Waving to everyone around the world, from the confines my little room, from where I have barely stirred since our Sunday jaunt, two weeks ago. So much lovely work, so welcome, so necessary, and yet, I am so very, very tired. I'd like to be doing of this...
A whole day in bed with a book is something I haven't done for years.
But then, it is spring -
- and there is gardening to be done. Somehow.
And every day brings the inevitable housework...
...of one kind or another. So I plod on, and try to forget that I've only had two very small holidays in the last ten years. Or else I will be the littlest violin, playing a mournful tune at my own, solitary pity-party...
If only I could drive...vroom vroom! Out of here!
Cats, of course, have the right idea.
I love your pictures - you captured my feeling at the sight of the daffodils poking up through the ground perfectly! Complete with cat in arms:) There is something so decadent about spending a day lost in a book, isn't there? But so much good can come from it. However, I understand the dilemma because all those people wanting your animals is such a compliment. I know I want one desperately ... someday.
ReplyDeleteThese black & white pieces are lovely! :-)
ReplyDeleteI love the illustrations!
ReplyDeleteSpending the whole day in bed with a book-Next rainy Sunday thats what I am going to do!
Love
Lyn
xxx
Lovely! Thank you for sharing these fine pictures. I feel so much more relaxed ... it's late afternoon here ... and I might try to sneak a quick nap.
ReplyDeleteBest wishes. xo
you are gorgeous! I'm glad you have enough work to keep the wolf from the door, and hopefully pay for a delicious summer holiday later
ReplyDeleteYou have made me smile. I just love your pics. Do you have them in colour. I envy you your gift, thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteMargaret
What wonderful little illustrations! I especially like the 'daffodils' one since my daffs are blooming like crazy.
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful post. Lovely illustrations and very uplifting. I think it's time you had a holiday, but then you'd probably spend your time sketching all around you :)
ReplyDeleteTake care
Kim x
My my you've been busy! These are gorgeous! I'm sure if I was making these I'd have cut my hands to ribbons and taken to my bed for a day to read books.;)x
ReplyDeleteYou illustrations are so wonderful.
ReplyDeleteYou need to sit down and have some tea and just look through a magazine. Have some quiet time.
Maybe just do this for 1/2 an hour and you may feel refreshed.
Take good care.
Hugs,
Lovely images,and the last one is my preferred,yes cats have always the right idea
ReplyDeleteJajaja, Gretel, it's a nice way to resume it, and cats are wise, that's true.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, I've just give you an award in my blog. I hope you'll like it!
Your illustrations are just lovely! I'd love to see more. I'm off to find out if you have a gallery of some kind...
ReplyDeleteFound it! Are these b&w pieces also for sale?
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to seeing you out and about again soon! I love your little stories... everything you write has a beginning, middle and end... you are a natural storyteller... I bet even your shopping lists are interesting :-)
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun series! Good luck getting everything done.
ReplyDeleteFantastic stuff. My favourite is the Day in Bed. I love the candle glow effect on the end of the bed, flickering in the dark, and the wax drops and the whole Folk Tales feel to it.
ReplyDeleteAll your drawings have some kind of movement and motion to them. I love that, even the little bird singing on the watering can.
Gosh, I love these illustrations! They practically speak!
ReplyDeleteI got my hands in the dirt today...planting rosemary bushes and candytuft.
And yes, you do need a holiday. Perhaps Scotland. When it turns a bit warmer?
Oh my gosh..these are wonderful. They have brought a huge smile to my day.
ReplyDeleteBest to you.
heeeee heee!! This is brilliant!
ReplyDeleteAre you famous yet?
Why not for bloodys sake? It's a travesty!
Keep at it, your nearly there!
:)
hen
x
Very wonderful! You have a great tallent, and these tell such a cute story.
ReplyDeleteHello Gretel! I was just out for a wee stroll with Tessie and we were waving back at you from top o' our hill, due south easterly direct into your workroom, honest....
ReplyDeleteI almost forgot how much I love your drawing1 These are amazing.
ReplyDeleteDAFFIES! Lovely!
ReplyDeleteThere's a bit of a strange thing I've noticed, living in only a very few places in the world--every place you live in has its own taste, its own scent, indefinable qualities that make it possible to identify within a few seconds of waking up, without opening your eyes, where you are. But the scent of spring has a universal quality--with local grace notes that vary from primroses to cherry blossoms to sagebrush, but still always and identifiably spring.
:)