mixing it up and paying it forward ...

I am being well and truly zapped by radiation therapy at the moment

Which is having some unexpected consequences

The weirdest being that Mushu the wonder mutt has become suspiciously affectionate

hanging around, licking and sniffing me when I get home from being cooked

I am starting to think I have the whiff of BBQ about me and smell delicious or something

Because he definitely licks his chops an unseemly amount for an hour or two after I get in

I am living in terror of the day Sinus forgets to feed him before going to work

As I am half expecting to wake up and find him attempting to gnaw on poor lefty out of hunger

I have also developed another fixation with mixers

Now I have no idea why I get fixated on certain kitchen gadgets

And my treasured blue kitchen aide has certainly not been getting much use lately

But it started with trying to remember different mixers I have known

As shown on the top page from my sketchbook

It shows the good old rotary beater, and various hand mixers

which I have blown up with scary regularity, plus my blue kitchen aide

and a rather dodgy drawing of my mother's old mixer

My memory may be getting slightly zapped as well if that sketch is anything to go by

It isn't quite right.... Anyway that led to some more sketches of hand mixers

Which I wished I owned because they are available in such gorgeous colours

And an outline which hasn't been touched yet

So yet another unfinished work to add to the list

Perhaps the one in the sketchbook needs to be a different colour

Getting a tad sick of the blue!

Also on the list of slightly unexpected consequences is need to consume vast quantities of chocolate

Well maybe vast is an exaggeration but lots

After a very long 7 months of chocolate tasting like the bottom of a bird cage

It is like nectar on my sore throat which is, in an ironic twist

Now itself feeling like the bottom of a bird cage due to it being thoroughly zapped

In celebration of the chocolates wonderful ness of my days

I also painted up a bit of a mash up of the ridiculously amazing Theo's chocolate

That Marji sent me.... It is seriously amazing

Like the crack of the chocolate world and it had me at that first delicious mouthful

And it has been wonderful training and is getting me into shape chocolate eating wise

In preparation for my favourite celebration of the year.... Easter.... 

Hello bunnies and eggs and maltesers... Of how I have missed you all 

while we are on the subject of Marji... she is having a pay it forward art giveaway on her blog

and I am on the list to receive something from her.... which makes me very excited

and as part of the deal I have to pay it forward as well

so ....

* Pay It Forward Art-making Project for 2014 *

I promise to make a small work of art for the first five people who comment on this post and say "YES, I want in". A 'like' alone is not enough of a commitment, nor is a comment about thinking Pay It Forward is a great idea.

You must in turn post this as your status update and make something for the first five who comment on your status.

The rules are simple:
– It has to be your work, made by you, and the recipient must receive it before 2014 ends.
– It can be anything art-based: a drawing/illustration or a conceptual work of art, a photograph, a knitted item, cross-stitch, paper maché – or anything in between.

I'm paying this forward thanks to Marji Thompson.  Yes, you can be on each other's pay it forward lists.

First five, GO!

PS. It doesn't matter if you aren't an artist, try something out, google/ YouTube how to make stuff, step out of those boundaries.