WELL I CAN HONESTLY SAY I'M DONE WITH SNOW !!!!
Ok, Ok, SPRING, WHEREVER YOU ARE . . .YOU CAN GET YA BUTT OUT HERE NOW !!
I'm so fed up of it, I mean i love the snow don't get me wrong. But this amount for this long is really started to wear me down. I miss the warmth, i wanna go out in just a thin jacket and not be layered like an onion in the midst of a deep freeze. I literally feel as if i have become a hedgehog, hibernating til spring, and wondering if it's slept too long and skipped a year ? ?
Oh winge . . . I'l give up now Hahaha. Either that or work out away to become hardier in the weather (since not owning my little horsie friends, i find i have become somewhat of a wimp)
So then what have I done to keep myself busy whilst the freeze outside continues ?
WELL I have been working some more on my Funky illustrations for my book. I am really enjoying these, slowly building them up with memories from my thrills and spills of memorable horsie owning days :)
I must admit however, with all this cold and freezing winds, im sorta enjoying my first winter without breaking water troughs and fiddling with freezing fingers and fly away surcingles . . . at 7 am !
I have also been doing a little in the way of my 'other art' I had a painting i started a while back i wanted to finish, and i really enjoyed the change working on something a little different to horses. This peice was a dream I had . . .Yep My dreams are rather FUNKY too :)
'Quantum Existance' Acrylic on Stretched Canvas 50cm x 60cm
This week My little boy's school had an egg painting competion :) Oh i love a challenge !! So i sketched down some ideas for my egg. I wanted something pretty easy, but unique. So after a play about with the pencil i decided that I would go for a school bus design, and incorporate the school logo in there. I worked til darn late on it, because the acrylic was adiment it was not going to play games and stick to the shell this time Aaaaarrrrggghhh, Then everything seemed to take forever to dry, but i did enjoy the challenge, and here is my Eggy creation :)
I have also been working on my Summer 2013 collection. 2012 collection went down really well and I wanted to continue the theme this summer, which i will create 5 peices on the theme :
' PACKAGE HOLIDAYS '
I have really enjoyed working on these so far, and I have One finished and
One part way there,and another is at the sketch stage.
These are really cheering me up, just thinking of the Summer sunshine on your back, the gentle sound of waves crashing. The smell of sun tan lotion fills the air as your troubles just
drift away with the tide !
Here is a sneek peek at One of the finished peices.
'FGG Water-sports' ~Acrylic on stretched canvas 50cm x 60cm
I also created a couple of other peices of work to spread the word of some worthy causes.
'Red Nose Day'
'World Book Day'
SO THEN WHAT HAVE THE FUNKY GEEGEE'S
BEEN UPTO THEN ? ?
Well the weather has been so cold and dull and some describe it as
UNSEASONABLE DEPRESSING !!
Many of the GeeGee's have been just staying warm in their stables and topping up on their fibre intakes with a haynet ad-lib. Some have braved the cold and enjoyed their time in the snow, looking anywhere they can for any possible signs of the green stuff thats been missing since Autumn !!
BUT THEN . . . .The papers came out, And the whole yard stood silent !! There was VERY VERY BAD NEWS in store for the GeeGee's. In the form of . .. . . .A SPRING GRASS SHORTAGE !!
It was a very silent day of utter dis-belief, So much so that there has been a huuuge reward placed for anyone who can find the spring sunshine to shine upon their paddocks to bring light to the land and let it thrive with sweet green delicious SPRING GRASS !
There has also been some AWFUL Bugs going round the yard, and the tack room stock of vapour rub is slowly running low, Spoilt I'm not sure, but for some reason I have been demanded to fetch hot lemonade's and duvets for all in need of some TLC and plenty cuddles. It's been a demanding and tiring job, but it's worth it when you see them banging on their doors and destroying their water buckets again !!
There has also been some AWFUL Bugs going round the yard, and the tack room stock of vapour rub is slowly running low, Spoilt I'm not sure, but for some reason I have been demanded to fetch hot lemonade's and duvets for all in need of some TLC and plenty cuddles. It's been a demanding and tiring job, but it's worth it when you see them banging on their doors and destroying their water buckets again !!
Well even when life outside seems cold, dull and still . . . .We can still fill our lives with colour and warmth from deep inside our hearts.
I will leave you with that thought, as I go warm my thoughts with some Funky Summer GeeGee's and a hectic busy Airport ! . . . .Watch this space :)
Love ~ Miss Funky x
