belindas stuff, 4 visitors, made a small piece star giver, re constructed belindas dragonfly, put out big sculptures and signs, did a touch of mowing, delivered chris depplers pieces, added to my art stories. Pies for tea watched bad monkey unforgotten and cold chisel concert and big bang
Oct 3rd Thursday
Fine and sunny, send out cathy smith email attached hooks to gallery wall for belindas stuff, vacuumed back room and gallery, fixed vacuum, went to visit historical society bought book and membership, Gipps gallery books delivered,wrote up more reminiscences and also artist of the area did meat patties for tea,watched slow horses,rex,Qi and 2 big bang
Oct 2nd Wednesday
Fine and sunny, M to do something with K , Paint alices curl again, tidy and paint birdfeeder, people came to pick up red heart and two other small pieces, also train requester came and got that. The writers group met with a couple of new visitors and I read the rest of devils kitchen by Candice fox. Wrote up more pieces on computer, book club at country club discuss tom lake, home to 2 big bang, restless night
October 1st Tuesday
Fine but possible showers, grey, Belinda did a spiral flower and a dragonfly, I did hatchet job into a star blessed character and the axe part into a second swords to ploughshares, made 12 flowers, painted alices curve and assembled a birdfeeder, reading devils kitchen in arvo, wayne called in, sausage rolls for tea and Pilates watched the rookie and big bang