tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56034201074734215692024-03-18T07:32:29.260+00:00Mikey's MomRos Crawfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02496399533122068299noreply@blogger.comBlogger2121125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5603420107473421569.post-57992489246617135072024-02-19T15:45:00.001+00:002024-02-19T15:45:14.700+00:00As Promised<p style="text-align: center;"> Hello there friends...</p><div style="text-align: center;">As promised I do have some paintings to share, mostly abstract ones today with a seascape thrown in.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Did I tell you that my camera broke? Well it did so I used my phone for these and I apologise for the blur in some of them but my hands are not at all steady.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Anyway here we go, random paint and when dry I add the little features</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHHo8ZYXmO3MAMwIg2N5DtkPUTSHIo_-cEzgpJcAPm9aInUXtIdZyTqiZVPrToXOAIVyXtOc1kr6jIlOR73kD8tbglPYDaJcrr_jPFAs-TSsIQQZ5Ff5Oo-4-DIZRBhjVpEJetE27vYxglDdA4x1OB6tGyOjyQPa_3uc0TbE67-A5a-4yTnaC4xv15/s2087/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2087" data-original-width="1513" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHHo8ZYXmO3MAMwIg2N5DtkPUTSHIo_-cEzgpJcAPm9aInUXtIdZyTqiZVPrToXOAIVyXtOc1kr6jIlOR73kD8tbglPYDaJcrr_jPFAs-TSsIQQZ5Ff5Oo-4-DIZRBhjVpEJetE27vYxglDdA4x1OB6tGyOjyQPa_3uc0TbE67-A5a-4yTnaC4xv15/w464-h640/3.jpg" width="464" /></a></div><br /><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1172" data-original-width="1473" height="510" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr1ggUqH3MRS6C1gPTd7o1ZROB1ftOiCPxt5ToLUy_SZ3ehMtc_LXadOuOoJgWM_spUHgW6NfC8O5zR9As9kTtJFi3gkJYJS3t7W5isLOyJ8NtqAcKGgfSUJlwG078oTOf4V9dsKU63W5FV0y7Mm5pkOWTFhhA5RF2Noi56d6fdIflaoWwEs8_dlVP/w640-h510/2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">I haven't added sentiments as yet, took me awhile to make these into cards. I hope you enjoy them.</p><p style="text-align: center;">On another note I finally have a couple of appointments for breathing tests which I have to undergo before I see the specialist. I'm doing okay and fingers crossed that the fibrosis doesn't spread. Hubby is also doing well after his collapse, he was a bit low for a few days but is now back to his usual self.</p><p style="text-align: center;">I hope you are all doing well, till next time...</p><p style="text-align: center;">~ Ros ~<br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> <br /></div>Ros Crawfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02496399533122068299noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5603420107473421569.post-66687544435836005922024-02-14T10:44:00.000+00:002024-02-14T10:44:06.957+00:00Happy Valentine's and Hello<p style="text-align: center;"> Hello there friends</p><p style="text-align: center;">I know it's been such a long time since I posted and I don't yet have anything photographed to share but I'm working on that.</p><p style="text-align: center;">It's been as hectic as ever with appointments and I had carpal tunnel surgery in January </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhujSr3czHoA2fIIT5BRl9lJR8Vj18KqHjZAoIsyO5sQTU_0Zb-B3D2N3KhKs0Dqw4T_voEiV9MtS-XgGD7qLDRvQJteriN3WI0y38OOQiN7rE2fGnDX9DndO75nOt5Oa5RkGiv5E8xmZPdW4tDKMfbFUjufUhFl3fxqNnTvSx4Pz1mB1lRxZqgBx_a/s2679/Untitled%203.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1743" data-original-width="2679" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhujSr3czHoA2fIIT5BRl9lJR8Vj18KqHjZAoIsyO5sQTU_0Zb-B3D2N3KhKs0Dqw4T_voEiV9MtS-XgGD7qLDRvQJteriN3WI0y38OOQiN7rE2fGnDX9DndO75nOt5Oa5RkGiv5E8xmZPdW4tDKMfbFUjufUhFl3fxqNnTvSx4Pz1mB1lRxZqgBx_a/s320/Untitled%203.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Whilst it can't eleviate the nerve pain in my hand, it has saved me losing the use of it totally. So that left me out of action for awhile.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I am still receiving draining for the seromas since the mastectomy operation and I have been diagnosed with lung fibrosis from the radiotherapy I received so I am waiting to see a lung specialist but quite frankly it has changed my life.