The Holiday Hangover....

Let's talk holiday hangovers

a week has passed since we came home from the beach

and I think I may still have a touch of holiday -itis

I am wafting through the days in some sort of daze

partly because every now and again I get a whiff of salt in the air

this whiff may or may not be due to the fact that Sinus insists on dousing all food in salt 

in what I can only think is an all out attempt to harden his arteries

and excite his blood pressure

but whether it is Sinus or that the winter beach is just too hard to let go of

I have to say motivation has been on the scant side

I finished off this page of shells

which is not a shell from the beach but is one that Phantom had handy

and I finally finished off this sketch from  a photo that Mary took on the Fourth of July

it was a task and a half as it has been many many years since I have drawn anything similar

plus I was battling not just a holiday hangover

but also, perhaps, maybe, a little bit of a Fireball induced one

I am such a lightweight when it comes to alcohol it is embarrassing

but hangovers aside, I loved every challenging minute and the many cups of tea it required

I am thinking there may be some more streetscapes in my future

I am not alone in my holiday post holiday malaise though

 Mushu the wonder mutt also appears to be suffering

I keep finding him standing in the middle of the yard/ bed/ garden/ new sofa

nose in the air, sniffing and looking wistful

of course this could be due to the fact that he is girding himself

for the teasing and taunts of the neighbourhood dogs

which are surely accompanying him on his afternoon walks

because before we went up the coast we gave him a reverse poodle

and shaved his legs but left some hair on his body in a nod to the chilly winter winds

he does have a bit of a white hairy potato on toothpicks look about him

which is endlessly hilarious

plus he didn't bring half the beach home every day

So as I contemplate how long it will be before we can head back to the beach

I am painting up some little accordion artwork book things

they are going to come together I am sure

but they are at that scruffy stage

and I hate to leave them in that state for me to face in the morning

so I am going to get back to it

happy painting all...xx