January diary 2025

Jan 31^st Friday

Cool and pleasant to start, send email, photograph exhibition, worked on nickel silver heart bird,sue visited, did chicken bits for tea  watched big bang by 2,silent witness

Jan 30^th Thursday

Cool and pleasant to start, new exhibition to be hung, Worked on melting man, talked to Leslie from Neerim Sth helped hang exhibition 5 visitors, m picked up kids from school, did rissoles for tea, watched this might hurt, very real, end of Qi, big bang

Jan 29^th Wednesday

Cool and pleasant, warmed up but nice breeze, M off to get kids to school, Writers group,John came and joined in writers, 2 visitors  I finished off the other 3 dogs I cut out bodies for yesterday, shopped at bunnings for rods and discs, aldi, reading the old man, M picked up kids from school and had long wait until K home from san remo.did lasagna for tea watched last episode of missing you, lots of chaos in ending,hard quiz, optics,big bang and wilty

Jan 28^th Tuesday

Cool and pleasant showered overnight, No Belinda, M off to help kids, theo has sore arm, jeff and Rodney interview today gave Rodney a small painting from Mt Baw Baw, Ros to take exhibition down wayne dropped in,I cut up fallen branches  painted sticks and stones 2, cut up rail for small dogs did one, nap, visited M with kids played with mae,Theos arm ok, shop, home for fish finger burger Pilates, watched missing you and big bang.

Jan 27^th Monday

Holiday, meant to be 38-42, worked on doing stones for middle of big piece, then welded second side, painted with penetrol,The boys did flowers and circles,  Mig played up a bit, lunch nap and research did chicken for tea watched night agent,the rookie,every good deed and big bang.

Jan 26^th Sunday

Australia day, fine and mild, coolish to warm up,work on new big piece.all of one side welded, nap, did teriyaki noodles for tea, watched the darkness and man in the middleas well as cats countdown( statistics) and big bang

Jan 25^th Saturday

Holiday long weekend Fine and mild, sunny, Julieanne to garden Kath and jerry  to pick up alices curl 2,painted twins and do emu and start on new big piece, 11 people visited, M went to see em and took her shopping, napped, snitzel for tea, watched silent witness wilty and big bang

Jan 24^th Friday

Fine and mild welded second side of big piece put on base and painted, M to go with kids to visit Pakenham playground, bit too big and scary for mae and theo, I shopped and got birth of a gallery from library, very thin, read did casserole and sausages for tea after nap,watched back in action good fun,and last episode of earth abides and big bang

Jan 23^rd Thursday

Fine and mild, working on welding big piece,finished one side, then did 4 chooks  M to go with K and kids swimming,4 visitors then 4 more bought 3 chooks and kookaburra, did casserole for tea, cooled down showered, watched earth abides and missing you and every good  and big bang

Jan 22^nd Wednesday

Fine and mild coolish, Emilys birthday ,worked on big piece gathered most of infill, welded ½ of one side, John worked in arvo and met writers group, wayne dropped in, M to help K get rid of stuff, Ks back is better,  I delivered 2 sculptures 2 people visited, shopped at longwarry and Drouin, did chicken scrolls for tea watched 2 episodes of black snow, then big bang, Emily upset over small problem,

Jan 21^st Tuesday

Fine and mild to get hot, Trump sworn in as president, slimy lying aggressive idiot, no Belinda, she got in a snit with the mig and went home, I finished emu and started new big piece, made the frame shape and started gathering bits to put in, stopped at 11 as it was getting hot, finished Dusk reading shipwreck book, M helped K and mae helped her shop,sausage in bread for tea, Pilates,watched the rookie and big bang

Jan 20^th Monday

Fine and mild to be hot The boys worked on stake sharpener and cutlery flowers I  paint curl again finished off a small vase ,did base for sculpture and started an emu  Mal white and Tracelle came to discuss Mals exhibition next month, talked to 2.30, lunch nap reading forests and pastures history Made chickpea pasta watched black snow, the darkness cats countdown and big bang

Jan 19^th Sunday

Fine and sunny no wind, worked on welding second ½ of curl and put it on base and painted with penetrol, Steve Jackson dropped in to see M, nap research  did pancakes and pineapple fritters for tea, watched bit of norman conquest with alice Roberts, then rex and news and big bang reading dusk

Jan 18^th Saturday

Fine and sunny with SW wind all day, kept temperature down, went and dealt with Ms car that had broken down, trip to bursons after Racv sorted it out, shopped and haircut 2 naps , bit of research rang Russell Handley, did sizzle steak and pasta for tea, did some more write ups and updated website. Watched bad boys for life, ho hum, and big bang

Jan 17^th Friday

Fine and mild bit washed out, Bobby coming back to weld today, I turned over curl piece and started on second side, finished a vase and recycled another wooden vase, caleb came and took honey home, nap, washed out, reading dusk thai takeaway for tea, watched dr karl and toilet paper, Miriam Margolyes in NZ, big bang and pointless.

Jan 16^th Thursday

Cool and fine, M went to Traralgon to get car fuses replaced, I worked on finishing one side of curl piece, did 2 vases, John came and worked on pieces, Caleb came by mid afternoon and dropped off Honey. 2 visitors Did chicken Kiev for tea,finished Never Never by  couple of walks watched no good deed, the darkness wisting, and big bang, slept in calebs room very restless night Minded honey and Gracie

Jan 15^th Wednesday

Cool and pleasant, Don and Daphne and Pauli didn’t come as well as caleb  K and kids for lunch,tidy up and cook and shop, writers group back lady came and bought 3 vases, did a load of washing changed from muggy to rainy for ½ day good lunch kids off to speech and then home K to chiropractor, sausages for tea watched the darkness, dragon prince, wilty and big bang

Jan 14^th Tuesday

Coolish and foggy in morning to be clear and sunny by lunchtime, Lisa smith and Bobby  , coming to do metalwork, No Belinda,showed bobby how to Mig and arc, got car unloaded and did the frame for second part of alices curl, mostly filled in, 2 others visited stopped at 1.30 lunch nap reading warragul history, sausage rolls for tea pilates, wathed the rookie and big bang, Caleb and Honey stayed overnight.

Jan 13^th Monday

Cooler, muggy and hotter as day went on  tidy up shed, get Mig set up, M helped with Ks kids then worked on shares, started on alices second curl Tony took mig to Dales, tony worked on his spider and pete did the stake sharpener, I got ¼ of alices curl done, got warmer, Ros and sister in law were at gallery after lunch nap then went to Longwarry to get flat bar, home for another nap made sausage rolls and oat cake, watched 2 episodes of black doves and big bang  and black snow

Jan 12^th Sunday

Fine and mild not as hot as yesterday, muggy at first warmed up  finished bosch book, fixed arc, finished note birdfeeder, set up older mig, people came and gathered their sculptures into back of car, morning tea, nap Tim came for lunch, nap read wild wives, pretty trashy, started Dusk, did chicken and potato salad for tea, watched 2 episodes of Lidia Poet and big bang

Jan 11^th Saturday

Fine and warm to be hot, mowed across rd, worked on flowered birdbath, painted underside of clef, started note birdbath, unloaded car of discs, Mig died, then arc died, 10 people visited in morning, 2 bought stuff, Ros came out with friends they bought a painting, read the black echo in arvo, nap, Pizza for tea smallish thunder shower, watched rebel ridge, ok, and big bang

Jan 10^th Friday

Fine and cool, warmed up over day to 30ish,  finish up one birdbath  and paint, and start another 2, shopped for wheels got plough discs and stuff from bunnings, naps reading bosch black echo and some research in SIB, did frankfurts and rice for tea watched Luke Nugyen in india, then wisting, cats countdown and big bang, walk around garden, some warmth left.

Jan 9^th Thursday

Fine and sunny, work on birdbath did one with a clef and 2 dishes, lady coming to buy art book, other lady bought 3 pieces, John worked most of afternoon, M to help sort shares, I shopped for tablets and catfood and money for JA, had steak sandwiches for tea Caleb and Honey visited, watched earth abides and big bang

Jan 8^th Wednesday

Fine and sunny, tidied, mowed, vacuumed gallery, M went and helped K and shopped Whelans for lunch, talked to nearly 4, naps and reading, not much tea watched black doves, Harlan Coben show, wilty and Big bang,

Jan 7^th Tuesday

Cooler, no rain, M went and helped K in morning chiropractor and dentist, Belinda’s car broke down. I went and helped her until it was towed to her house about 12, I assembled 2 vases and 3 animal pieces, read in afternoon after nap, finished sharpes Prey started the prize, chicken in a wrap for tea, Pilates Bed, watched the rookie and big bang

Jan 6^th Monday

Cooler,drizzled 2/3 day , M went to help K in afternoon, shopped, the boys,worked on spider and mulch machine and stake sharpener, I started another birdfeeder, finished one vase did 2 more bases, cut out 3 plasmacut animals, reading sharpes prey, did spaghetti for tea, watched black snow, carry on, good,and big bang

Jan 5^th Sunday

Fine and cloudy, seems to not be as hot as yesterday, predicted to be 38, M to take em home, write up a few pieces, assemble a few pieces , painted a few backdrops for pieces,tidy gallery opening of Ros Crawford exhibition at 2.00, 15 people  savory mince for tea after nap, watched legally blonde, bosch and spicks and specks, part of big bang. 

