Friday evening on the coast

Friday is kind of the beginning, rather than the end, of my 'working week' with another Apollo Bay Saturday morning market tomorrow.
The car's packed, and let's hope I get out the door without forgetting my skirts again this week!
I've had to do a u-turn and come right home again the last 2 weeks to get them.

The forecast is looking sensational down here, not too hot, no wind. I hope everybody doesn't head straight off to the beach.
Although, maybe I would!

I'm having a beer and joining in with Wendy again this week.

It seems right to show a favourite print by one of our local artists, Pat Shannon, who you'll also find down at the market most weeks.

I really think she's captured our rugged and rather wild coast in this picture. There's a pair to this one hanging on the other side of our dressing table mirror, but perhaps I'll save that one for another week!

Happy weekend!



On my wall...Ray, no Frankie

Really, I think I've been waiting for an excuse!

Thanks Wendy for giving me one.

My favourite boy (of the four legged kind) perfectly captured by Mischa Merz, a talented friend I used to work with. She was keen to try her hand at painting a greyhound, and I was keen to get a picture!

This amazing girl is a writer, a boxer, and an artist.

Is the sign of a good portrait that the eyes follow you around the room?

These big brown ones do!

Otherwise, on this last day of the year I've been doing a little cooking for dinner with some friends tonight, and waiting for the cool change to arrive.

It's too windy to go to the beach, and too hot to do anything else.

Wherever you are, have a wonderful new year, and thanks for joining me in my adventures this year. It's been a joy to be in this space!

Windswept

Windswept is the title of this little print by Linogirl.

Which is kind of how it's been here today.

Blowing hard from the east.

My neighbour says an easterly is 'good for nothing but putting salt on your windows'!

Anyway, I am hoping that it blows itself out tonight and we wake up to a perfect Spring day tomorrow.

The market here was a washout last week, and the local girls are looking forward to a morning of chatting, drinking a coffee or two, and getting a little bit of sunshine.

There are lots of my crafty friends all getting ready for a market somewhere this weekend - Daylesford Makers Market, Rosebubs Recycled and Retro Market, The Gallery Market, to name a few.

And, if you're in my neck of the woods, come on down to the foreshore and say hello!

A good market weekend to everyone!