For Halloween...
deep in shady hollows
across our land
spiders are madly decorating
30 October 2015
Why not leave a three word impression (poem) or a smiley if you enjoyed your visit? :-D27 October 2015
Tardis Tuesday blue and online musings
Well here I am again! Howdy!
I realised I was once more in blue in time for Tardis Tuesday, so quickly got Mr Actor to snap a couple of quick poses.
Before I get into that, I've gone and done something crazy...I deactivated my Facebook account...da da dah! (Cue spooky music.)
I realised I was spending too much time being sucked down the rabbit holes of other people's making. And then being depressed by their news driven info and the amount of time wasted. I also would put personal information out there when at a low which I would regret later, even though I was careful of my audience.
I resisted leaving for a while because I was in touch with old friends through this medium. But really I would get a sporadic like of a post but no real interaction. So it was spurious contact. I haven't missed the contact that much and hopefully will connect up with friends properly i.e. email, phone or cafe.
I've noticed how I feel more open to my physical friendships and to engaging in longer deeper ways. I also have more head space to engage with my blogger friends.
Online relating is not all equal I've discovered. Most of it is fast paced and tenuous. It feels more substantial than it is. Someone hitting a like button may have never really looked or read the substance within. Things move on quickly and it is easy to miss your target audience.
Whereas Pinterest and blogging are permanent sites you can return to again and again and engage deeply with the content and the people creating it. Blogging also brings out the creative spark where people create original content rather than just sharing the same news around and around.
I enjoy Instagram for its instant visual impact where I post funny pictures of faces I see in things and promote my blog. I like its cross promotion by tags where you can reach anyone. I have made interesting artistic connections this way.
I also use Google+ for connecting to like minded groups, but my personal page gets minimal response.
So FB is my first casualty. It remains to be seen if the others follow!
Alright enough news. Now to the clothes.
So today for your delectation we have an overgrown haircut, with a felted moth eaten vest of Bushy's I cut down (cut the bands off). So warmmmmm!
Under that is my handmade dress/tunic made from Indian fabric courtesy of a friend.
Under that is my silk dressing gown I made into a tunic by sewing the front together...genius!
The top layer has pockets...can you tell? :-D
And under it all are the secret pettipants, with my lovely Black Milk tights and hard working Rockports.
See you at Tardis Tuesday...and Visible Monday...race you....!
Love,
Jazzy Jack
25 October 2015
BeautyScope 260: Mysterious moss
not quite glimpsed
the detail escapes
your view of mossy fairyland
Linking with Wednesday around the world
23 October 2015
BeautyScope 259: Walking into darkness
as a light attracted species
there is something quite terrifying
about walking into darkness
Do you find it so?
20 October 2015
Put on your sunnies, quick!
I have been preoccupied with setting up my homeschooling, and so just pop in and out again to comment. This means I miss your gems if they have scrolled too far in my feed.
I will catch up eventually, I'm sure, but my finishing gene is screaming!
I did manage to make an outfit for a friend and sent it off last week. She received it graciously, but I'm sure she must have been blinded when she opened the package! Here I am modelling it.
It's another Tina Givens pattern but I made the top into a wrap jacket instead.
I think it's the Plinka pants minus the pleats, and the Phoebe top with only one layer.
Made with some secondhand fabrics from thrifting and gifting.
Linking with Patti's Visible Monday because if I'm not visible in this I never will be! Come and see her in her lovely wrap dress.
Much love and keep creating!
Jazzy Jack
16 October 2015
BeautyScope 258: Falling water
water falls
this wild element
controlled by gravity
bestows on us the glory
of rivers, rain and fountains!
12 October 2015
11 October 2015
BeautyScope 256: Make up your mind flower
can't make up your mind
who you are
and who you want to be?
do you feel like this?
8 October 2015
BeautyScope 255: My suitcase
Any travellers out there identify with this?
Linking with Rise and Write from Natalia's Out of the Writer's Closet daily writing prompts.
6 October 2015
Springing up and homeschooling
Well Summer is finally here!...oops! Sorry, Spring! It always comes in with a bang and we wonder how we will cope with Summer if it's this hot already! But it calms down a bit for a while until the main event.
I took this shot mainly for Beate so she could see the shorts on me that I made to her pattern, shown in this post. I actually went for a run this morning! And my heart was fine! Just my legs and breathing to work on. Normal stuff...yay! (And the shorts didn't fall down)
Some additions to the pot garden, mostly succulents stolen donated from my parent's garden, to welcome in Spring...and a much awaited lemon tree!
My geraniums are resprouting at the same time as the Winter pansies are still flowering on the table.
This year's herbs are international. Aussie mint, Italian parsley, and Thai basil!
On the schooling front we have had a change in circumstances. Mr Actor wasn't coping at school, even with my driveway support. He was becoming dangerously skinny and catching every bug in sight. So I've decided to remove him from school under a medical certificate and we are home schooling for now.
We have had such a turn around in energy and activity I know it was the right decision.
He got back on the bike.
Chopped up some wood with Dad's new hatchet.
And due to his challenges star chart being filled, was able to get a new guitar!
Here he is learning to sew a piece of paper...
...look at those straight stitches!
He is a great cook so we had banana and walnut loaf made.
And I scored a cup of tea with chocolate covered walnuts...all invented by him!
Mr Artist has been hard at work playing World of Tanks these holidays, winning battle after battle and climbing the tiers. He now knows more about tanks than I ever knew and our conversations are regularly peppered with tank initials and numbers.
We also had fun inventing a ghost hand shake one day!
So as the day finishes and the golden light shines through my wax mobile, I'll say farewell...
...and leave you with Winter's cute sleeping face! (Taken by Mr Actor)
'Til next time, keep on creating!
Love,
Jazzy Jack
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