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I can no longer go to my exercise class and the simple things leave me breathless but I'm accepting the things I cannot change and still doing what I can including painting and sewing.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We've lost a few friends this year and yesterday we attended the funeral of a really lovely guy but there were so many people at the crematorium that we had to stand until someone gave me their seat. Unfortunately my husband became dizzy so we went out to the foyer where he collapsed. It was dreadful and I was so grateful to the people that came to help including the undertaker from the next funeral waiting to come in. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">He is fine now, and it's one of those things that can happen to him if he stands for too long - He is tall and the blood struggles to pump to his brain then he ends up fainting. It hasn't happened in a long while but this time I thought I was losing him and in the crematorium of all places with funerals arriving and unable to proceed. Somewhere there is humour in it all...<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I really hope to get back to blogging more often but for now I will leave you with this </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpMScLOaLd35F_b_R4jfYcEIF6ttr-614hf18Vd2077wFkSZPfQy5UweJn1wQK08zB45g_hp86kix1Phyphenhyphenv8Ch7GWkoHl_-VUXdaMRDuj_5iqdW8QoEuIppB21dqWrYtJ3YC_mWiQQHqjk2vO40yAehIZ-IjDJVglrAKFZ9EGYm5pGJAX6HTvA0bH7l/s784/jpg.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="784" data-original-width="576" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpMScLOaLd35F_b_R4jfYcEIF6ttr-614hf18Vd2077wFkSZPfQy5UweJn1wQK08zB45g_hp86kix1Phyphenhyphenv8Ch7GWkoHl_-VUXdaMRDuj_5iqdW8QoEuIppB21dqWrYtJ3YC_mWiQQHqjk2vO40yAehIZ-IjDJVglrAKFZ9EGYm5pGJAX6HTvA0bH7l/w470-h640/jpg.jpeg" width="470" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">~ Ros ~<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Ros Crawfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02496399533122068299noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5603420107473421569.post-14432031281333539702023-12-04T04:57:00.000+00:002023-12-04T04:57:02.315+00:00Christmas 2023<p style="text-align: center;"> Hello again...</p><p style="text-align: center;">I managed to get a few cards photographed, though not great shots...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Oh and there is a lot of sparkle but I couldn't pick that up<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Hope you like them</p><p style="text-align: center;">~ Ros ~<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Ros Crawfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02496399533122068299noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5603420107473421569.post-49962320161042120552023-12-01T09:42:00.000+00:002023-12-01T09:42:27.689+00:00Happy December and Another Update<p style="text-align: center;"> Good morning dear friends...</p><p style="text-align: center;">I wanted to pop in to say hello and to thank you so much for the amazing support I have received from you during what has been a very difficult year.</p><p style="text-align: center;">I may not blog much much it doesn't mean that I am not thinking of you nor am I unaware of how many of you have sent cards, emails, gifts and prayers for me and I hope you know how much that has helped on the darkest days, especially when I know you all have your own lives and troublesome times.<br /></p><div style="text-align: center;">I woud very much like to say that I am moving forward and putting everything behind me but it would appear that life has other plans for me and this dreadful 'thing' just won't let me go. According to the all the blurb that you read, I am one of the "rare cases" that experience late effects to the cancer treatment, namely the radiotherapy and now it has has an adverse affect on my lung leaving me breathless and once again having to change my lifestyle. