Midterm break was rather stressful, as most holiday breaks in our household. I feel tired and generally lacking in any mojo.
Last Sunday we had a quick coffee/bite stop in between grocery shopping. Eddie was taking my photos, and that for someone reason set him off, he kept giggling.
Eddie is good at drawing Marvel characters, but I want him to move onto something else. This was a quick lesson on how to draw an owl. I used a black ink pen and a grey one.
Our county is on the flood alert in many locations. With the amount of rain we had in the last few weeks, it's no surprise to see the Windrush river levels rising up. It's always a worry.
We spent most of our break indoors, as the weather was pretty abysmal, only doing short forays into town for food shopping and to visit the library. Here is Eddie looking wistful at the rain.
We've been watching Agents of Shield season 1 all week, and just finished the last episode yesterday. This was our treat, as we're big fans of Marvel. It's not bad, if you are having withdrawal symptoms, waiting for the next Marvel feature film.
Yay, we thought, a spot of sunshine... but it did start raining later in the day. This was a rather strange triangular-shaped cloud.
We happened to go out quite late on Friday, and it was growing dark when we were returning home. The alley going to the Captain's Mill looked like a setting of some creepy movie.
It used to be part of the famous Witney Blanket production, a handloom weaving establishment. After the Witney Blanket brand ceased to exist, the building was converted into flats.
Yesterday I baked cookies with chocolate chips and walnuts for my guys.
We've had a lot of rain down here all week too, but no flooding luckily. Poor Eddie, gazing out at the rain, as if to say go away, I want to go out ! You are such a talented artist - maybe Eddie has inherited your genes ?! :)
ReplyDeleteThank you, Cheryl! My Mum is a talented artist, while I am not doing much about it. I used to paint/draw a lot years ago, but lost my mojo.
DeleteLovely pictures as always. The picture with Eddie looking out of the window is gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Anca, I like that picture, it captured the mood of the day.
DeleteI did think of you in Witney with all this water. I love that owl drawing, you are very talented. #366
ReplyDeleteThank you, Mary, do you get any flooding your way?
DeleteOur weather has been crazy. That owl drawing is gorgeous, I love it. I do love the photo of Eddie gazing out xx
ReplyDeleteThank you, Susan, the weather is full of surprises, we might even get snow tomorrow, though I hope not.
Deletethat cloud shape is weird indeed, I don't think many areas near rivers, brooks or streams escaped flooding. That's a fab ink drawing, do you sell your art work?
ReplyDeleteThank you, Suzanne, I used to sell my artwork, but not in the recent years, in fact I haven't done any since Eddie was born.
Deletemaybe the cloud is a space ship!!
ReplyDeleteLove the wistful picture.
The water looks way to close to the corner of that building for comfort.
Thank you, Elaine! If the cloud is a space ship, hope I don't have to meet the aliens. :)
DeleteThat owl drawing is amazing. That river looks high. Hope you manage to avoid getting any flooding. The weather has been all over the place over the last week. Glad you managed to get some sunshine here and there. Those cookies look delicious. #project366
ReplyDeleteThe weather has been very unpredictable. So sorry you had a stressful half term.
ReplyDeleteThat owl is amazing! You are very talented and those cookies too! Yum! Yum!
Sorry it was quite a stressful week for you. Lovely photos of Eddie this week and your owl drawing is fantastic! The flooding and the high water are definitely worrying and things really don't seem to be improving. Your cookies look amazing.
ReplyDeleteThe river does look high and I think we are all sick of the rain. I love your owl. Had to have a little google to find out what Witney Blankets were.
ReplyDeleteOh wow that is a stunning owl drawing! Love it!
ReplyDeleteThat river does look very high and would worry me too! We have had a bit of sunshine too but lots more rain and more on the way too!
The cookies look delicious!
That owl drawing is blooming amazing. You are very talented. The floods are awful, we don't have floods but I know it's been bad for so many.
ReplyDeleteAmazing artwork, just wow! We live near a river but thankfully have a railway line between us so hopefully our home isn't at risk. #project366
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