Birdie fun for WOYWW

Here is my desk

 

I have started on Christmas ideas

for cards and I'm reading a book

(well trying anyway)

on colours with paint.

 I'm toying with the idea of Egbert

with a Christmas pud

and if I get some time I'll paint some cards

and send them.

I noticed something on my desk today and 

it made me laugh.

My friend sent me a calendar from England

and I noticed the November page

was a couple skating in the snow.

Somehow it looks a little odd next to my window.

 It's hot and we haven't had any rain to speak of

for ages. The fountain is empty, so is my water tank

and the grass is all but dead.  Then there's 

a picture of these two all dressed up in their winter

woolies!!

I was a silly moo today,

yeah I know, what's new,

but today my silliness was fortuitous.

You see, I forgot my reading glasses

when I went to my painting class

this morning.  I had my distance glasses

but they are so distant that anything

within a few feet is a blur.

Luckily I can plop my distance glasses up on my head

and see something really close with just my eyes

but only for a short time.

I use my reading glasses for anything

that is a few feet or closer.

This can be quite a pain when you need

to move in and out as I have to keep swapping eyes.

I did try the hanging them on a cord around the neck trick

but I almost strangled myself too many times

and even the optometrist said don't bother 

trying to use the graduated glasses

(she knows me well).

Sorry, I digress,

I had to finish my Lorikeet painting today

and it was sweeping colour glaze.

It seems I'm better at this when I can't see a thing

than when I can see.

I remembered to take photos this time,

they are on my phone so apologies

for the bad shots.

 The glaze is still wet and there is a lot of shine

in the photo but the colours

are bright and wonderful in real life.

I've already started on my next one

There's only one lorikeet in this one

but you can see that can't you ;)

That's my desk for this week,

when I get the painting home

I might do a post with photos

of all the stages

if anyone is interested.

No why don't you hop on over to

Julia's Stamping Ground

and see all the other desks

around the world

this hot and dry

Wednesday.