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I had been experiencing a number of things that didn't seem quite right and so I have been in and out of hospitals, with all manner of scans, bloods, meds etc. and my poor brain is fogged by it all, I'm just glad I pushed the issue with the doctors as nobody warned me of what could come.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I have made Christmas cards and they will be posted out to you and should I be able to do some photographing I will share more paintings for you. You know that creating be it with fabric or paint is my release but I have to take these meds right now and they even affect my eyesight as well as my brain so we'll see.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Next week I am back with the oncologist and hopefully I will have some answers and of course my hope is that I will recover eventually and everything I have endured this year, not just physical but emotionally will not have all been for nothing. I am or was scheduled for more surgery on my scars in January and I am still receiving draining and I probably know more about the whys and wherefores of breast cancer that I ever wanted but such is life.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Be safe my friends and I will be thinking of you</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Hugs and love</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">~ Ros ~ <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Ros Crawfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02496399533122068299noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5603420107473421569.post-39203007903127215342023-09-11T12:42:00.001+01:002023-09-11T12:42:54.345+01:00Just a Few<p style="text-align: center;"> Hello friends...</p><div style="text-align: center;">I'm getting slightly fed up...I had hoped to be going back to my class today and seeing old friends, but it isn't happening...sigh</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">For the past couple of weeks the radiation burns have really been painful despite the products I am applying. I look like I fell on a barbecue and feel like it too. I can cope with the joint pains, the mouth ulcers and the hot flushes etc., All part and parcel of the treatment and drugs but with the high temperatures we've experienced this past week I feel exhausted and yeah, a little sorry for myself today...sorry.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Anyway, just ignore my moaning - I have a few cards to share with you which will be crossing the pond.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">This first one was for a friend here in the UK who needed a little pick me up<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguyiJDWGO1Ml3PQE2CRyLn2bVANxRhBuBBYRsFBvunP4f3HiCV0_n7O4RgZtenOMIsB8C0M-e7Q7Aa87mKLfmp-8wExjvZ4i8guB28UETOm-LtnG6dPcf5Y4L5imMXGI-Gvcfn_zWukxlrTrtPgdy_EwqrL6yLvNX_nwmDfzM6yrkqLC9dAd23q2On/s2192/57.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2331" data-original-width="1757" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg50xMVdCcE2E8nmPykgp3SxU74zEBSO06CHCG1kSBORXAok-vqkqO5qCdxEM7rHz2XTNa-7KxUf2rETMsEt0nq-jf9IQx7KFyOwnEe23lt7aUWYQqzOl7T76lB2Y4esC3GiptuEz4-KjtIU1rHKxqbtsx6E2uyNvc-JeKuUw1wH8bxAG8rdaeOYntS/w482-h640/59.jpg" width="482" /></a></div><br /> </div><div style="text-align: center;">You can see in a few of these that I am still using my stamps, stencils and embossing powder occasionally,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and I have gone back to using cardstock to paint on lately. The sea quotes are stamps from Inkylicious.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Actually, I got to go on a ship recently... We didn't sail anywhere, my husband had booked a day out for us to view the ship Ambition at our Liverpool Cruise Terminal and enjoy a beautiful lunch - It did cheer me up, even though I had a meltdown the night before thinking I wouldn't be able to make it. I'm so glad I did.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTv5TU-0nwJNgWSCXF26dR84z5Q0nsKZGTYcUgj2PrnfEMvQtwcdJPwDsgnsMA3hGzyH5I3BryUlQj8lMkdjdY7dRC12uUK1PXcUwYf7MIh-G2rTZknx1_AN8hLuG6hBxhFXDgEMjfwFZnufc0E4NulQ5igK1KBp8MBu9QuuI03yAvCUzQXG_O7JRu/s1600/59e420f4-cc35-4dc6-bbb9-b74d24dd0f72.