I suspect you may not know that October is pituitary awareness month. Pituitary conditions are a rare disease and include cushings, acromegaly, hypopituitarism, diabetes insipidus and prolactinoma. Many are caused by a benign tumour on the pituitary gland, that is situated near the optic nerve and result in lifelong treatment. There is a strong need …
January, February are generally the coldest months in the UK, although so far we’ve gone from freezing nights to spring temperatures! Here in Devon it’s warm enough for Palm trees but it’s best to protect them from frost. So how do you cover them with a tree cover? By tree hugging, be a tree hugger! …
This week I’m doing a happy dance! The pain in my hand has finally gone, disappeared as quickly as it came, all very odd but a big relief. I plan to keep doing posts with pictures though and minimize typing. So here are my dragonflies and dolphin, dancing with me! Colorful Lily Pond with Dragonflies …
Can’t believe it’s a month since I did my last blog post! However I needed a rest after Devon Open studios and had a short break to the beautiful North Devon coast. We were incredibly lucky to have glorious weather with summer temperatures in October! These were taken at Woolacombe. Devon Open Studios wasn’t as …
It’s my Etsy shop anniversary today. Can’t believe it’s been 2 years, although admittedly I didn’t do much with it in the first year! To celebrate I’m offering 20% off until Saturday with code ANNIVERSARY with an extra 5% discount for newsletter subscribers http://eepurl.com/V3IsP I now have cards and bookmarks on Etsy, so if glassware …
A caption competition seemed a good idea at the time but with no entries, it obviously wasn’t 😐 No worries, I will write about bits and bobs instead and hopefully something else will interest or inspire you! First up I wanted to share a wonderful way to deter ants from your house. I’d not had …
Here are the first two photos for the caption competition. Please leave your caption suggestions in comments and at the end of May I’ll set up a vote. There will be prizes 🙂 If you’d like me to feature your art work for this caption competition, please do contact me.
So I’ve made it to the end of my animal alphabet challenge. It’s been good and I’ve discovered quite a few animals I’d not heard of and I hope you’ve enjoyed it too! The letter Z gave me little choice, a zebu or zebra. I’ve only painted a miniature zebra before so had a go …
I’ve discovered Zazzle, an on-line print on demand service, so my penultimate letter Y challenge is a few days later than planned! Zazzle is great because you’re able to add your designs to a variety of products without having to keep stock yourself and zazzle does all the posting too. Customers can also customise items …
I’m almost at the end of my animal alphabet challenge now, can’t believe there are just 3 letters to go and this is my 100th post, wow! Time has flown by this week so I’ve only managed to paint a candle holder for this weeks W. Instead I’ve been busy painting other tealight holders including rabbits, …
