goodbye 2016 it was lovely....

Delayed postings... pretty much covering the last couple of weeks.  2016 is practically gone - For some people it has been a difficult year, some people have lost close friends and family, Iconic and national treasures from the entertainment world have passed away reminding some of us of how old and vulnerable we actually are, but also conjuring up past memories of teenage crushes and adventurous exploits... (the lost car at the Milton Keynes Bowie concert). The political world has been turned upside down even for those who got what they voted for (if anyone actually knows that), but I've been lucky, for me personally it was a good year, we had lots of good trips, Skye, Ireland, Wales, Yorkshire, more Scotland, Peak District... loads of great get togethers with family and friends, college was mostly fun, the Snow dog experience was fab,  I feel we got a moderate amount or sunshine which makes such a difference to life in general so up to the the last three weeks it was ok...

Of course then the car blew up and I got ill with this cold fluey thing everyone got for the whole of christmas - only really surfacing for the first time today - but all that can be resolved and in the grand scheme of world events its pretty inconsequential - unless of course you are me!!!

Christmas was salvaged as I have a great family and even in the adversity of having to vacate your bed for your ailing mama and then my youngest granddaughter having an ear infection we still managed a really nice christmas day - dinner was burnt, but edible, baby screamed but was bribed with chocolate so we could have 20 mins peace to eat dinner, lemsips and gin got me through the day and my lovely 7 year old grandchild survived the disappointment very stoically of not getting a grand piano from Father Christmas (in a back to back house!!!!!). I got great christmas present from everyone including the V&A published 'David Bowie Is Inside' by Victoria Broackes and Geoffrey Marsh which I'm really looking forward to delving into.

A couple of days and we are into 2017 - it will be an interesting year, political turmoil - serious civil unrest, too many unhappy people - we will see what unfolds, it will touch every part of our lives and the consequences will be far reaching for a lot of people - for me personally I am just going to try and embrace what ever comes with an open mind and try not to use up too much negative energy - I'm not bothering with new year resolutions this year - I never managed to master hoola hooping which was last years sorry attempt.. I did draw every day and I have now done two years without a haircut!!!! this now is very evident and its so bad I'm tempted to take shears to it myself but I'll hold off til after the weekend and seek professional assistance.

I've neglected college work over the 'festive period' so I've a lot of catching up to do - working up the screen prints and trying to bring some textural dimension to them - I've been using embroidery and beads which is looking ok but I have decided I want to used a more mixed media background so I'm going to try some collage paper and material work... watch this space,,