Catching up...

While I haven't painted every day since I last posted,
I have done something creative each day 

whether it was with brush, pen, hook, or camera.

I spent a few days on the silhouette bonsai project

adding two more layers of paint
and doing some re-shaping.

I'm now finishing off rough edges
where the Burnt Umber slipped over
onto the canvas sides.

After tidying up edges, 

I'll do two coats of varnish 

before it can go to it's new home. 

The full dimensions are 145cm (57") wide by 104cm (41") high.

To check out posts by other AEDM members for Day 19, click HERE.

On Wednesday, I had the pleasure of babysitting 

one of my two gorgeous granddaughters 

while her parents did some gift shopping. 

We had a blast! 

Naturally, we painted
and Mikayla created a masterpiece 

for her Mummy.

Then it was "Simon Says" time with the Wiggles. 

Mikayla is obsessed with the Wiggles!

All this activity just plain wore her out. hehe 

During our painting session, 

I did a quick watercolour sketch too.

Watercolour butterflies in pocket Moleskine watercolour notebook. 

I roughly detailed with a Faber-castell PITT pen.

The past eight days have been very busy 

with what seemed like a gazillion appointments varying between 

doctors, specialists, vets, and meeting with people
from the Aged Care Assessment Team for my Dad.
I'm pleased that I managed to squeeze in any creative stuff in at all.

I'm looking forward to a quiet, relaxing day
where I can just veg out.

We've had severe storms daily for the past seven days, 

One of the storms graced us with TWO INCH hailstones!!

Brad and I were at my parents' house
when one of the hail storms hit.

It sounded like a heavy shower of rocks
was continually pelting the roof.

Luckily we had covered my car with carpet rugs and quilts
or I'm sure it would have sustained some hailstone damage.

Some areas had hail the size of tennis balls 

so I'm glad we escaped that at least.

Of course, poor Cody was extremely stressed.

His body shivers violently non-stop
and he pants like crazy which is a worry
because it can lead to dehydration.
I had a very scary time
once before with Cody and dehydration
due to storm stress.
You can read about that HERE.

In light of the daily storms,
I sought advice from our vet.
As we all know, stress can be damaging to the body,

so the vet prescribed some Xanax (a sedative) for Cody. 

It initially made him very drowsy and clumsy 

which is what it's supposed to do, I guess. 

With last night's storm,
I lowered his dose by half and,
though he was still stressing a bit,
his shivering was much milder.

and he seemed calmer 

without being drowsy and clumsy.
The vet said that his memory of the storm
would be lessened too which appeared true.
Normally, he would fret for a while after a storm,
but he seemed to calm down fairly fast.

A pic of Cody, taken in October, a less stressful month.
Bless his little heart.

I think that catches me up for now.

~ Love, Light and Peace ~