Jan 4^th Saturday

Fine and sunny 38! Assemble small pieces, paint base of flower, start big piece? More reading of Buln Buln,finished reading the chase, read more of Jindivick book, painted Jindi church, nap, M brought em home from Ks,David as unhelpful as always, hamburgers for tea, watched dungeons and dragons , good, and big bang.

Jan 3^rd Friday

Fine and sunny 30, move pedestals shop, bought paint and birdseed also help ros and bec and (3) … put up exhibition 4 visitors M and em go to visit caleb, assemble painted pieces,do email,wrote up 4 pieces, sandwich tea, watched Rex, last Rivals,,big bang,

Jan 2^nd Thursday

Fine and mild,  m went with em to bunnings, bought stuff, I recycled a “ vase” made a new vase and flowers,assembled 5 bird meshs, 3 with paintings, did 2 more bird mesh pieces, 2 people visited, nap, made rolls,, fish pieces for tea,watched the diplomat, Chinatown,bones, big bang wisting

Jan 1^st Wednesday

Fine and mild updated website, Worked in shed cut out more bird forms and made 6 bird form frames, assembled big flower and painted, M picked up em and shopped, M and em are coating the kitchen floor with sealer again. Started some watercolour backgrounds, wrote up a few pieces took em home and helped her move table outside, loaded car with garden scrap, scrambled eggs for tea, watched black doves, all creatures, skeleton crew big bang and grand designs

October diary

Oct 31^st 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 30^th 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 29^th 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 28^th 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 27^th 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 26^th 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 25^th 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 24^th 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 23^rd 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 22^nd 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 21^st 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 20^th 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 19^th 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 18^th 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 17^th 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 16^th 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 15^th 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 14^th 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 13^th 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 11^th 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 10^th 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 9^th 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 8^th 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 7^th 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 6^th 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 5^th 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 4^th 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 3^rd 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 2^nd 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 1^st 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

November diary

Sat 30^th 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 29^th 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 28^th 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 27^th 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 26^th 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 25^th 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 24^th 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 23^rd

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 22^nd

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 21^st

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 20^th

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 19^th

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 18^th 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 17^th 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 16^th

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 15^th

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 14^th

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 13^th

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 12^th

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 2^nd 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 11^th

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 10^th

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 9^th

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 2^nd Ruth Galloway stories,lamb patties for tea, watched Paul Kelly and Neil Finn concert, grand designs, 2 big bang and bosch

Friday Nov 8^th

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 7^th

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 6^th

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 5^th

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 4^th

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 3^rd

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 2^nd

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 1^st

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

Dec 31^st Tuesday

Fine and sunny trip around cape woolamai, Belinda did 1 flower, I did 2 leaves for flower form and sanded wood for small pieces and painted. went and picked up em and went to san remo, had lunch boarded boat went around cape woolamai on a glorious sunny and colourful day, went and looked at K’s school, drove home, looked at growth area in Drouin then dropped em off, home for naps, sausages in bread for tea, watched black snow, the rookie big bang, walk around garden, early to bed.

Dec 30^th  Monday

Fine and sunny, mildish, ,2 people visited  the boys worked on mulcher and car symbol, , shop,I work on flower piece and small frames for future small pieces, cut up 2 palletts for dogs and birds out front of gallery, did last few profiles of BBAA, brought home em and garden rubbish, 2 naps pasta and tuna for tea moved ½ of birds and dogs, em tidied patio, watched last douglas is cancelled, cats does count, earth abides

Dec 29^th Sunday

Fine and mild, cloudy 24? Worked on welding flower piece, finished into the woods by Harlan Coben, reformatted several more biographies from bbaa, artists took down exhibition, paid 2, dug a bit in garden, chicken for tea watched end of wilty, Paddington and Qi did more profiles

Dec 28^th Saturday

Fine and mild, sunny to begin, M to melb to bring back em to house sit Ks place, walk dog, put out washing, work on new rock piece( rock hound) and flower piece, worked on doing profiles from BBAA, adam dropped in to pick up stuff from bus, band of rain picked up em for tea fish and chips started to watch would I lie to you and internet froze, put on shazam on dvd and that stuck ½ way through, took em home

Dec 27^th Friday

Fine and cloudy, cooler, worked on putting base on insulated dancer and did a 2 flying rock piece, read more on the woods then transcribed more member profiles from BBAa newsletters, up to 2020,shopped 4 visitors, did saveloys for tea Watched adam hills and the fablemans, very good

Dec 26^th Thursday

Fine and clear, pleasant but to get to 40,laminated write ups for pieces, wrote an introduction , wrote a “chapter list”, worked through several copies of BBAA newsletter for artist profiles, reading the woods by Harlan coben, did skewers in toast for tea, tidied up from yesterday, cloudy but warm at end of day watched dr who with Nicola Coughlan, skeleton crew and rivals and big bang.

Dec 25^th Wednesday

Fine and mild grey to begin then up to fine in 30s, Xmas day, , photographed pieces and assembled flying rock 2, went back to bed for another hr, helped prepare xmas. Em and M did most, caleb, em K and kids no David ( sick) had a roast lunch  honey calebs dog was one of the stars of the show, kids had lots of presents, everyone went home by 4 caleb took em back,sandwiches for tea. Watched the big red one, quite good, and big bang

Dec 24^th Tuesday

Showers in morning but fined up as day progressed, Belinda did 2 flowers and was a bit up and down but overall ok, I did rest of rock pile 1 cut off 2 insulator tops to make 1 vase of a wire flower and most of another ballerina. Also a block for petal to sit on. Reading cromer beach book and also von guerards sketchbook book. M and em went shopping for supplies for tomorrow, naps after lunch disturbed by dog farts.Wrote up 4 pieces. Had lasagna for tea watched earth abides, cats countdown,rex and big bang

December diary

Dec 23^rd Monday

Showers in morning, the boys Came late and worked on mulch stirrer,  ,I tidy up and start rock pieces, flying rock 1 and 2, Its no picnic at hanging rock,, extended legs of petal.and attached rising girl to screw form to make not a boring woman, rock pile 1 lunch went to, chiropractor at 2.00, brief shop at umart, all a bit hectic home for 2 naps and reading spirits in the bush further, enchiladas for tea, John working in shed in afternoon enchiladas for tea, M and em decorated tree I vacuumed, watched civil war good but ghastly, big bang.

Dec 22^nd Sunday

Fine and mild cloudy maybe showers, make up rice salad, go to Don’s for family xmas. Then to ems to pick up stuff and take em home, nap toasted sandwich for tea watched last bosch series 1,douglas is cancelled, all creatures ,big bang.

Dec 21^st Saturday

Fine and cooler 22, tidied up argus article walked dog down road, helped M wrap presents, worked on “petal”piece, reading ross greenwood death at cromer beach, sold 2 pieces, lunch, nap Shopped pizza tea, watched dune 2 good and big bang

Dec 20^th Friday

Fine and sunny 33, started on work done December, took dog for walk down road, M to mind kids again,til 500 I then worked on girl lifting herself from wood block, metal stuck in block so I have to turn a well for her to emerge from, girl basically done, reading last of cherrywood, lunch nap,research. Did kievs for tea, watched big bang, bones, bosch and skeleton crew

Dec 19^th Thursday

Fine and sunny, M off to mind kids at their house, kids played with neighbors most of day, I cut off dead branches on ash tree, unloaded car, set up mig, cut up more white Chinese lanterns and threw them on the pile ,John came and worked on games, assembled 3 pieces, made rest of I am not a robot” nap lunch bit of mowing, wrote up a few pieces, Rang shelly her last day at Drouin, Narelle to pick up fork lift,did steak for tea watched hard quiz, adam hills Rex, Lidia Poet and Big bang

Dec 18^th Wednesday

Fine and mild, 22, swapped mig bottle over, got xmas tree, M got kids off to school, I dropped off gorilla to melissa, shopped in Drouin, mowed across rd, said happy xmas to writers group, to go and pick up 10mm rod at Longwarry, make a lasagna, M to pick up kids from school,lasagna for tea watched Black doves, caleb and honey came to visit, walk around sculpture garden, big bang

Dec 17^th Tuesday

Cooler and showers initially then breezy but mild, Belinda,did 2 flowers, grumbled,I worked on forklift, singing girl and other forklift all three up to assembly stage as wood paint dries, M went shopping in morning, also picked up kids and delivered them to various locations, nap and reading and Instagram, spanakopita for tea, Pilates,watched the rookie and big bang

Dec 16^th Monday

Fine and clear windy 40, The boys work on finishing dragon fly and mulch turner, I finished girl from yesterday started singing girl to replace sue doyles piece and started forklift for Andrew, Tidied up too research more in spirits in the bush, M off to pick up mae,did sausages for tea watched big bang, cats countdown, bosch,rivals

Dec 15^th Sunday

Foggy and mild to begin 31 later, read papers,M went to fountain gate then big w met kand kids and caleb there to do xmas shopping, I was working on gorilla basically finished, started second girl but using towball, worked to 12.30, quite hot, went and had lunch nap did research and read book, did curry hamburgers for tea, watched last Shetland, douglas is cancelled,all creatures trash or treasure, and big bang.

