Princess Bubbles Creates

  This mandala seems rather simple.  Generally, I like them to be more intricate/detailed.  However, it isn't a large mandala so it will likely go on a journal page with quite a few more mandalas.  That should help me to like it better.

 Hmm, I am not quite sure how the top blue and peach flower ended up in the finished pile.  It needs more work.  It is interesting how something can look finished to me and then later on it glaringly doesn't.  I am gaining quite the collection of these flowers.  They are so much fun to create. I am thinking about printing some of the photos of these flowers.  I think it would be fun to use the paper copies in collages.  I recently learned that the artist David Hockney created a bouquet of flowers in art every day.  He then sent photos of them to friends so they could have fresh flowers every day!  What a lovely thing to do. I would like to do something similar.  Not sure that I could make it happen every day, though. I am linking to https://kathysquilts.blogspot.com/

LeeAnna  has asked fave childhood halloween candy? I liked Rockets.  Sour or tart candy has always been preferred over sweet.  I guess I have never had a sweet tooth.  It is easy for me to say no to sweets, as I find they just aren't worth the calories.  Now, savoury and crunchy are a different story! I love a warm autumn!  It is already 20 degrees!  It seems like a good day to take some stitching outside.  If the leaves were off our tree, I would rake them today.  There is still a lot of good colour in the neighbourhood.

  Saturday, I hosted an art day with some family.  Six of us played with clay and made these dragon eyes.  Mine is the green one in the top photo.  Everyone did a fantastic job!  My granddaughter made the white one.  I am so blessed to have nieces who want to come and play.  One has a daughter who will be a teenager next year.  She still wants to come.  I wonder how long that will last.   Everyone pitched in with some snacks.  I made a big pot of chili.  There was talking, laughing, art-making, and eating.  What a great day!

LeeAnna  has asked What’s your favorite holiday food item that you look forward to enjoying every year? It is rather hard to pick a favourite!  I love a good turkey dinner with all the fixings.  I love having a more relaxed dinner where I put out loads of finger foods.  I count myself very blessed to have so much wonderful food to enjoy. I also count myself blessed to have had such a lovely holiday with my hubby.  He is pointing to the peak that we hiked to on Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh.  There is another higher peak but this one was challenging enough.  The trail had turned into a waterway from the previous night's rain.  I did not have the proper footwear for that.  I am so grateful that we are able-bodied enough to still do this sort of thing! A local church offers free noon concerts once a week.  A friend and I went yesterday and enjoyed it immensely.  What a treat to listen to such talented musicians!  We are hoping to att...

 I have been having a lot of fun playing with collage.  A group of us have been getting together once a month to play in the collage world.  The last time we were together, we focused on black and white.  I brought home my scraps and created this.   I think the two flowers on the right are interesting.  The one on the right is a bit off.  I am not sure how to fix it, so I will leave it for now.