Forgetfulness

Honestly I'm such a typical Gemini, 2 weeks since my last blog? Terrible. My memory is not one of my strongest points

We had lots of interesting moments recently. Last week we had our niece over for the night. She's nearly 4, amazingly she's very quiet but a humbug. For the most part she was good as gold. We took her, my son and the dogs down to our local park for a few hours. We love going as it can take an hour minimum to wander round, it also gives the dogs somewhere different to run. As we've not had Brian long we've not let him off the lead before as I ascertained very quickly after bringing him home he doesn't recall well. He got out several times, honestly he was like Houdini! I spent the morning after my first rugby training session in immense pain made worse having to belt down the road after a ginger streak that wouldn't come back. Thankfully he was caught by a gentleman who owned the dogs he went to play with. It took 3 weeks and 5 escapes for us to work out all the places he was getting out of. About 3 months ago we thought we'd cracked it until a spat of 3 escapes were the gate was being opened. In the end we screwed it closed and have not had another escape since (touch wood) Other than those teething problems he settled in so well. 

So knowing his knack for not returning, it took hubby 15 minutes of badgering and reassuring for me to agree to let him off the lead. Naturally he bolted, it took him a few seconds longer than I thought for him to realise he'd been 'released'. He took off like a made thing across the park, just as I thought I was going to take off after him, he turned and came back. He did this several times, we gave him loads of praise as this was going so much better than I'd hoped. The joy lasted about 20 minutes before he took off after a bird and vanished. It took a terrifying 5 minutes for him to come back. I won't be doing that again for a little while, after having a chat with friends we will be commencing whistle training asap and try again.

I got a lovely picture of him though before he belted

 These are also my 2 other favourite pictures from that day, firstly our niece very interested on what her cousin is up to and her trying to help me walk Brian

 Yep so that had naff all to do with forgetfulness but hey it's a recent post with some good pics

Arts & Past

Decorating this house has been a long oncoming task. We did the lounge, and 2 of the bedrooms when we first moved in. I wanted our son to have a room he liked as he's never had a properly decorated room before. The lounge was a horrendous pink colour, I couldn't face it so we decorated before moving everything in to place. That's as far was we got and we've been here just over 2 years. the kitchen is still lilac, the hallway is still orange and green (yes I know what a combination!) the toilet and bathroom are also lilac. its just awful. 

When I was younger I loved to paint and draw. It's something I haven't done for years due to various reasons. So decorating the house is the perfect excuse. 

I discovered Pinterest a few weeks ago, didn't think it was anything major until ideas about decorating started whizzing around my head. I originally wanted to do an undersea scape in the bathroom but I cant do the range of colours I want in paint that won't be ruined quickly. So I've migrated to the idea of doing a smaller on in the downstairs toilet. I need to make time to start as if I carry on the way I'm going it will never get done.

I remember doing lots of paintings on my walls growing up, my favourite was a cartoon gothic woman, long hair, pouting lips, long leather dress, with long red curtains and candles in the background. I remember being so proud to do that, 

I became very good at roses, shading the petals to give them texture. I always struggled with faces though, to make them look realistic, usually the lips were wrong, or I couldn't get the face into proportion.

I hope painting the house will bring back my love for it, hopefully some of my old talent will follow. The pictures I've pinned will hopefully give enough inspiration. I look forward to seeing the results and sharing them.