Saturday 25 June 2011

Back from holiday! Lots of news!

Hello everyone! We're back from our holiday! Actually we've been back for a week, but it's taken me this long to get round to updating my blog!

All week I've been thinking that there is so much news and so many photographs to share that this will be one incredibly long post! So I've decided to cut the waffle, give you the news in brief, and put all the holiday photos in a slide show at the end!

So on with the news...

Umm... yeah. I can't remember it all now! Umm... Oh yeah, well, after sleeping for nearly our entire holiday, I got my blood test results and they are all clear. So unfortunately I have nothing that can be cured with a little magic pill.

About the holiday - we slept a lot. It was so quiet and peaceful - exactly what we needed. It rained most days, but we had fabulous weather on the Tuesday so we went to the zoo! It was incredible. The animals are so beautiful. I wish I was allowed to stroke them! I did get to feed an elephant and a giraffe though!

Despite being so tired, I had a crazy idea this week to make 12 animals in 12 months! I was shopping for a diary, and saw a calendar with a different animal picture for each month, and the idea was borne! What this means is, I will have to scrap what I have made of the panda so far, because I will need to keep each animal at a reasonable size to be able to finish each one within a month. Of course, I suppose this also means that it will be 12 months before anything is fired or glazed, so I won't have any finished work for a long time. I'll play it by ear...

And the final piece of news is that I have lost half a stone in weight! Go me!

Now on with the photos...

4 comments:

mona said...

Oooh critter slide show! Cool. I'm envious I've never seen an African Wild Dog in person.

You critter a month plan sounds awesome. Wish I were brave enough to join you in that, but I know myself to well to know that when the art fair season hits a painting a month (even a small one) is not likely.

So looking forward to seeing what you come up with. :)

Undaunted said...

Thanks Mona :) It's a such a shame that you don't feel able to join in, I find your paintings so inspiring. I hope I can do it!

Leanne Pizio said...

Where are you UnD? miss your posts:)

Undaunted said...

Hi Leanne, *waves* thank you! I'll post today!