Dec 14^th Saturday

Fine and mild clear, M to Rokeby market worked on gorilla ½ done, nap, talked to Roz re Jan exhibition, shopped Drouin, fish and chip tea watched the stunt man mediocre, M went to carols but kids didn’t want to go so came home, watched skeleton crew and big bang

Dec 13^th Friday

Fine and grey, fine showers to clear up M to take kids to school, worked on dancing girl with glasses, Pete and Marg Dumergue dropped in, Wayne called in, Dalenes son had died, 3 other visitors bought some work, did more research on herald outdoor art show, a.W.Harding did chicken pieces for tea watched tubular bells concert, I was not really impressed ok, then wicked little letters very good, and big bang

Dec 12^th Thursday

Fine and grey mild warmed up after lunch, finished last Kookaburra, assembled cows plasmacuts on boards, Talked to Sue Jarvis and David who came to see gallery re sues exhibition in June, to Warragul to post off piece to Warrnambool and pick up Gracies flea tablets, John from Scotland here now working in shed,did some writing on research project,  Kids coming home due to K and D having a dinner at San Remo.kids had nuggets and chips we had tuna pasta, played stack chairs and cluedo then uno and pool without sticks.

Dec 11^th Wednesday

Fine and mild grey, M takes kids to school, Eleanor and mae supposedly crook here for most of morning then at home with M, I did rest of kookaburras 4 done and did wood for bases of cow pieces, shopped at Drouin for dog and cat food,2 people visted, writers group here, reading rebus book for most of afternoon. Chicken bacon things for tea, fairly unpleasant from di grandis in Drouin, finished the rebus book, watched hard quiz, the diplomat, skeleton crew and big bang

Dec 10^th Tuesday

Fine and mild grey, no showers, Belinda, did 5 names with the plasmacutter, I do 3 chooks and started  kookaburras,did cow pieces welding and assembled play 2, I shopped at lunch time and got bisoprolol tablets, take theo to speech after school shopped at bunnings, spanakopita spiral for tea, pilates mat class, watched big bang and bones

Dec 9^th Monday

Fine and mild, grey, no showers, took seat up to community garden left it there, fixed loose boards on bin stand, demolished broken pallett, worked on cutting out 4 cows, cut out pieces to 4 chooks,did one, The boys did a reindeer and a dragonfly and a mulch turner, I shortened girl with a balloon on her nose, M to pick up kids at end of day and take mae to play with friend did curried chicken balls for tea, watched last two Lincoln lawyer , interior china town and big bang

Dec 8^th Sunday

Cool and grey, no showers, shop in Drouin, mowed sculpture garden, Opening of artists on the move exhibition about 15 there, naps, egg and bacon on toast for tea, M talked to em and caleb, watched Shetland, douglas is cancelled( exc) and big bang

Dec 7^th Saturday

Showery, muggy some sun, went to Jindi Market and bought stuff for opening tomorrow, saw Tim price and Toby Billington, assembled jindi seat, cut out another play piece and painted 6 people visited bought 150 and a 50 belinda, chased Grandkids til 4, M more than me, fish and pasta for tea, watched Black doves, the rookie , 2 big bang

Dec 6^th Friday

Fine and hot 34, painted wood and touched up seat, did 2 plasmacuts of balloon girls, M off to watch Mae at sports for a short while, read the lost letter finished ok, M picked up kids from school, Korean  chicken tenders for tea , mediocre, watched nugget is dead, big bang and 1 skeleton crew

Dec 5^th Thursday

Fine and hot 31. Did wood for seat and painted once, painted letters again with penetrol then painted frame black, hot, came up to do email re opening finished book the stormchild, good,did more research on west Gipps gazette, went to arts centre photographed carving, went to office choice and small shop at coles, Yarragon Pub tea with book group ,home to watch cats countdown and big bang

Dec 4^th Wednesday

Fine and gentle warm day 22, light breeze, worked on assembling seat, all together and painted letters once Jenny Palmer came to see exhibition talked to her for over ½ hour then off to see specialist re hemmerhoids, said just a blood clot and it will dissolve, no action needed, back home for morning tea, saw writing group and put out washing, M to have optometrist appt, then pick up kids, I read a bit then work on research, kievs for tea watched hard quiz, adam hills, bosch and big bang

Dec 3^rd Tuesday

Started coolish but warm and humid, finished the Jindivick letters, Belinda did 2 flowers, 1 big and 1 smaller, reading storm child and Cosmos,peter picked up stands , wrote bits from spirits in the bush.had chicken skewers in wraps Pilates bed, watched Rex and big bang

Dec 2^nd Monday

Fine and sunny a bit of a breeze at times, worked in shed making frame of a new seat and tidying up, assembled stands for Peter, The boys worked on a rose and spider and a mulch turner, finished Stalingrad, mowed house block and across rd and nature strip sausages and potato things for tea watched china town, Lincoln lawyer, big bang rained lightly most of night.

Dec 1^st Sunday

Fine and sunny, warmish to hot, a bit cloudy and breezy, did what I had made last month , painted stands for antiques again, Julieanne to garden,  went to Longwarry market, went to Chris and Keith at Neerim, v busy, 3 naps, hot, reading spirits in the bush, Stalingrad, did chow mein for tea, watched the beatles 64, Bosch, big bang by 2

September diary

Sept 30^th Monday

Partly cloudy, mild, made 12 flowers assembled 5 sign holders, assembled alices curl big piece,2 visitors  took gracie to vet for kennel cough shot, M took em back to Melb, nap, had sausages and leftovers for tea watched ottoman empire by train, big bang, the bear and bones,

Sept 29^th Sunday

Cloudy possible rain, helped tidy house em and M doing a lunch for theo and me, no caleb or David, Belinda demolishing dragonfly in shed started well and grumpy later, roast lunch, played with kids 11 people then 2 more bought organist, birds of a feather and gear and flowers, started reading fire story, updated 10 pages on website of sold /unsold nap in arvo after shower pizza for tea watched wolfs,bad monkey and big bang

Sept 28^th Saturday

Fine and sunny grand final day birthday, made a pineapple cake,shop people coming all morning, sold lots 25 visitors watched grandfinal lions won over swans, did frankfurters and mash for tea watched slow horses, time bandits 2 big bang

Sept 27^th Friday

Public holiday fine and sunny, ½ price sale sold lots helped Cathy Smith  set up exhibition saw  30 visitors including sue and Melinda, Josh and family, Stacey and Bonnie and shane, fish and chip tea watched the gray man and wilty and big bang

Sept 26^th Thursday

Mild and grey, possible showers, did signs for big sculptures and put out some, wrote up a few more descriptions.delivered paulines pieces,nap down to Pakenham with M to be with boy when Ralph put down Hamburgers for tea, watched big bang,unforgotten the rookie and bones

Sept 25^th Wednesday

Mild cloudy showers? Mowed rest of sculpture garden, ( mower now out of action) M off to take Mae and theo to speech while K gets hair done.Fixed mirror for pauline Reading we are blackwater, did slow cooker osso bucco for tea, watched bones, badmonkey qi and big  bang, M talked to caleb and em. Ralph to be put down tomorrow.

