The Sneeze House...

I must admit that there is a mild chance that my brain may in fact implode this week

 The dreaded/much anticipated renovation starts for real and for just three messy and noisy weeks my studio will be smack bang in the middle of demolition central

I am not sure how much painting will be tackled, but I am hoping that at least enough to maintain my tenuous hold on my sanity will be possible

 added to this excitement, spring has arrived

 with its seasonal swathe of sneezing and watery eyes

 not to mention the truly awe inspiring sneezes from our neighbor

 you have to admire a sneeze that can be heard through two sets of walls, a huge bloody fence and  across the yard... this sneeze is so epic it stuns me

the only disappointment is it is always a single so it scares the bejeezus out of you and then disappears before your heart beat even looks like returning to normal

sometimes I wish it was a pair, or a triple so I could truly admire the force of them, but I am always mildly stunned from hearing it so I don't get to stop and truly admire its volume

not that I admire it so much that I want to be too close

as I fear such volume may come with flyers... and that is never pleasant

But neighborhood sinus stories aside

and you will note I am blithely ignoring the fact that we are in peak snore season here in our house... I scarily think we may all be quite something to hear and perhaps sneeze house call us snore house... though I doubt we can even touch the volume required... perhaps as the season progresses we may work achieve such heights.. maybe

 Hayfever matters aside, I do love Spring well except for Barry's shenanigans

there is always something isnt there... Mushu used to sneeze on our feet and generally snot us to bits, but Barry seemed to be completely uneffected by seasonal snot so I was hopeful that spring life would be quieter with a cat

unhappily with the return of the warm weather sees a return to Barry sleeping in his self proclaimed cat hammock that is the shade cloth over the pergola

this is a genius spot as he can safely watch all that is going on, happily taunt the poor dog that lives in the sneeze house

and drop bear me like crazy when I go out to hang out the washing... every time he gets me

I swear I will just get used to looking up when I go outside and it will be high summer and he will have retreated in front of the aircon like the smart feline that he is

he got me twice this week

washing dropped on the ground, nerves shot and muttered curses that would make a longshoreman blush

quite frankly I sometimes wonder if my nerves will survive the season

When my sanity is in doubt there is always work to get me through

the blue and white love is continuing

This large lino printed urn is finally done 

and awaiting a frame to hang beside the other one

of course on seeing the two together I am more certain then ever that a third of the same huge proportions is required for them to really look great

so I will be turning my brain to planning another this week

on top of the painting I have been crazily filming and writing and the lino class should be up 

October 1

I am so excited to finally have this class opening and if you want to be kept up to date with it all and get the early access to introductory/ explantory video and information then scroll back up to the top of the page to sign up for the newsletter

I am actually filming and doing it as two classes... one for beginners, and one the next step on, so people can do the one that suits, or bundle both together

it is just such a huge area and if I was teaching it in person I would run it this way, so Lino Printing 101 and Lino Printing 201 will come in to being soon

exciting times ahead

happy painting all...xx