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="900" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTv5TU-0nwJNgWSCXF26dR84z5Q0nsKZGTYcUgj2PrnfEMvQtwcdJPwDsgnsMA3hGzyH5I3BryUlQj8lMkdjdY7dRC12uUK1PXcUwYf7MIh-G2rTZknx1_AN8hLuG6hBxhFXDgEMjfwFZnufc0E4NulQ5igK1KBp8MBu9QuuI03yAvCUzQXG_O7JRu/w360-h640/59e420f4-cc35-4dc6-bbb9-b74d24dd0f72.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYxQ0lLzuEyD4kIaK8Qu7xKcYuKpPn82cmlUphtO50wNoCt5EHev98Np-YjbtaIi0oDlBaNlhmtg1EvDHQsanSz1wwkbaY4H_awFuyV0RcKurcsAMn5T3PhhHNcE-jwG2s2Rxbke15A20fLdmxhaRSUZZdwSffPijlCDHeF3TiwzPkc9ROBpMN4Sf_/s1547/28482e0d-fe5b-47c3-8be5-169c5879a60d.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1547" data-original-width="870" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYxQ0lLzuEyD4kIaK8Qu7xKcYuKpPn82cmlUphtO50wNoCt5EHev98Np-YjbtaIi0oDlBaNlhmtg1EvDHQsanSz1wwkbaY4H_awFuyV0RcKurcsAMn5T3PhhHNcE-jwG2s2Rxbke15A20fLdmxhaRSUZZdwSffPijlCDHeF3TiwzPkc9ROBpMN4Sf_/w360-h640/28482e0d-fe5b-47c3-8be5-169c5879a60d.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">Be safe my friends and enjoy the wonderful season of Autumn</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">~ Ros ~<br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Ros Crawfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02496399533122068299noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5603420107473421569.post-66544328637049503652023-08-24T11:39:00.001+01:002023-08-24T11:39:07.201+01:00Another Two Months ...<p style="text-align: center;">Hello and good morning</p><p style="text-align: center;">Well it's just a short post to update you and to once again thank you for yet more cards received.</p><div style="text-align: center;">I finally finished my 3 week course of radiotherapy last week...YAY!!</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm feeling okay but as to be expected, I tire easily. I have been told to expect the worse of the symptoms to affect me 10 - 14 days after treatment but I'm staying optimistic. Come Christmas I should be well on the way to being back to 'me' and putting this past year behind me.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I've still kept busy when I can though I don't have any paintings to share with you just now as painting has taken a back seat for awhile but I do have a photo of me leaving radiotherapy behind, with Mikey and a dear friend who has been with me every step of the way...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLvQalp0eMJx6OiNkm_8OtZEIM7s32FNqKvc67-U7S6W5QGGXQ2lxZdi19CVfe1Bi85djdWxXfRWoTtpWqxpIjLQlkOYEbpUpLOUjEubg-Z77s2oj3UDXYI16xOblKfXH68EplZOscQh65knVoYvtO-OTtDh2VJ_POMiSTrTJpKfTOkpzmziEBnSjF/s1442/Untitled%203.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1442" data-original-width="881" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLvQalp0eMJx6OiNkm_8OtZEIM7s32FNqKvc67-U7S6W5QGGXQ2lxZdi19CVfe1Bi85djdWxXfRWoTtpWqxpIjLQlkOYEbpUpLOUjEubg-Z77s2oj3UDXYI16xOblKfXH68EplZOscQh65knVoYvtO-OTtDh2VJ_POMiSTrTJpKfTOkpzmziEBnSjF/w245-h400/Untitled%203.jpg" width="245" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm sending hugs and love and grateful thanks for sticking with me.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">~ Ros ~<br /></div>Ros Crawfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02496399533122068299noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5603420107473421569.post-90524294796613185722023-06-21T12:30:00.002+01:002023-06-21T12:30:47.510+01:00Two Months Later....<p style="text-align: center;">Good morning friends</p><div style="text-align: center;">First of all I want to say a huge thank you for all the cards, messages, prayers and well wishes I have been delighted to have received. I am overwhelmed with your kindness and caring thoughts. I wished I could write to each of you personally but this will have to suffice for now.<br /></div><p style="text-align: center;">Cancer is a lonely road with friends and family all having to stay on the sidelines urging you on and I have the best- Yesterday I got the best news ever... I beat it! In all the weeks I have been seeing my consultant, this was the first time the news was good and it couldn't have been better.