Sept 24^th Tuesday

Fine and mild, warm, welded secondside of big piece, Belinda did 2 flowers, small busload visited and family group( 3) I mowed house block and ½ of sculpture garden, M worked on extending fitted sheet, talked to Dave, sausage rolls for tea, pilates 2 big bang

Sept 23^rd Monday

Fine to begin cooled down, the boys worked on weather vane and machine part, I welded all one side of big piece, 2 people visited bought $200 of stuff, M went with K to mid valley with mae, curry for tea vindaloo, too hot, watched rest of van der valk, turkey by train and big bang

Sept 22^nd Sunday

Coolish fine patches, worked on assembling bits for big piece, grant and helen returned stuff from meeniyan ,Tim visited  did sausage rolls for tea, watched hollies doco( ½) part of vander valk and big bang, M talked to em

Sept 21^st Saturday

Cool and maybe showers,start on small characters , finished and big piece did made a pineapple cake in arvo chicken pieces for tea, watched slow horses, qi,big bang

Sept 20^th  Friday

Finer not as cool, maybe showers, telephone interview re cat scan, do singers from belindas tooth piece, special school visit, lady picked up butterflies cut mirror for tims project, shopped in arvo, rained in arvo and evening, did sausages mixed grill for tea, watched the dry 2 big bang and the colour of magic

Sept 19^th Thursday

Cool and showery, worked on finishing ballet girl and doing 10 butterflys for Drouin west, reading tom lake made a lentil pie thing for tea watched turkey by train, big bang, wilty the rookie

Sept 18^th Wednesday

Fine and sunny but windy, M visited sue re talk and fix sewing machine,worked on making a sleeve for the clothesline took most of day had to shop in morning for bolts and in arvo for metal from martin, made kievs for tea watched slow horses, pompei, big bang

Sept 17^th Tuesday

Started cool the fined up Belinda did 1 flower and a Chelsea sign I worked on finishing car and cutting out ballet girl, did wraps for tea Pilates bed, watched 2 big bangs

Sept 16^th Monday

Grey cool and possible showers, the boys, worked on car, M to lengthen sheets watched unforgotten, big bang,

Sept 15^th Sunday

Finer day, worked on cutting up exhaust and started small car, made flower forms, reading tennison, small family group 4 visited, did spaghetti for tea, watched bad monkey, the bear, bones and big bang

Sept 14^th Saturday

Cool and showery, shop in Drouin, didn’t do any work in shed, read tennison, Anita Russell and Carol visited anitas exhibition made chicken and noodles for tea watched Mrs doubtfire, and big bang

Sept 13^th Friday

Cool and grey, M still having hot and cold, me still heady, Julienane to garden, made a spring flower and a spring plane, painted and finished all 3 pieces including cat from yesterday,anita had 4 visitors to exhibition, reading Tennison, made dumpling cups for tea watched turkey by train, the rookie, castle, big bang

Sept 12^th Thursday

Fine and sunny, feeling better,  mowed across rd and part of sculpture garden, started a small cat, 1 visitor M still having fevers, read in afternoon, did fish and noodles for tea watched slowhorses,2 geek girl 1 big bang and last critical incident.

Sept 11^th Wednesday

Up early to get kids ready for school shopped a bit home to go back to bed M has a fever at times my head is stuffy, photographed a sketch book, quiet day Writers group, chicken and chips for tea, watched rex and Hudson, critical incident big bang

Sept 10^th Tuesday

Mild, cold worse, No Belinda, cleaned grout off sand filter, finished  reading true grit, M has cold too no one going to Pilates, slow cooker tea, watched the bear, castle death in paradise, big bang

Sept 9^th Monday

cloudy sunny patches, cool , the boys worked on plant stand and chook and dragon, I did a smallish wreath and an owl  with wings out stretched, finished grouting sand filter cut up fallen branches around the house, M went to eleanors presentation then took mae to guides frankfurts and chips for tea watched bones,

Sept 8^th Sunday

Up and down weather all day, I have a cold, started true grit shopped in Drouin for opening, anitas opening about 20 eventually, Bryan Whelan came up too, M went to theos birthday, fish and chip tea feeling exhausted, watched slow horses then some statham movie about ½ way, silly, 1 big bang

Sept 7^th Saturday

Fine and sunny,  grouted sandfilter, cut up glass pieces to be more useful fixed broken picture, ran out of grout,1 visitor and 3 kids called in on Gary Miles, seemed reasonable but frail,,finished why we die Mick herron, did spinach and cheese rolls for tea watched bank of dave and last 2 rebus, and big bang

Sept 6^th Friday

Fine and warm cloudy showers later,rained most of evening, cut out 8 flowers from corten and assembled them, added to music and heart piece, reading Zoe Boehm mystery, made a lemon cake, M off to pick up kids after school did chicken skewers for tea watched critical incident, turkey by train, 2 big bang

Sept 5^th  Thursday

Fine and mild a bit breezy, went to Drouin for a filling that had fallen out, 2 fillings to be done 740 dollars, shopped M talked to jessie who came to pick up her painting, M off to mind theo who had fallen over, I did Music and heart piece and added to fallen tree pile, did potato lasagna from other day to finish it off, watched rebus and the rookie, and geek girl and 2 big bang

Sept 4^th Wednesday

Up early as M has to get kids off to school,fine and mild high cloud developing I went to casey for CT, shopped on way home, internet is on, Theo fell over at school M went to take him home helping with end of day kids things,I send out email for anitas opening, cut up firewood in shed, we go to country club for book club( Unconditional love) very good Jocelyn Moorhouse  2 big bang

Sept 3^rd Tuesday

Still no power, No Belinda, had chiropractic with Ms Jamie, better, cut up fallen trees( wattle and top out of one of the gums, Man came to cut up big gum and other trees on Jeffs, hamburgers for tea, M went to Pilates, Power came back on, still no internet finished harry potter,

September 2^nd Monday

No power, windy, no boys today, Went to casey for scan but forgot bloodtest, they did it there and said come back on Wednesday, read the tale teller by Jill Hillerman, did sausages in bread for tea, went to bed early The big gum at the back of the house fell down on Jeffs driveway

September ^1ST  Sunday

Fine and sunny breezy again, updated website,worked on mosaicking the side of the sand filter, winds developed , internet went out,made a potato lasagna thing for tea watched Red and started harry potter and chamber of secrets

August diary

Aug 31^st Saturday

Cool and breezy maybe showers, shopped, assembled hearts into surrounded by love, did more on paulines box thing, made fish pie for tea , napped,Fish pie for tea watched the beekeeper, lots of shooting, then Hudson and rex , britians biggest dig and big bang

Aug 30^th Friday

Breezy and fine clouded over in arvo, Julieanne gardened, I assembled most of love all around, put base in a pencil holder and painted a few pieces. Up and down with energy, did exercises, talked to paddy on phone, shopped made stroganoff chicken for tea, Watched 2 di ray and Nigeria and a big bang

Aug 29^th Thursday

Breezy and grey swap over of exhibitions ,moved some branches, helped set up anitas exhibition, shopped ,snitzel for tea, watched di ray, murieals wedding and big bang

Aug 28^th Wednesday

Breezy but fine and sunny, cut up some of the fallen branches,a bit tuckered out glued wood pieces together and painted a bit, read rest of unconditional love, made biscuit slice M chased kids at end of day , gnocci for tea watched the dressmaker, critical incident and big bang

Aug 27^th Tuesday

Breezy and cloudy, mild, worked on wood pieces and butterfly and spider and mosaic on sand filter ( ½ done) did  a meat and cheese pie for tea took theo to speech therapy, home for nap, pie for tea Pilates, watched wilty and big bang , very windy overnight

Aug 26^th Monday

Cloudy and breezy at times, cool, M shopped and chased kids at end of day did Virginia woolf plasmacut and prepared for surrounded by love,butterfly and spider, the boys worked on chook and plant stand swapped over gas and bought glue from bunnings, did fish and rice for tea watched big bang, bones and

Aug 25^th Sunday

Fine and cloudy maybe showers later, caught possum in trap with its baby let them loose at Neerim sth, 1 visitor Back not sore Ruth Burleigh coming re photographers did 6 flowers and assembled flightless bird,talked to Ruth and hubby,wrote up a couple of pieces had lamb chops for tea, watched DI Ray, Spicks and specks, the rookie and big bang

Aug 24^th Saturday

Fine and sunny after winds last night, stood up sculptures saw snake at end of gallery, reading tracks through time, 3 visitors back aching wrote up photographers in area from WHS shopped bought burgers for tea watched DI Ray and the union( Ok Halle berry) and Big bang

Aug 23^rd Friday

Fine and mild, back a bit better, M taking kids to school and theo as a dinosaur,,mae as Hermione, Minding Eleanor, I mowed house block and across rd, did 7 flowers, went to warragul to get a possum trap and white tiles, shopped slightly, home for lunch, screwed board on back of house and blocked hole, put trap up in ceiling, did rissoles for tea, watched 2 big bang, Qi and vera,

Aug 22^nd Thursday

Fine and mild, M minding Eleanor today, worked on flightless bird, saw a big snake out back of shed, read til 12ish had lunch then to warragul to get computer updqated re blue screen of death, called in at Historical society and talked to Dicksons and other volunteers re artists in area, petrol chiropractor, home cooked tea pasta and meatballs watched big bang, Nigeria and critical incident and Hudson and Rex

Aug 21^st Wednesday

Cloudy showers later, M off early to mind all kids curriculum day,writers group 11-2,  back a bit better but still there,finished peacock, finished 3^rd piano key mirror,assembled engine to board, visit M and kids at lunchtime,nap, reading the creeper, put out washing, did sausages for tea, M home late, watched lady in the lake,big bang and

Aug 20^th Tuesday

Cloudy some showers, Belinda did 2 flowers, I did a kookaburra and 1.5 peacocks, had photo shoot, good talk, M off minding mae and Eleanor I shopped and had a haircut, took theo to speech, picked up grinder and aldi shop, Quesiladas for tea Pilates, watched wilty and big bang

Aug 19^th Monday

Fine cloudy, M minding mae with a cold, the boys worked on pallet wrecker and picket lifter I did the rest of the engine and a wreath, chiropractor reading spy book, did pie for tea, watched Rebus,big bang and Nigeria with Michael Palin

