What We've Been Up To...

I am back in the studio and painting again finally

it has taken quite a few days longer than I had planned

partly because I got in and decided to clean out a few drawers

which led to the whole room exploding into a cloud of paper

that coated the floor and made walking in and out a trial in coordination

that proved to be a bit beyond me and led to Phants finding me sitting against the wall

looking faint from lack of tea and chocolate

she had been drawn to my location by the snorting and laughing 

brought on by watching the mutt try to walk out of the room

on a floor that shifted below his paws like a maniacal travelator

the poor little mite face planted three times

though he retained an admirable amount of dignity throughout

other distractions were the heat and humidity

which has meant copious amounts of swimming has been required

plus when the pool proves inaccessible 

due to the sun turning it into a heated spa in the middle of the day 

we also had a new aircon installed and this sucker is insanely powerful

I am still debating as to whether it is a sign that it is cranked too high

if when the mutt walks into its cooling stream

it makes him look like he has his head out the car window

though he looks a touch homeless at the moment as I decided he needed a bit of a trim

due to the heat and as the groomer wasn't available

I had a bash myself... turns out I am not an undiscovered dog grooming legend

unless you like your dogs tufty, in which case I am a genius

so between dog grooming and swims Phants and I have been hanging out in the aircon

or as we like to call it ...The King Family Ice Bar

and like all good bars we have had many a deep and meaningful chat

we have broached heavy topics like 

what would happen if we gave the dog a squirt of nasal spray

and don't panic, we aren't actually planning on doing it

but just imagine his surprise at the intrusion

not to mention filling his mouth with whipped cream out of a can 

when he yawns... that would be genius

though he might just love that one as he has quite a sweet tooth 

one conundrum that went unsolved is why the wonder mutt can go from a dead sleep

to upright and clawing at your legs in two seconds flat

at the mere suggestion of a biscuit or cookie being consumed,

but you can physically lift his ear and call his name down it and he doesn't stir

we tried cracking bikkies in the ice bar

he went from asleep to full alert and at Phant's feet in 1.3 seconds

his time when a biscuit is crunched in the next room

 was only marginally worse at 1.6 seconds

and from down the hall, around the corner and down one flight of stairs

it would appear he actually made time stand still

or perhaps I just forgot to do the timing thingy on the phone

either way it was an impressive time let me say

but all this aside I did get in and finish off a few perfume bottles on my desk today

they are more trial sort of practice ones and will be revisited as both were fun

and on finishing I went through the whole nightmare 

of trying to remember to put 15, not 14 in the signature bit

though it kind of works as some of these were started last year, so the combined squiggles of 14 and 15 over the top is quite appropriate

happy painting all...xx