A bit of fun

Not a good one and im not finished but heres what i did before,posed near my beloved trees where the baby bird is residing

 The willy on a fence

Had trim this one back to get it cracking, fert as well, havnt got much to be happy about at moment but these sweet things bring a smile to any sad person

 And the last of the fiery bottlebrush.... just gorgeous

The flowers are so thick

Just a little something

I went to Deeva Muirs workshop ,my effort.... Quandongs , this Im not sure is finished but has a home already,WinsorNewton watercolors,some were part of their Australian bush edition released last year?

Deeva had a wonderful display of her work and the Sturt Peas were fabulous,Im going to see if I can get a pic of more of her work if Im allowed to have camera, I think she was born in Thailand? speaks sevaral languages,and started life as an artist in calligraphy,doing her fellow students home work writing the koran and other muslin books,different in each country from what i could gelan,she was lovely to talk too but I felt was a little shy, she ispart of a very successful aborigine art group at Leonora  I did this workshop as I was bored and although couldnt use my arm much I participated as well I could, I did tell her I had some experience with watercolors but she seemed amused at end of class as she leaned over and asked quietly have you worked in this medium before? well yes... I did the class as I needed so much to be among people who were like me,it was a breath of fresh air, conversation was brilliant,met a couple beautiful people including Faye who in her 70s was slowing down in her ceramics and looking at some thing else in the art field, I loved her work,not finshed but beautiful depite her protests,now I want to see her work 

And another new flower from my messy garden, was sold to me as a butterfly hippie but alas it isnt,beautiful anyway

Still toodling along

so frustrating being one armed let alone being right dominant lol when right is in sling, another week at the most so forgive my  typings,lol
 so miss my arts and craft
 hubby is barely able to keep up with basic work here, he did sweep andf pick up this morning , a blessing, Im not OCD, well dont think i am but i hate mess ,when im tired i can ignore it but when i have no choice ,oh dear it irks me, cant hang wshing, flat to wash teeth....tv is after all this time boring ,though i do look forward to the Block, but i can carefully water my seedlings, will have color this Christmas which will be good as most of boys are going fishing at this stage so it will be a lonely day,  i live for my sons , will have to make sure i keep busy. If we were closer to family back home we could do a day trip....
 however
 despite Dr telling me after surgery pain is horrible, i had virtually none,covered very well by morphine and a truely nasty block given prior surgery knock out, worked a treat if i can frget curling toes and chewed left arm, sleeping in a sling and a hareem of pillows helps..
keeping up with my exercises and am noticing a return of arm,one week from surgery almost no pain in stationary position with a tugging sensation at end of current range that becomes painfull if pushed, the odd ache i get im coverig with paracetamol codeine, targin and surgon prescribed double dose of celexib, not sure about that one as GP woulnt lift my dose before, saying one a day is full dose, see surgeon this week so he can tell me if im on target, early appointment means i will have some to myself and the aweful stress im under at moment should help. Found a wonderful litttle coffee shop ill make sure to visit, i love Perth and after this i cant see me being able to get down for a while. If i get my student card i can go down from here for $80 return on train, Toodyay may be a go next year for a retreat too, i may go anyway if i can share room
anyway on my bush trip today
the shire was working on the local dam, apparently the last flood damaged the back of overflow, dont think it did  much but it remains to be seen if they finish the area as recreational are, looks ugly at moment

op over and done

and the waiting game begins to see if it worked, fellow student came to my resue even though still high or should i say doped by morphine

Im being good and am keeping up exercises though a bit iffy tonight, The pain meds should help. it meaning surgery was straightforward and nothing surprising according to surgeon ,but no guarantee frozen shoulder wont happen
 i do feel trapped however, boys and elder male have no idea of housework, sweep into pile and leave, water plants with hose full on and make mess....will not complian, idea is to get back to functioning person and not stress
Thanks Glenda for morning tea....
poor left shoulder ...please hold together

Finshed bits

I framed them yay!

 Sort of happy, theres sooo much pastel on this ,boughta huge pad of pastel paper and want to do a larger one,got the image ready just need to start

And this is just what I was aiming for, one of an edition that two went east to be displayed in a small private gallery

While I was at it got this oil done too

A scary week coming up ,finally stuff is moving re my shoulder,lovely physio is doing a great job,just need the good Dr Booth to do his thing