Aug 18^th Sunday

Fine and mild, back still sore but improving, tidied book,worked on engine pieces finished reading geography book and also spy book started, chicken pieces for tea, watched bones, rebus dirty pop and big bang

Aug 17^th Saturday

Cloudy, back still sore but better, Tidy gallery, did a small cat, Opening of Ross Jacka exhibition, about 25 people, did lamb patties for tea watched troppo, big bang talked to Sue O

Aug 16^th Friday

Cloudy, up early again to take kids to school, took Ms car in back went out getting out of car Chiropractor 10 45, bruised, did 2 small cats, picked up car after M had picked up kids, Pizza for tea, watched Margaret Rutherford doco, then the Holdovers with Paul Giamatti, good, big bang

Aug 15^th Thursday

Up early again to help M get kids to school, I worked on a small set of cats and mowed across the rd and the nature strip. Started a new book and enjoyed reading a bit in the mild day, Shopped at Bunnings for paint and helped mind kids while M too theo shoe shopping. Chicken bits for tea watched  eve of destruction, ok, qi, wilty, big bang and rest of spelling bee

Aug 14^th Wednesday

Up early for M to get kids to school, no noel, fine and mild cloudier, worked on owl, bought metal from martin steel, mowed some of sculpture garden,wrote more on reminiscence, read more on art education, mince and noodles for tea, M off chasing kids til 6.30 watched Guy Mont spelling bee, Interrupted , talked to caleb, big bang

Aug 13^th Tuesday

Fine and sunny, Belinda put price tags on pieces and did one flower, I assembled metal part of small plasmacuts and did cat with a saw back and started owl, Ross brought a friend to see exhibition, finished reading the school on the hill and started another paper on art education, helped M at end of school day and took theo to speech, checked in with Geoff re grinder and shopped at aldi and coles, Pie for tea Pilates, watched geek girl and big bang,

Aug 12^th Monday

Fine and sunny, put wheels on trolley and do a bit on paulines suitcase thing did 2 small plasmacuts of girls from Instagram. The boys, worked on the pallett destroyer and base for beehive and Pete did star picket remover I added to reminiscences and looked at start of education in Victoria. ,M asked by K to fill in for David all week , chicken Kiev for tea watched critical incident, Hudson and rex, big bang and dirty pop

Aug 11^th Sunday

Fine and sunny, did 2 wheels for Paulines trolley thing, made 7 corten flowers, did tuna pasta for tea watched olympics, Robins wish , Rebus and big bang

Aug 10^th Saturday

Fine and sunny, assembled wood onto seats added eye to whale and repainted areas,Put together a piano key mirror and turned middle for third mirror, read papers, Visited Chis ( no Kerrie) in arvo, talked about a range of things, saw rebuilt house, fantastic, sausage rolls for tea,watched Olympics then the instigators with matt damon and , mediocre

Aug 9^th Friday

Fine and mild, work on cutting and painting wood for seats,Helped Vache learn to weld, drs appt for bisoprolol, shop, work on list of artists at Red tree,sent out Ross Jacka exhibition email, did spaghetti for tea, watched Olympics then Troppo , Qi and Hard quiz then Big bang

Aug 8^th Thursday

Fine and mild, worked on dragonfly seat all welded and metal painted, talked to helen re art in the area, started on listing artists who have had shows at Red Tree, did chicken and rice for tea, watched Olympics diving and climbing, then di ray, bones and big bang

Aug 7^th Wednesday

Fine and mild bit of cloud, M gets kids off to school, I get wood from hardware, drs appt re cellulitis, work on painting second seat,Writers group,4 visitors Book club at country club, the yellow villa, home to The Rookie and Big Bang

Aug 6^th Tuesday

Fine and sunny, Belinda late today, worked on seat frame all welded, not painted, wayne for morning tea, help m chase kids at end of day, shop, quesadas for tea Pilates bed, watched geek girl and big bang

Aug 5^th Monday

Fine and sunny, Belinda Mascadri dropped in, the boys worked on chook and tractor bits, I did seat frame with whale, finished the yellow villa, did peanut biscuits, M chased Mae in afternoon, did fish and chip tea, watched Olympics, lady in the lake, grand designs and big bang

Aug 4^th Sunday

Fine and sunny, Julieanne gardening, do last box added it to the tallish small bird, painted all small boxes and work on piano key mirrors, 2 painted and one has all the bits assembled the other is ready for second coat tomorrow, reading the yellow villa, pasta bake for tea, M talks to em, watched Olympics, big bang,

Aug 3^rd Saturday

Overcast but mild, shopped, walked dog, did dog box and bird box,assembled time piece stand, 2 visitors, and Tim, quiche for tea , watched Olympics judo, diane von furstenburg, big bang

Aug 2^nd Friday

Fine and sunny, sorted out who was visiting here,washed car, then delivered skipping girl with M, lunch at Mclelland, bought book “on bunurong country,” tried to order Gippsland art book, nap, eggs for tea watched Olympics rowing and slalom rebus, Hudson and rex, wilty and big bang

Aug 1^st Thursday

Fine and sunny, taking antibiotics for cellulitis,small bus group coming, updated website,mowed sculpture garden, put out ballerina, washed Mercedes, finished “the crag”, rissoles cut up in mushroom sauce for tea, M chasing kids at end of day watched columbo, geek girl

March diary

Sunday 31^st

Misty, off to Sale to see annameike mein exhibition, excellent, spent an hour there then back. Sun came out as we got back to Traralgon, home for nap, did lasagna with Mexican beans leftovers, watched steve martin doco part 1, and 2 more derry girls.

Saturday 30^th

Fine and sunny, shopped worked on big  piece and fixed handpiece on welder, did chicken and rice and pesto recipe for tea, watched behind enemy lines and renegade Nell,and derry girls,  M talked to Don and K

Friday 29^th

Good Friday, Fine and sunny, smoky, M to go and get em ,small family visited, I start big piece   did sausages for tea, watched John Farnham and

Thursday 28^th

Fine and grey, move pedestals help with taking down exhibition and put up wendy exhibition  2 visitors, play with bracing flower and small vase form with copper flower, did mince rice Mexican thing for tea, watched pop 11, gray , bones and death and other ,

Wednesday 27^th

Fine and mild, dry still, Noel finished another planter from a drum, I did bird and clouds, second banding bird and girl in the flowers, and 4 chooks,stopped at 11, writing group here adam off to wilsons prom, M minding kids all day I visited at 2.30, played with mae, shopped home to do steak for tea watched pop 11, cats and dogs and Jaime lee Curtis doco

Tuesday 26^th

Fine and mild, Belinda did 2 flowers, I started small bracing birds and prepared several small bits, finished tomorrow book, M picked up kids in arvo, did fish balls in a wrap for tea took adam to art and we had pilates, watched adam hills

Monday 25^th

Fine and cool, the boys did a cat stand and grinder stand, I worked on a dog and a bird and finishing seat, M made bed and washed linen picked up kids at end of day, Idid chicken muck for tea, watched pop 11, the gentlemen

March 24^th Sunday

Fine and cooler, finished seat frame and painted, did wood for seat started book tomorrow tomorrow and tomorrow,  snitzel for tea watched Oppenheimer

March 23^rd Saturday

Fine and cool, shopped to get blower back, aldi and Drouin, did seat frame and part of back 8 people visited sold a shoe box , walked around sculpture garden, did spanakopita for tea watched 3 body problem( good) and I literally just told you that, and pop 11

March 22^nd Friday

Fine and sunny, went to morwell to get springs, called in at gallery to see photo show and went for lunch at mid valley, home for nap, M picks up kids I add to website did chicken skewers for tea, watched pop 11

March 21^st Thursday

Fine and mild, I started on trampoline but needed more flap discs so went and did shopping and bought welding rods flap discs a new broom, finished trampoline and did another ring bird and did laminating of labels for small pieces.1 visitor  Wrote up some more small pieces in arvo and M went to pick up kids. Chicken for tea watched hard quiz adam hills and the new look

March 20^th Wednesday

Fine and mild after a cool and showery start. It was out 48^th wedding anniversary. I made 3 small pieces, fish eyes lens, trees in landscape and another girl in line. Noel finished one of his garden beds and got a bit started on the second, John came and worked on his last working day before flying home, We had to go and mind kids in evening. We had pizza for tea and heard readers etc. K and D were home at 9 45.

March 19^th Tuesday

Fine and warm changing, cloudy, Belinda did 2 flowers happier today I did 2 dogs and cleaned up and assembled and painted the 3 small pieces from yesterday, reading bernie Taupin’s autobiography M to pick up and feed kids before coming home, chicken balls in wraps for tea then Pilates  watched Mr and Mrs smith.

