The Mad Artist

Hi all! Just gotta tell you about the great place I went to today with three of my girlfriends! It was a stunning sundrenched winters day and we all decided to check out the Purple Haze Cafe, Quayle Rd Wandin. Thinking it was something to do with Jimi Hendrix, I drove past the gorgeous winter growth of the Warratina Lavender Farm, thinking what a perfect name for a beautiful place!

The food was fabulous! The service excellent! The music was my era, my vintage and was sublime. We four had a fantastic time and I would highly recommend this cafe to all…

Saturdays from 1-5 they have live music. In July Dutch Tilders (the bluesman himself) will be appearing. Bookings are essential!

Its a truly lovely place - very warm and welcoming.

Phone 59643621 for further info and I’ll look forward to seeing you there!

Well - I finally went and had all my hip length hair cut off!! I donated it to the anti cancer council so they could make wigs for chilluns suffering hairloss from chemotherapy. After having two cuts that I didnt really like, I finally went to Hair in a Hurry outside Safeway in Lilydale. They did a fantastic job at a fantastic price and I am so very happy!!! It is very very short and so easy to look after - I am feeling really good about the way I look in the mirror!!

Hi Nookies - heres another one - I’m feeling a bit down in the dumps and I wrote this one a little while ago after my partner died.

Goodbye

In a cry cracked with grief and pain

I longingly

call your name

knowing you cannot answer me

and never will again.

In the clear quiet light of morning

I look upon your undented pillow

and see the shape of you in clumsy slumber, still

and weep hot tears as my hand passes through

the image my minds eye holds clear and true.

In the chattering rush of children school bound

I hear your unspoken goodbye in the closing of the front door

And catch myself before I answer.

Waiting for your kiss on my wet cheek

I know you have gone from me,forever.

Gone where I cannot follow you all the days of my life -

Love, I will miss you in all the hollowness of my heart

I will hold you in all the aching of my soul

I will mourn you, my husband.

In my dreams you come to say goodbye

but I shall never grow old with you my love,

Never know what twilight shared will ever be, with thee.

You will forever stay young

and I will walk on ahead into my old age

alone.

Hi Nookies, my poetry can be rather dark, but here is my latest

Outside the Rain

I am hiding here, outside the rain,

huddled in my grief, my heart broken with pain.

Long and far from your grace did I fall,

all I ever wanted was for you to love me, thats all.

I’m empty now, my mind is wandering

through bitter years of hopeless wondering,

I tried my best, you believed the worst

I have worn the unwantedness of my birth like a curse.

Is it so very hard to love me for me?

I am your child still, tho mother you have ceased to be.

My love goes unwanted, a barren outpost,

univisited by even a wandering ghost.

In this empty graveyard I call my life,

I wait in vain, your abandonment like a knife

slow twisting in this heart of mine,

shrouded in grief, my fantasies I resign.

No wondrous reunion of mother and daughter,

no sunbright days filled with joy and laughter,

no special bond, no “just we two”,

just love lost, between me and you.

Outside the rain I hide, my heart slow beating,

all the while inside, acid tears run, unceasing,

to pool and spill from eyes worn blind

by the Mills and Boon fantasies that haunt my mind.

How was that wind yesterday? Talk about blow out the cobwebs! It was really nice to see the pollution haze lift from Melbourne and breathe some fresh air. It seems that its catch up time for me at them moment - so many old friends are appearing in my life. It must be the change of the season and the opportunity to move on with life.

I have some small goals this year - my primary aim is to find a new term for the word  “disability”.

I also intend to paint at least 12 pictures and enter the Camberwell Art Show.

What about you? Any goals? Would love to hear about your journey…

The beautiful full moon was a ‘wishing’  moon for Librans this week and I made a big wish!

I have just finished a commissioned mandala involving 2 Pisces and a Taurus - the finished painting is fabulous (of course she says, blowing her own trumpet) and I’m sure the people will absolutely love it. If anyone is interested in mandala art there are many links on the net. I have three showing at the Blue Turtle Cafe at the moment, plus two other fine art pieces.

Am having a little break now before starting on my big project for the year *keeps silent, its a secret LOL* and getting child back into school and focussed.

Would love to chat to other artists in the area - drop me a line!

Have a great weekend

I have a really nice theme in mind and would like to use it. How do I replace the autogenerated one with mine?

Cheers:)