Grocery shopping...

Sucks the life force out of me. I can literally feel my brain cells exploding with each inane choice I have to make. Canberra milk or home brand? Poof. New Zealand butter or Australian? Poof another half a million cells gone...

I need extreme counter measures to deal with this. Alcohol worked when I was young but that isn't a good look when you reach a certain age....

Ideally this would involve travel and maybe warmth of any description but as they aren't really an option at the moment (going to visit Mum and Dad in Mulwala doesn't count).

So that leaves creative outlets. Luckily I have started Claudine Helluth's class at Big Picture. Although my supplies haven't all arrived yet, the opening class deals with Gessso transfers, which I have attempted before without success. I am hoping that with the tweeks Claudine has pointed out, I will be able to master this. Fingers crossed. I will share thew results next week.

The Studio is continuing to celebrate the world cup ( I know I promised one last picture, be patient, it is coming...). This week was to be inspired by this little mascot, Zakumi. I took some of the green and gold, as well as his cute animalness and scrapped Meaghan's hands on visit to our zoo, where you get to feed the big cats and the bears. She loved it and wants to volunteer there as soon as she is old enough. At least it is nice and close.



The tour starts tomorrow night so soccer will come a distant second to my lovley bike riders. Unfortunatly they are not quite as, um, presentable, shall we say.. Although Tom Boonen is quite yummy he isn't riding this year. But if I get desperate I may find some sort of filler picture.

Anyway enough of this, what you have been waiting for.






Ok.