March 18^th Monday

Fine and sunny, another restless night, the boys worked on boot stand and angle grinder  stand, 2 visitors with kids, I assembled 2 dish  birdfeeder, cut out 3 plasmacuts,finished reading cutters end, good, made chicken balls for tea, M off to take Eleanor to dance and pick up. Had pizza from adam for tea, watched shogun and Bones

March 17^th Sunday

Fine and sunny, kids go home by 10.00, 1 visitor, worked on cutting out dishes for 2 dish birdfeeder, welded them sort of together, replaced plasmacutter with second one, reading cutters end, did lasagna for tea watched 11 pop, Victorious, and Gray

March 16^th Saturday

Fine and sunny light breeze, shopped painted bits on seats and wood and assembled white seat and fish seat, put out cruciform sculpture , bavis, Amanda, judy and amy were in gallery from 100 to 3 about 6 people, 3 naps as tired from not sleeping well, did pies for tea as we had theo and Mae for the night, chased kids about and listened to readers.

March 15^th Friday

Fine and mild breezy, worked on adding second coat to flower form and finishing welding fish seat, reconditioned flower seat from up yard, 2 visitors updated exhibition list on website bought a timber length for seat, M chased kids at end of day did spaghetti for tea watched Eras concert by Taylor Swift

March 14^th Thursday

Cool and odd showers,worked on finishing flower form and did fish for back of fish seat, 3 naps after a poor nights sleep, did sausages for tea watched the gentlemen and Adam Hills

March 13^th Wednesday

Cool and showers, No noel, assembled flower for top of sculpture and tidied up fish edges, Writers group, reading a poor detective book, Tim for lunch did cheesy garlic chicken for tea M to help with kids at end of day, watched last criminal record and The new look and hard quiz, Caleb called by

March 12^th Tuesday

Cool again, Belinda in bad mood, calmed down after some welding, worked on flower forms and seat back, John came and worked, wraps for tea No adam as he is in Drouin, Pilates mat class, watched last trigger point and last mf

March 11^h Monday

Labour day holiday still hot but Cooler today, The boys worked on projects I started on fish for seat back did seat frame and also bits on flower form, reading end of the poppy war

March 10^th Sunday

Another hot day took adam to caf went shopping for a new clock and other things, back to be quiet in the house,reading

March 9^th Saturday

Fine and warm to hot, went and bought white paint and seat wood after a quick visit to Rokeby Market. Amanda and amy and Judy were at the gallery and sold 3 of my small pieces, about 8 visitors, I mainly stayed in the house reading the poppy war and napping, did garlic ginger chicken for tea, watched Napoleon( well done and involving) and MF

March 8^th Friday

Fine and warm, fixing possum hole, M to pick up mae,and bring her home, played with mae, M  pick up kids I did snitzel for the watched last culprits and Gray and MF

March 7^th Thursday

Mild and still,warmed up  added to writing for pieces, working on big piece, shopped and dropped off blower for fixing,cooked pasta chicken M to help with kids in afternoon adam for tea, watched hard quiz and culprits,

March 6^th Wednesday

Cloudy but fine, Noel, work on garden bed or fire pit legs parts,I filled most of second big piece part 2 and did a small bull head, Writers group here about 13 people, M helps with kids at end of day, Book club discussing lemnny marks gets away with murder with jude, anne, sue and uta, home to watch adam hills and caleb rang up

March 5^th Tuesday

Fine and warm, unloaded car and put bases on 5 plasmacuts and painted,No Belinda, started new big piece, John came and worked Mowed behind house, M helped with kids at end of day, I did meatballs for wraps for tea Pilates I survived , watched shogun and MF

March 4^th Monday

Fine and mild, the boys worked on grinder etc I did 4 plasmacuts and ordered and got steel from Martin steel, did 2 loads of washing, nap, did shashliks for tea watched criminal intent and wilty and MF

March 3^rd Sunday

Cool and cloudy  did heart thing, take adam to barn work on birds from yesterday Opening of DAJA exhibition about 25 people. Fish and chip tea, watched

March 2^nd Saturday

Cool and cloudy odd showers, drove adam up to Barn quick look at market came home and tidied Gallery did a flower and started 2 smallish birds, printing labels for show 10 visitors  M went shopping I did chow mein for tea watched American fiction ok  the new look and MF

March 1^st Friday

Fine and sunny got warm but had a nice breeze, M off to take kids swimming and for day as they have curric day, I did signs for sculptures, laminated them, did another flower and vase, helped a bit with Amy and Amanda putting up exhibition, was expecting new car but put off to tomorrow, reading Dalgleish, did sausages and triangles for tea watched criminal intent and Shogun and MF

Total work done

Big pieces: 23

Little pieces:168

Garden art:3 seats, 5 birdbath, 11 birds, 6 birds on sticks, 4 angle cats, 4 chooks, 2 daffodils, 5 dogs, 3 big dragonflys, 9 small dragonflies, 2 flat echidnas, 4 frogs, 2 fuscias, 96 flowers, 9 Kookas, 1 Owl,2 peacocks, 5 pelicans, 5 wreaths

Orders:70 varied orders

Work done December

Big pieces flower ( most  of)

Little pieces:2 balloon girls, play 2,I am not a robot, 2 cow pieces, Dancing girl with glasses, Loads of personality 2, fork lift person, forklift machine, not a boring girl insulated dancer, petal, flying rock 1 and 2, rock pile and its no picnic at hanging rock,rock hound, insulated flower,

Garden art: Jindi seat,4 chooks,4 kookaburras

Orders: redgum stands for antiques( 4), gorilla, singing girl,

Work done November

 Big pieces: started big flower,

 Little pieces: Rooster, pointillist landscape, Safe, screwy heart, runner, gladiator, riveted dog, I support the team, Dotty dress, Bird girl, home body,cat from above, 2 faced cat, sitting cat,doorway to the past ,personal transport,birds on board, birds in the rain.cat in a box, maes cat

Garden art: 20 flowers,2 wreaths, mosaic flower seat, Fernleaf seat, 2 fuscia wreaths, 2 echidnas from a gear, 4 birds, rusty wreath

Orders: 4 stands for antiques, repaired read for phil, phils lectern, straighten tractor piece, repair trolley,

Work done October

Big pieces: 2 dragonflies on stands, peace love and understanding, garden goddess, ducks on the pond,

Little pieces: house bird, butterfly on hand, play, 2 wreaths, star giver,stars in her hair,

Garden art:octagon birdbath ,plant pot from gas bottle, redid belindas dragonfly,12 flowers,rain birds

Orders: 2 dachshunds, 2 elephants,8 corten flowers,swords to ploughshares

Work done September

Big pieces: alice’s curl,

Small pieces: Singers, ballet girl, car, spring plane, cat,

Garden art: spring flower, wreath and owl, 8 corten flowers, 12 flowers

Orders: fix stained glass mirror. added small characters to 3 man order,10 butterflys, tims mirror order, sleeve for clothesline, mosaiced and grouted sandfilter, music for memorial piece

Work done August

Little pieces:flightless bird, virginia woolf, what the owl saw, cat with a sore back,2 instagram girls,dog box, cat box tallbird box and small bird box, spider and butterfly ( jewelled) , what would virginia woolf think,surrounded by love

Garden art: 13 flowers,2 peacocks,wreath, 4 small angle cats,1 kookaburra,

Orders: Engine, Paulines trolley wheels,7 corten flowers, whale seat, 3 fish seat, dragonfly seat, timepiece stand

Other: 3 piano key mirrors

July

Big pieces: Butterfly rider, Bicycle ballet girl, birds on a pole

Little pieces: Triangle faced rat, birds in the grid, trellis, ET, cactus, profile, comet, comet 2, sitting girl, sleeping princess, 3 piano key mirrors,2 wood letter holders, girl and beanie and flowers, Bossy boots, teapot, stripes, Flyboy, small long legged bird, small pelican, head box, cat box

Garden art: 9 dragon flies,

Orders: timepiece holders

June

Big pieces: offcut hedge flower, sew its an engine, keeping things in perspective,

Small pieces: small flower wreath, star flower, butterfly flower ring, boxing match, dragon with wooden spikes, grater scratchi,handyman, 4 small wooden malleeroot boxes, tennis girl, small engine, lets give a big hand, goat, cowdozer, angle iron cat, courting, singer, and classical concert,

Garden art: fairy ring, kookaburra,3 small owls,5 small flowers,

May

Big pieces:started perspective, embracing landscape, even

Little pieces:loads of character bird flat in ring, bronzed swimmer, seal pup,bike wheel platter, keeping it in perspective,cat in perspective, Cinderella

Garden art: 2 daffodils, Birdbath, 4 frogs, 3 kookas,,

Orders: jigsaw pieces and characters, 3 characters barbed wire ball and name plate, mandys arch, finished firescreen