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">My blog has always been my journal .. I've never been afraid to share the good the bad and the ugly and who knows, maybe someone reads something that they can relate to and it helps.<br /></p><div style="text-align: center;">So these past 2 months have been very rough and my journey is far from over having had to undergo a double mastectomy and node removal but I can see a light at the end of a dark tunnel. The NHS have been incredible and I am forever in their debt. </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">On the 26th May I underwent surgery and came home later that evening with nothing more than a packet of paracetomol... I know a lot of people gasped at that. There is nothing like your own home, so I was very happy to climb into my own bed. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Everything went well with the surgery but I have been plagued with painful seromas so I go back 2/3 times a week whenever I feel the need and they drain me. Once these have subsided I will start a course of radiotherapy, 5 days a week for 3 weeks as a preventative measure and I will stay on the hormone tablets for at least 5 years... Even saying that sounds good. The healing will take a long while and I have to be patient but at least I have something a little stronger than paracetomol to help me.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I have still managed to do some sewing and painting, though I didn't get to photograph them but I did find 2 that you hadn't seen</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0x7btP-bt5GSmC5tB3aR2hpPOlOzqQveNdBGjFkMBPNIUmkzWaogmB7MGQDoJhqydtojWrimjyJt3ZRFj2Fbnj1prWjzG63-0GcJfvtG8fk1oUrV5xza3It41FPhI0eaysnw36vrrZy5s2BvjF4SZzUHCYHxy9Bv-X2OoIwmIq0t9snPq6OGcNGUF/s2003/pc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2003" data-original-width="1703" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0x7btP-bt5GSmC5tB3aR2hpPOlOzqQveNdBGjFkMBPNIUmkzWaogmB7MGQDoJhqydtojWrimjyJt3ZRFj2Fbnj1prWjzG63-0GcJfvtG8fk1oUrV5xza3It41FPhI0eaysnw36vrrZy5s2BvjF4SZzUHCYHxy9Bv-X2OoIwmIq0t9snPq6OGcNGUF/w544-h640/pc.jpg" width="544" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">This was for our Cornish cousins and they loved it<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin2Jyl_0oC-UunfH7tzZAFnWfd4RMIiWKURw286uWUpAVwp4bUvnwgqFj_aj9Zhf3Lm0ErTCW7n6onx_ATWB-uKvn2wyVUFTG4ee_OKNzXl_VROqzTokD4kTUDqM1kYK6NX4guZLqPaRmbezHbWjEA32g103RJYqa1rSunXTFuRmsVic2cBiz4kROr/s2632/jnt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2632" data-original-width="1867" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin2Jyl_0oC-UunfH7tzZAFnWfd4RMIiWKURw286uWUpAVwp4bUvnwgqFj_aj9Zhf3Lm0ErTCW7n6onx_ATWB-uKvn2wyVUFTG4ee_OKNzXl_VROqzTokD4kTUDqM1kYK6NX4guZLqPaRmbezHbWjEA32g103RJYqa1rSunXTFuRmsVic2cBiz4kROr/w454-h640/jnt.jpg" width="454" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">And this was for a friend of a friend who also had to have an operation.</p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;">We are enjoying a lovely summer here which is always a bonus.</p><div style="text-align: center;">I hope you are all well and life is being kind to you.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> I'm not sure when I will drop by again, but till then I send my love and thanks<br /></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">~ Ros ~<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"> <br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Ros Crawfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02496399533122068299noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5603420107473421569.post-77768151873203717852023-04-21T13:58:00.001+01:002023-04-21T13:58:32.593+01:00Painted Minitures<p style="text-align: center;"> Hello friends...</p><p style="text-align: center;">First of all, thank you so much for your wishes, cyber hugs, prayers and the lovely cards I've received since my last post, I am so very grateful to have such amazing support.