In My Dreams

 I had a dream last night...no not this design which was a give away under my newsletter last week.

BUT......

A  Santa Sampler

I saw my work in a dream of many santas on a large size panel  all drawn ready to stitch that I did as a favour in a quilt shop I was frequenting.

I went back to shop for ? & saw under a cutting table a drawn out big samplers & thought

"Oh that is nice"

Then I realized these were my santas'

Then I saw 2 more drawn out & I felt cheated as this was not what I had done for one person for other to copy...

So I found the shop owner to nip this in the bud

and said

I really like this I will release it as a pattern myself.....these others that were copied need to be discarded or paid for....

I saw the sampler so strongly in the dream I had the ah ha moment when I woke ....so today is a drawing time.

Each Day begins ...Drawing... painting

 Well Hello again....!

Yesterday I added to the 2 designs I had trialed on the acrylic paper pad & I am hooked ...

 as you might notice on the flourish of ladies I painted yesterday.

These will now transform into project layouts on the www.theodoracleave.com for sale 

The wind is blowing this morning & I need to move the table as the breeze is arriving on my body as I sit here with a door not tightly fitting.... different from last Sunday when the floor vibrated strong under the chair from the washing machine in next door unit.....

I love my little desk I bought from Fantastic Furniture to use for painting.. and cost in a box was $29 then I needed to have it assembled...paid for that also but am so fond of the desk..... as I paint my days away.

I am not at all impressed by the MARCHERS in Sydney & Melbourne yesterday... half have masses of tattoos and that is a needle with ink and are they scared that drops some micro chip into their body..????? to track them. 

What ego who is that interested in them ???? to spend valuable money on tracking their boring life ?

If by chance they become infected by the virus and lose their sense of taste and smell no beer/ scotch will ever be smelt or tasted again.... no spicy foods will ever be smelt or tasted nor the takeaway pizza.... 

Smell & taste are also alerts for our body not to eat or smell things that are really toxic for us....

if they also spread this to their family and they wander to their family over yonder in pure arrogance of society ...maybe a vegemite sandwich will be all they need after a contagious nasty virus.....reaches out for them. 

No one is making it a law for a vaccine to be had but common sense says it is better than what we have now and marching in streets helping to put many more at risk is a bit queer don't you think ? 

 

17 years ago today my mother died

It is 17 years today since my mother died......

 I think back to when I was the only child, the first child,with new parents...!!!

Mothers back then were home makers and unless really bad unusual circumastances never worked outside the family home.

The infrastructure for women and having families was child endownment of 3 pounds how many times a year ??? 3 or 4 or 2

So there in the family federation timber home during the day was me and mum !!!

Many times one was told get outside into fresh air and play....

Or

I could "help" pull the innards from the freshly killed chook from the chook pen ! 

I also aligned the chooks as my friends 

& 

I have never ever eaten poultry !

There were times I was naughty and shut in the bathroom with that heavy door knob I could never open...

I would say LET ME OUT 

"are you going to be good"

NO 

so there I stayed...

We always had this relationship.....

I was raised to be & take responsibility  and so I did.

When things got tough for Mum she confided in me...way too you to be given that responsibility and so it went on.

But I respected her as my mother but rarely asked for guidance because she yelled a lot as I began high school.....

I always felt I never quite measured up, a disappointment & being a girl in the best baby boom I was a bit of a liabilty...

When Mum was dying it was with shock I saw her graciousness....and making it easy for her 3 children 

I also saw what I have worked hard on technique to be agreeable was what Mum was doing in the 5 days she took to exit this world...

It was a sudden departure.

I was grateful I had some great times with her in Melbourne as went places & she never tired.

It was a departure that caused many splits in the family that she just wanted to get along as she lay in that hospital bed going yellower by the day.....

So she had many traits she passed on and probably genetically linked to a daughter.... and often I reflect back on her teachings and way she nurtured thru worry !!!

I laugh now, all for nothing that worry was Ma

You are the only Mother I knew and you are my memory of you in fragments and at times big slabs

But there you lay & I could not quite erase that memory I thought of often of your body decaying in the box under the ground.

   

Weary comes to Mind this morning

As you read my blog

and come back to this collage of my work....... 

You too may just be inspired to take what you have about the house in lockdown....and begin to create some gifts or decoration or gosh what about a quilt !! 

I am thinking of emailing a design of one of these to anyone who wants it from the newsletter I send out , to enrol pop over to www.theodoracleave.com to see where to email me ....sorry it's a bit of a journey LOL

See I now have a project to do after showering, getting dressed and eating breakfast !!!!

Stay about, keep me company, as we travel these ways together but in different directions
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I set out to read the news online

After having a nice inspiring read of Bonnie Christine's amazing sharing book on line ..

Nipping off to Pinterest to bring much joy to soften any day.... immersing myself in Bonnie Christine's design fabrics etc....

&

Off to see what has become of us in this latest outbreak of the virus which began in Sydney from a federal quarantine responsibility and has escaped far and wide because somebody wanted a political stance not a health one.

What a shame, to all who are locked in, 

who lose money 

who lose valuable life hours days weeks etc etc

 People die, 

people flaunt, 

and some just forget others are in this world too.

I am sad and I am angry at this

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So to cheer myself up and maybe you too...

I have loaded 2 collages into pinterest Theodora's Christmas Page...

(One here....below)

To brighten life a little 

with colour,

 with hope, 

with courage, 

with resilience,

 and 

with determination to improve 

our world !!!

 Our Country

 Our  State

Our city

Our towns 

See the Santa all peace and softness in his face

Check the snowman cheeky with a hope written all over it's painted face

Twig Angel to guide us

Inspired by ...

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CHRISTMAS STUFF on my pinterrest page...it is rather long.

I was so so inspired by most I had saved including my own work ( she grins ) 

It lifted my mood incredibly from dismal to I want to do this and that and create.....so my day is ready..

The Painting Pages

The first of the pen sketchs I did while travelling and once I set foor in this destination I began to see how they looked painted....

With Covid19 dancing about Sydney in a semi uncontrolled undisiplined unguided too people the spread has been scarey and serious.

Coming from Victoria where we were educated in lockdowns to be more cautious and to understand shopping in non essential shops was not a good idea....but online shopping was marvelleous.

Now Victoria has another total 5 day lockdown and can I mention here footy.... is there an addiction here ?

 These must haves when so many needy things need to be addressed.. 

Me for one !!!

I am disappointed, disgusted and very sad that the federal goverance is so poor, so so political when people of our country are ignored for the sake of a few prominent people and also the critical undermining ...is that signs of a professional ??? 

Maybe ....maybe we have slipped with attitude and of concern for each fellow human being.

And so I draw.....and paint ...and wait.......!!!

 

Painting Stories

Sea.. Sand.. Seagulls..Sail Boats

 I have had some time to explore the painting smll drawings on water colour paper...

enjoyed it for so many days and it is still so.

I found some small sewn bags this week which I have painted as you see here.

Now I am pondering how to use these images in print material.....

A Favourite story I am working on.....

This one too as it has much meaning .