April

Big pieces: started crossed c’s, did girl and ball, finished badge,

Small pieces: kelpie, girl with flowers, bluebird, red bird, redbird on redgum, playing redbirds, house on ladder, snail house, house sitting, negative gearing, cat profile, alphabet bird, holder, grinder dog/cat, song and dance, feathered flight

garden art : 3 birdfeeders, 2 dragonflies , 6 birds on sticks, 26 flowers, 2 pelicans

orders : juttas letterbox, did most of firescreen, 2 fish seat

March

Big pieces: cruciform flower

Little pieces: trampoline, ring bird, fish eye lens, girl in line and trees in landscape, over the shoulder tippy toes and paws out,sleepy puppy,cows next door, magician, toro, night landscape, desert birds, the cellist, desert birds, 2 flower vases from oxy bottle, 2 bracing birds birds and clouds in ring, and girl among the flowers,vase with copper flower,

Garden art:3 dogs 1 bird( emu) and 4 chooks, big flower from bracing strap,

Orders: double birdfeeder, fish seat and dragonfly seat.reconditioned white seat,

February

Big pieces:skipping girl

Little pieces,Vase with 2 flowers,starry landscape, the old kite flier, nose to nose master of letters, star dreamer

Garden art:5 birds, 12 flowers, 2 dogs

 Orders: 3 blue wrens, dog letterbox, mailbox man

January

Big pieces:Sticks and stones, Clef

Little pieces: ring bird 1 and 2, abstract landscape, Yee Hah, small dancer, pinecone fly and pc bug, pinecone juggler, 2 shoeboxes, speedy,

Garden art:, 3 birds ,3 Pelicans

 Orders: Calebs couple ,Dragonfly seat, started mailbox man, , sausage dog mailbox, lisas dragonfly seat,blue wren

July diary

July 31^st  Wednesday

Fina and sunny after frost in morning, M gets kids off to school, Maybe no Noel, paint birds on pole and do time piece supports for liz,Writers club, (5) Reading the crag, drs visit at 4.45 did chicken miniroasts for tea, watched big bang, the rookie,di ray

July 30^th Tuesday

Fine day, Belinda did 2 flowers, I did second bird for pole and put on glass eyes on both, put birds on pole, wayne visited, I have cellulitis in the face, finished taken to the hills, chased kids with M after school, shopped at aldi, did chicken skewer wraps Pilates, watched bones and big bang, shivering

July 29^th Monday

A better day , still overcast but not as cold as yesterday, made a cat box,and most of a bird to sit on pole piece, M checked car in for new steering,3 people saw exhibition,  then chased kids at end of day ,I made devilled sausages watched wilty,big bang, land of women

July 28^th Sunday

Cold and showery, feeling a bit off colour, slept by fire watched some Olympics, cooked a sort of chow mein for tea watched big bang, spicks and specks and last ladies in black

July 27^th Saturday

Fine and sunny to begin showers and cold in arvo, did first head box and assembled grumpy socks girl with a ring, shopped, watched a bit of the opening ceremony of the Olympics, made sausage rolls for tea M talked to em, watched big bang, and troppo

July 26^th Friday

Fine and sunny, heart appt, putting Ross; exhibition on website,shopped did 5 dragon flies and small pelican, made raisin slice,1 visitor  M chased kids at end of day , fay crook with shingles, fish and chip tea watched the rookie, big bang, bit of cats countdown

July 25^th Thursday

Fine but showers coming, made 4 dragonflies, Probus group coming at 10.30,24 people, sold a few pieces, M helped lots, Ross Jacka puts up exhibition, I didn’t help much, made rissoles for tea using food processor, M chased kids at end of day, watched big bang Hard quiz kids, grand designs and presumed innocent.

July 24^th Wednesday

Fine and changing, Noel and craig worked on giraffe, I assembled rat, tidied shed, painted wood for stand, put bases on boxes, drs appt 2.15 re ears, shopped, home , Ingrid took down exhibition, to make spaghetti , M out taking kids to things not home til 6.30, watched time bandits, Qi and Big bang

July 23^rd Tuesday

Fine and mild, Belinda did 2 flowers, I did 3 small pieces ( sort of et, birds in the grid, and flower trellis) and prepared 2 more small pieces, painted stand and wood once, assembled profile and cactus and started some tidying up, No wayne today, reading geography book, help pick up theo and take to speech therapy, shop,wraps for tea ,Pilates bed, watched big bang and bones

July 22^nd Monday

Fine and mild,M worked on share portfolio, I cut out profile of girl, made most of support for fence post, did support for comet 2, cut out birds for squares, Peter arrived at 10.30 and worked on star post puller , Tony picked up metal sheets with trailer, I made chicken and sausage casserole for tea M picked up kids and took them places watched troppo, renovation rescue, big bang

,July 21^st Sunday

Fine and mild showers later, add character to butterfly and paint again, put sitting girl on wood ,sand other mirrors, cut up fencepost so more even, find base and cut in ½ and add pieces to make rectangle, cut off upper I beam bits,write up pieces. Tea was watched graceland album doco, spicks and specks, Hudson and rex, and big bang

July 20^th Saturday

Showery and wintery, shop, worked on character for butterfly all finished, sanded sitting girl and put on base, sanded 1 piano mirror, raining and cold, read  the secret, lasagna for tea watched simone biles rising,wilty,big bang and My spy 2

July 19^th Friday

Fine to begin then cooler and showery, Julieanne gardened before the showers, Glenn delivered wood,  I put butterfly on stand and painted once,cleaned up sleeping princess plasmacut and some of sitting girl as well as assembling arms and spikes of cactus, reading the secret ( lee child) M went and got shingles shot, 2 new tyres, gracies tablets, picked up kids I made French onion rice chicken for tea, ok, watched big bang, wire in the blood and presumed innocent.

July 18^th Thursday

Cool and showery, worked on wire brushing butterfly doing body and eyes, finished reading the Sentinel, made zucchini bread, took in grinder for repair, shopped,M made appointment for tyres to be done and picked up kids, did pork steaks for tea watched last red queen, bones big bang

July 17^th Wednesday

M up early to get kids to school, Fine to begin then cool, Noel and craig worked on giraffe, I welded second butterfly wing both sides and cut out 2 mucha girls, M helps kids get to various events after school, reading reacher the sentinel, lamb patties for tea watched the last acolyte, red queen and big bang and hard quiz

July 16^th Tuesday

Cool after a fine start, Belinda did 2 flowers, I did butterfly wing welding and started gathering stuff for second wing, had sausages in bread for tea Pilates, watched 2 big bang

July 15^th Monday

Cool and showery rained most of day, the boys worked on chook and tow bar, I did butterfly wings frames and found pieces for one wing, had curry for tea watched  big bang and criminal minds

July 14^th Sunday

Cool and showery, I read the Mucha catalogue, very good, I cut out flower forms from the bonnet, assembled wood pieces and repainted one, tidied back room, shopped in Drouin,did pie and pasta for tea,watched red queen, big bang, spicks and specks and ladies in black

July 13^th Saturday

Cool and showery, M did washing and shares, I did second side to piano key mirrors started making bases for wood forms, put together girl with beanie, painted wood pieces again, read Lee child night school, did enchiladas for tea, started to watch pop tarts but not very funny, watched troppo, big bang and grand designs

July 12^th Friday

cloudy and showers, M to mind kids in arvo, paint wood pieces,start to make piano key mirrors , 3 done and 2 letter holders glued, cut out girl with beanie, defrosted fish rissoles for tea watched big bang, bones,and presumed innocent

July 11^th Thursday

Fine and cool showers later? M to go with kids to calebs for lunch, I assemble pieces of last few days and put out big sculptures, do turned worlds,( 3 pieces) bought steel at Martin did small chicken roast for tea, watched last two episodes of good girl, the acolyte and big bang

July 10^th Wednesday

Showery clearing, I finished flyboy then made sausage rolls for em to take Em and M  went to mind kids at Ks then M took em back to melb, I got tablets, picked up booklets from arts centre, got phone battery replaced, shopped, Talked to Phil Henshall at gallery made a pastafor tea with sundried tomatoes  watched big bang good girl and hard quiz and elementary

July 9^th Tuesday

Rainy Belinda did 2 flowers M and em put kitchen back together I did bossy boots  , finished teapot ,started fly boy made zucchini slice for tea, Pilates, em did more cleaning, watched good girls guide, Big bang

July 8^th Monday

Cool and cloudy, The boys wer just peter and he did a bit on pizza oven, I finish cleaning up ballet girl and recycle flywheel and bird stand and started to do small plasmacuts with stripes done, Em and M sealed the floor twice, went out for tea at family hotel watched good girls guide to murder,big bang and spicks and specks

July 7^th Sunday

Fine and mild, worked on girl had to buy more stones, stones and mesh done, reading new val Mcdermid book, Talked to Ingrid in gallery M brings home em from Melbourne fish and chip tea watched good girls guide to murder, Wednesday, st chapelle doco and big bang

July 6^th Saturday

Fine and mild, tidy up gallery shop for gallery opening, Ingrid opening about 30 people, toasted sandwiches for tea watched big bang, Kinks doco, wire in the blood

July 5^th Friday

Cool and cloudy, try to put ballerina together, mostly done, did slow cooker curry for tea, watched good girls guide to murder,,big bang, eddie murphy Axel F

July 4^th Thursday

Mixed day had fire going, added to ballerinas arms, took metal to recycler, aldi shop and coles shop, M helped with getting things to opp shop from K’s ,did spaghetti for tea, watched the acolyte, presumed innocent, hard quiz and big bang

July 3^rd Wednesday

Fine and sunny, no Noel did arm outlines for character and cutout plasmacut covers , One arm welded. Writers group here, tidied gallery and set out tables and chairs for bookgroup,typed film possibles list, finished body of lies, M off taking kids to park,Thai tea here, Film night watched mothers instinct, bit of a unsettling film.