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">It's been a whirlwind of hospital appointments and next week 2 more visits for more biopsies and scans. There's been so much to take in and come to terms with (and a few melt downs) but in between I find a little time to visit my colourful world of paint - even if they are just minitures. But I like that I can turn them into cards... I hope you enjoy seeing them</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqpyFTyEViMCAAiFsKKlxRPCN4SVZc4QPlBL_Ij2x3UGBFrQrUgGw-zia7K3CZ9a7OEHNftWDbRSCc5frjUrJa-gRMvM2mNLyxstXcK4n5d9CJwrtcaIJHzHoGrS0vwX7KODKHeTC9WX0Mb2yZUHhWmypmjz5QFPnrzPYb5vA2ntpHT0q39scKAg/s2983/50.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2983" data-original-width="2473" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqpyFTyEViMCAAiFsKKlxRPCN4SVZc4QPlBL_Ij2x3UGBFrQrUgGw-zia7K3CZ9a7OEHNftWDbRSCc5frjUrJa-gRMvM2mNLyxstXcK4n5d9CJwrtcaIJHzHoGrS0vwX7KODKHeTC9WX0Mb2yZUHhWmypmjz5QFPnrzPYb5vA2ntpHT0q39scKAg/w530-h640/50.jpg" width="530" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMK-XyrQeTnM2qX3nM4pDGberkRAt-j8nGFs0cilC8u7bvBmtssmaWyGvJnJhHNIUQo9fKtHaRP0Qj33qqE-rEwdYaw09mI7qYWUVMHdwVr43kBmy9F3S2L6johTisiZ27VUBf1GE_kqV3AjLSrcYNEzgDBIpaV7dd4J2e2bGfGijhSKvVAH02DQ/s2481/43.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1273" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLw1IrEQOL_jzDqFXcdgYb5pLV9uv8nfNOTaEWrqeIvcAPH5pXF8AT3XOixyAOqH-84XEeL7R0mSCoa-n1d15nFTPtLvhgcHi7IuDhqqHad_sHvvPrXkoTcbJLoMDgrXF31wZZVrkeotCD10mtn-rw_gUepCe-bL9jAS8bOo1s3c0uKJJkv_kavA/w604-h640/49.jpeg" width="604" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">I only wish that the weather here was as colourful</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Have a great day</p><p style="text-align: center;">~ Ros ~<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Ros Crawfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02496399533122068299noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5603420107473421569.post-67225974496140603212023-04-04T14:06:00.002+01:002023-04-04T14:06:48.253+01:00It's me...<p style="text-align: center;"> Hello...</p><p style="text-align: center;">I hope this finds you well and enjoying the start of Spring.</p><p style="text-align: center;">So lots has happened since I last posted - Yes we got a 4 day break in Majorca and the weather was fabulous and we really enjoyed it</p><p style="text-align: center;">This was taken after a long day walking around Palma <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Zu78gat42GP-urT4Wigk7W86jMeUZ2uphS5g2fwna9AR2Ow1P9S9jSdAtCylt3nQCaU8L1U75DioTzPD5O5wlvoqxCMQu3V6NgQ4zZtxgtknoqoCwVxWrC8R0Ib2_yYLYxuJklurITA0M1hL8fi8oShsbTtEJ77Dn13lt3xLT6KYSrkVISx5Zg/s1489/original_3f396b9a-40df-43d6-8943-98ebc57bf06e_IMG_20230316_160128622_HDR~2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1489" data-original-width="1379" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Zu78gat42GP-urT4Wigk7W86jMeUZ2uphS5g2fwna9AR2Ow1P9S9jSdAtCylt3nQCaU8L1U75DioTzPD5O5wlvoqxCMQu3V6NgQ4zZtxgtknoqoCwVxWrC8R0Ib2_yYLYxuJklurITA0M1hL8fi8oShsbTtEJ77Dn13lt3xLT6KYSrkVISx5Zg/w370-h400/original_3f396b9a-40df-43d6-8943-98ebc57bf06e_IMG_20230316_160128622_HDR~2.jpg" width="370" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">We did a lot of walking in sunshine whilst the UK had nothing but rain.</p><p style="text-align: center;">I've also been painting ...A lot! Not everything turns out well but it takes me to a good place and if you read on you will understand</p><div style="text-align: center;">Yesterday I was diagnosed with breast cancer...</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Yep, someone decided I didn't have enough to deal with but at least I now know - It has been the waiting, the not knowing that has been hard to deal with. Having time away was a welcome distraction.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I had to undergo quite a lot of biopsies, scan etc, and yesterday another MRI but I've been lucky... Crazy you may think but the prognosis is good thus far and hopefully the MRI won't change that. Next week I will know for sure and be scheduled for surgery with a further treatment plan.</div><div style="text-align: center;">There is no history of breast cancer in my maternal family and I was shocked to hear that 1 in every 8 post menopausal women will get the type of cancer I have... There was nothing I did or took that made it happen.