The Amalgamation

Saturday 19 January 2008 - 6.07 pm

Sitting at church, in the Kids’ Church room supervising one of my children. I was probably not called to children’s ministry. Other people’s kids scare me…

Can barely hear the sermon over the sound of screaming kids!

Friday 18 January 2008 - 11.57 pm

Reading a book about the End Times. That is, the end of the world as foretold by the prophets and Jesus. Scary stuff, but with a good ending!

10.49 pm - Wed 16 January 2008

Summer holiday observations:

• despite my valiant resolutions I still continue to stay up too late at night
• I receive a bunch of books for Christmas and figure I’ll read them throughout the year. Instead, I read all 20 books in about 2 weeks.
• I promise I’ll finish that manuscript… then waste time watching tv show repeats
• I intend to play with the kids more… but spend too much time on housework

9.57 pm - Monday 14 January 2008

The neighbour’s cat had kittens, and they play in our driveway. They’re so cute.  I love cats… and dogs… and rabbits… and ponies… and cattle… and, well, I like animals. Simple as that - probably why I became a vegetarian (that was back in 1995 … still veg!)

Monday 7 January 2008 - 8.55pm

The disease* has become a prison. I can’t step outside. I hate the sickness so much. I hope there’s a cure.

Having an ok day… Spring cleaning in mid-summer. Better late than never!

~My House~

(these trees become polleny in December [allergenic])

(when this plant flowers I end up lying in emergency ward in hospital)

(these trees are poisonous)

(shed)

*I have serious allergy problems. They’re potentially life threatening and no one knows what causes them.

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A PS - looks like my body’s recovered from most of whatever the problem was. I still have allergy problems but not as severe as before.

This is one of the water soluble pencil paintings I did over the hot New Years season. I can’t explain it. I just draw unicorns, a lot. They are probably my default drawing! One of my dear friends has humorously suggested that perhaps there are tiny, invisible horses on my paper, and I’m just tracing them when I draw.

This was one of a few Christmas-inspired paintings I did late 2007. This illustration represents the journey to Bethlehem undertaken my Joseph and his wife Mary. It was drawn using water soluble pencils and crayons, then painting over them with water and a paintbrush.

Sunday 6 January 2008 - 8.06 pm

My afternoon dream naptime was a bit weird… I dreamt of a land of snow, ice, crazy horsemen, flying horses, murderers, and trees. It’s summer and I live in Australia - there’s no snow in these parts. Why would I dream of snow?!