July 2^nd Tuesday

Fine and sunny, Belinda did 2 flowers, I worked on top frame of ballerina, did a small bird and started a teapot, reading body of lies, fishburgers  and springrolls for tea Pilates watched grand designs and big bang

July 1^st Monday

Fine and cool. Painted pieces from yesterday and finished for you, started on legs for bicycle ballerina, the boys worked on chook and pizza oven, did honey garlic chicken for tea and Greek cheese biscuits, M went with K and kids to see pauli and Daphne to go trampolining.did garlic ginger chicken and noodles for tea watched ladies in black spicks and specks Bones and big bang

June Diary

June 30^th Sunday

Showery over the day, finished off hungry hearts and did 4 plasmacut s from sketches off tv last night, combined 3 of them also made most of “courting” and tried to get tv in gallery going, reading bundle of lies, did snitzel and chips and salad for tea M went shopping for milk,

June 29^th Saturday

Cool and showers, helped Ingrid label paintings, started the hungry hearts, shopped in Drouin, fixed chair again, small family visited, uploaded piccys to Ingrid page, chicken parcels for tea, watched 100 coundown classical, wilty, big bang

June 28^th Friday

Fine and sunny, tidied book, updated work done, shopped, get metal, Ingrid to put up exhibition fixed chair in lounge did pizza for tea, watched gene wilder doco, presumed innocent and big bang and geek girl

June 27^th Thursday

Fine and sunny, did a flower wreath and boxing match, Jessie took down exhibition paid jessie, 2 visitors made tuna rissoles and muffins, M picked up kids did tuna rissoles and fried rice for tea watched celine dion doco, big bang and redqueen

June 26^th Wednesday

Fine and sunny after a shower, Kathleen off to wonthaggi so up early for m to get kids ready for school, Noel and craig here working on giraffe, I made 2 flower circles shopped at bunnings for multi tool and aldi, 10 visitors made slice, sausages and mash for tea watched hard quiz, M talked to Dave, watched the acolyte, and big bang

June 25^th Tuesday

Cool and grey Belinda did 2 flowers, I worked on base for off cut flower piece all together and I coat of paint made folded wraps for tea Pilates watched big bang and bones

June 24^th Monday

Cool and clear, the boys worked on sign and pizza oven, I  finish second side of ring start on detail M to pick up kids from school and take mae to gumnuts did risoni chicken and salami for tea, watched criminal minds, the cleaner ladies in black and big bang

June 23^rd   Sunday

Fine and sunny, Julieanne to garden , M to help with dance concert, I start to assemble first side of offcut ring, and get ½ way through second side, Julieanne takes 3 sheets of offcut metal and 2 blue boards,3 visitors including bec van dyk and zoe,  made slow cooker stew for tea watched Eiffel tower doco, wilty and spicks and specks,

June 22^nd Saturday

Fine and sunny, cool at times, did circleframe for offcut pieces cut out most of offcut pieces finished shimmering skies, made sausage rolls for tea watched criminal minds, hard quiz kids  and renovation aust.

June 21^st  Friday

Cool and showery, M to mind theo all day, second coat on engine, did fairy ring and revived battered fairy, shopped Geoff Harrison visited Jessies exhibition did chicken pieces for tea watched wilty Men in Black

June 20^th Thursday

Fine and sunny, worked on engine up to first coat of paint, Peter to deliver offcut steel, made tahini slice, and peanut butter biscuits as well as ravioli tea, watched columbo, red queen

June 19^th Wednesday

Fine and sunny no Noel assembled greta, worked on engine, got gas from warragul and cutoff wheels and turps, saw maes toy expo, home for man to deliver metal, not today did sausages in chutney for tea watched hard quiz, the acolyte, qi, and presumed innocent

June 18^th Tuesday

Fine and sunny, cool too Belinda did 2 flowers, I did another kooka, did grater Scratchi and started sewing machine engine.and shopped in Drouin and got bags of bird seed, 2 visitors, salmon for tea and Pilates.watched grand designs and gruen

June 17^th Monday

Fine day cool at times and sunny, the boys worked on dog on chair and tractor part, I painted dragon and did 2 bases, mowed house block , Adam back, did lasagna for tea watched hard quiz kids, bones and presumed innocent,

June 16^th Sunday

Fine and sunny, wrote up some titles cards , finished off welding dragon and painted, made lasagna and changed slowcooker to patties, patties for tea watched spicks and specks, austin and ladies in Black

June 15^th Saturday

Cool and fine, shopped in drouin, walked dog, printed pieces from yesterday finished mowing sculpture garden, grind edges of big perspective piece and repaint some of the small boxes. Reading shimmering skies, Home made pizza for tea and watched the story of the who and last two episodes of Fallout

June 14th Friday

Cool and foggy, no showers, working more in gallery, cut up fallen tree ,painted small boxes again Rome to mow and move things and update any unclear signs on sculptures, printed writeups for sculptures, had small group from Ns college to look at possible ideas for sculptures,did pasta and chips for tea, watched the fake hit man and columbo

June 13^th Thursday

Cool and fine  M out minding theo Rome worked on his own owl I worked on dragon went to get fuel for mower shopped briefly, 4 visitors including jesse and Russell Lilford did sausages and eggs for tea  watched the acolyte, cats and countdown and presumed innocent

June 12^th Wednesday

Cool but no real showers no noel, M out minding theo Rome did arc welding basics then made a Kookaburra, I assembled handy man and started on dragon, bases for boxes,made one small different owl  Writers group here ,shopped for food, did a chicken pasta slowcooker thing, watched hard quiz cats countdown and gruen and grand designs

June 11^th Tuesday

Showery and cool Rome starts here M out minding theo Belinda did 2 flowers Rome turned spikes for the dragon and a small bowl,I started to make 2 mallee root boxes and tennis girl, did 2 owls shopped for arc welding rods and wire no adam for tea did fish burgers, Pilates bed class, home to watch cats and countdown

June 10^th Monday

Fine and cool started all our shimmering skies ,M out minding theo, worked on joining figure to frame and finished off work on engine, Peter worked in shed alone K brought out the kids and we played with them all late morning and arvo, made tuna potato bake for tea, watched bones

June 9^th Sunday

Cool and showery fined up to a nice sunny but cool day, work on front of figure, all done, finished the hunter by tana French, 12 people visited did slow cooker chicken curry for tea watched spicks and specks, Austin and abba against the odds

June 8^th Saturday

Fine and cool, shopped for gallery opening, helped M tidy gallery Jessies opening at 2.00, about 40 people, Adam did tacos for tea watched the acolyte and die hard 2

June 7^th Friday

fine and cool, julieanne to garden, work on covering back of character all done started on front, did chicken skewers and rice for tea watched the acolyte,cats and countdown and

June 6^th Thursday

Fine and cool, working on perspective piece and engine got character outline done and engine mostly assembled, made 2 sets of biscuits pumpkin lasagna for tea watched grand designs,the cleaner and fallout and adam hills

June 5^th Wednesday

Fine and cool a touch warmer than yesterday, I finished lets give a big hand and started train engine and goat, M off minding Eleanor again, writers group here, cooked spanakopita biscuits and pumpkin Lasagna shopped in Drouin, tea at country club, home to hard quiz and gruen

June 4^th Tuesday

Fine and cool, Belinda did 2 flowers and fixed up smallish spider, I did cow dozer and small flowers, 2 visitors and wayne visited, M off minding Eleanor, Send out email for Jessies exhibition soup for tea and toasted chicken and cheese pilates floor, home to watch treasures of bulgaria

June 3^rd Monday

Cool  showers, Ms car to go in, then to mind Eleanor due to feeling off colour, finished cleaning up big perspective piece, cut out a series of small projects, Jodie Finger for lunch , talked to 4 picked up M did chicken kiev for tea, watched Jim Henson Doco and Bones

June 2^nd Sunday

Mild fine showers at times, shopped in Drouin, worked on other side of perspective piece did small angle cat, reading the hunter Tana French, M took Ralph back to calebs after a few ralph accidents at night, did a few write ups, delivery of wood quiche and chicken skewers for tea watched last 3 episodes of bodkin,

June 1st  Saturday

Cloudy, mild maybe showers, updated website, Jessie painted for a couple of hrs, reading stone town, 4 visitors,  work on other side of perspective big piece, sold goblet, trampoline and another small piece, had pie and folded wraps for tea, watched page 8 movie and cats countdown