Wednesday 21 May 2014

Air and Water

'A tail of Air and Water' is now available to the world and not just flying in our staircase.

Many of Thomas's drawings were illustrations for stories he had written or half-written or dreamed of writing. One day I will collate his written work too and see if somehing can be made of it.

Meanwhile Pickle and I have been adventuring in the sunshine. We visited our friends' home and were wowed by the massive stone which stands over their land and the rhodedendron flowers bigger than Pickle' head which smelled of a heady mix of bubblegum and sex. We climbed inside the branches but the scent was overpowering. We scrambled back out, only seconds away from being transported to another realm.


With Pickle's Gappy we explored (and much coveted) outbuildings

 
and in buildings



then ran and ran across green fields of tiny wildflowers and found rare plants and stoat poo and a lightning-struck tree and the upper limits of how much bog mud one dog can wear.


We've had more fun at Forest School



and talked with the ponies and their foals at the end of our road.


We've been out in the warm evenings, listening to our friends make music round fires and on Saturday I dared (just) take us to the art auction for Proper Job. I cannot tell you how scared I was that no-one would bid for my work. It seemed all I heard that week was people saying they couldn't come, or they could but they wouldn't be bidding as they didn't have any money and similar must have reached the organiser's ears because she was making contingency plans for anything which didn't sell. This is some of the work in the preview during the day:


So, we milled about and all hoped to win the original Alan Lee drawing in the raffle and then it was time for the actual auction and guess who was up first? With dignity and an air of confidence in myself and my work, I hid my burning face in Pickle's neck and rocked a little while three wonderful people bid. It was only a very modest ping-pong-ping, but for the first piece of the night it did fine and it has found a very loving home. The woman who made the winning bid kindly contacted me to send this:


and a picture of Tulip Field which she had bought before the auction:


Half-term is coming and I am glad. Pickle and I really need some time to just be together. No adventures planned; no late nights for a bit; just me and my girl bimbling around our garden like the happy, heavy bees.

4 comments:

  1. Oh so glad your painting did well!! I've never been at an auction where my work was on the block and I'm glad, I can imagine how that might feel! Have a wonderful time being heavy bees :)

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  2. Bubblegum and sex, wow, yes - that's exactly it!

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  3. How wonderful. Your adventuring looks great and the look on Pickles little face at Forest School is adorable.Congratulations on your sale...there is no reason at all why you wouldn't have sold that glorious painting. I'm so pleased for you. x

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  4. Thank you ladies. Life is so much lighter with a bevy of cheerleaders :o).

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