Sketchy 131

… a long time between sips at the posting well…

….been having trouble finding a thought to string together…

…my covid was officially “long” on Monday….

…am slowly finding structure between rest stops (every 40 minutes to an hour I have to have a sit down…but whose counting?)…

…and I am more able to make stuff now than I was a couple of weeks ago and can perform 1 physical task a day (plus a 20 minute walk most days)….

…the stuff I’d like to post from where I left off pre-covid feels like it’s losing it’s relevance to the stuff I’m eking out now….

…but….

…y’know….

…for the record like….

….(time for a sit down)….

Sketchy 130

….holy crap…I celebrate 10 years of blogging over the next couple of days….

…’spose I should actually be blogging so I can enjoy the virtual cake and drinkies I’m sure to receive….

…another faux cigar box label to add to your collection….

…your welcome….

Sketchy 129

….from an ancient idea in a previous sketch book…

…based on cigar box seals….

…I think I was gonna make some cigar box guitars and got obsessed with that label patterns….

….or something….

…(apologies for the blurry bits….this sketchbook is warped beyond good scanning from pressing too hard with the pens!)….

Sketchy 128

…it’s been some time…

…just look at the date at the bottom…

…post covid malaise is everything they said it would be….

Sketchy 127

…yep…

…even I’m speechless…

Sketchy 126

….for some reason I now have kiwis with prosthetic wings and pointy teeth in my head….

…and maybe now you do to….

Sketchy 125

…having slowed down on fresh ideas I’ve started trawling thru the previous sketchbook looking for old ideas to throw a fresh coat of sketch on….

…Four Square guy is a staple but has been done to death (should just do the original idea I had and move on!), but I think there’s still some room to move on the national bird….

…(especially now that I’ve added prosthetic wings and pointy teeth)…

…(‘ware the kiwi)….

…(watch the skies)….

Post Hols Photo Heap

…started a few things on holiday…

…a pile of these…(actually one of series of piles)….

…and couple of those…

…got a bit obsessed with “faces” on my palette….

…(they’re looking at me, I swear)….

…Dee came up mid-week and made a poster for her upcoming gig….

…(the one on the left is the one that will be used)…

…(see you there)…

…saw a goat….

…saw it again at night…

…Dee phoned in the sighting….

…(cell phone coverage exists at the water tank)….

…some of the above images are elongated because I may have had the camera switched to vid’ for a day or so after filming this…

,,,bit of a grey day on Friday….

…so we went on our traditional Central Otago charity shop run….

…did rather well…

…as is explained in this short documentary….

….spent the fine days removing bumblebees from the house…

…(…sign says “bug”…but battery died before second shot and didn’t want the wee fellow to be under glass too long)…

….and savoured the fine evenings enjoying the fragrance of the apple blossom…(or is it plum?)….

…all in all a bloody good holiday….

…(did I mention my Pitcairn Island carved flying fish?)…

Blast It All To Hell

…if I’d called the sketchbook dump I posted early this week “A Fistful Of Pages”….

…then this one could have been titled “For  A Few Pages More”….

…curse you hindsight!

I Can’t Believe None Of My Regulars Asked What I Did On My Afternoon Off

….well…

…I took the contents of my curio cabinet…

 

…and I boxed it up…

…and I put it in the other room…

…where it can patiently wait for the decorating to be finished and the re-furb on the new cabinet to be complete…

…and that took aaaages…and was the only thing of note that I got done.

 

…(except for cooking a roast vegetable & chicken pie).