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">So you see why painting has been my obsession, my saving grace and why I really haven't wanted to blog either.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Today I will share a random selection of the paintings I've done, they are not the easiest to photograph, cards are so much easier...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjym5kh33sxTtmwea0Slhfs22Li0QhQmXcadFQ2Y7PvXKfMdi8yiojyMm8BXZr2sO1e4_pFZiJx4ycKNLsM432xCTY2e6-cMk_KzcNLAId4ZGowMMLHHe19UoqN04HKMw1wKclzyxl-1nU5gf50utomRMW5EGVC2rzah5Eoe2ygIEI6rv1Zpsbiw/s2971/30.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2454" data-original-width="2971" height="528" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjym5kh33sxTtmwea0Slhfs22Li0QhQmXcadFQ2Y7PvXKfMdi8yiojyMm8BXZr2sO1e4_pFZiJx4ycKNLsM432xCTY2e6-cMk_KzcNLAId4ZGowMMLHHe19UoqN04HKMw1wKclzyxl-1nU5gf50utomRMW5EGVC2rzah5Eoe2ygIEI6rv1Zpsbiw/w640-h528/30.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I saw this and it fits me perfectly</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXqIZoUE9GP2HiReip9gin-VH8TraDw5kXNxGUB6e3T_6Mn3cQVi3oZpDT0ykOW5MMHsFR33INLZUjLfzPxnrjR2UFeP43fsp8-N9Du3lrbaTkipU97h3KFDceZtGREa1oUNmTMaP-5zFOvQKnvFaP3kMGc4vJCGkurH0ZCF_ZSlpVm4ef4JX_gg/s886/334226286_673918777818171_4010429156249885059_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="886" data-original-width="705" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXqIZoUE9GP2HiReip9gin-VH8TraDw5kXNxGUB6e3T_6Mn3cQVi3oZpDT0ykOW5MMHsFR33INLZUjLfzPxnrjR2UFeP43fsp8-N9Du3lrbaTkipU97h3KFDceZtGREa1oUNmTMaP-5zFOvQKnvFaP3kMGc4vJCGkurH0ZCF_ZSlpVm4ef4JX_gg/w319-h400/334226286_673918777818171_4010429156249885059_n.jpg" width="319" /></a></div><br /> <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Be safe my friends </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Hugs</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">~ Ros<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: center;"> <br /></p></div>Ros Crawfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02496399533122068299noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5603420107473421569.post-59990926492670150702023-02-24T11:46:00.004+00:002023-02-26T13:25:05.949+00:00This & That<div style="text-align: center;">Good morning - I hope you are well</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I have quite a few things to share with you, I'm still doing what I love.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">First is a card I made for my friends' wedding anniversary today with a little stenceling and some painted flowers</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsvQdFEQes3mVm-_l6Isq7u7AIAdrnsdJxqAELtqR6rfY7TPCQHJCFKt7KuYhqQPjDk_DcQmlXf8M_D2hXDORFPH8axNuT7OIPkk265rytfKvXcEUFhKaPqcUp-LsvMZvYuOHbzsH7PA4AANTzVve_4GpHOCjbPXPX0huxCTDafjUyXoat4A6bKA/s3669/25.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3669" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsvQdFEQes3mVm-_l6Isq7u7AIAdrnsdJxqAELtqR6rfY7TPCQHJCFKt7KuYhqQPjDk_DcQmlXf8M_D2hXDORFPH8axNuT7OIPkk265rytfKvXcEUFhKaPqcUp-LsvMZvYuOHbzsH7PA4AANTzVve_4GpHOCjbPXPX0huxCTDafjUyXoat4A6bKA/w524-h640/25.jpg" width="524" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I had to use the scissors to hold the card flat so you could see the painted flowers down the side and I did some flowers on the envelope too</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKLA_vXaiINHFeNTjzqZNLFXCCU-X970o2tcwjbK2JKQeBE5nSLDtn06vJgC-i9u2P_PGHMcIHbxNcYUHbhwojuVyhjXetwi-lW379imRGwEGE2cGAupZfr-xnvn6tY6DtwowYCjQpCT2qVdjrF_vEpWCwtIjkHamyaqwh78Z2rf_xWRqYOQFyyQ/s3561/25a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3561" data-original-width="3072" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKLA_vXaiINHFeNTjzqZNLFXCCU-X970o2tcwjbK2JKQeBE5nSLDtn06vJgC-i9u2P_PGHMcIHbxNcYUHbhwojuVyhjXetwi-lW379imRGwEGE2cGAupZfr-xnvn6tY6DtwowYCjQpCT2qVdjrF_vEpWCwtIjkHamyaqwh78Z2rf_xWRqYOQFyyQ/w552-h640/25a.jpg" width="552" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I'm grateful that being right handed the nerve problem is not as severe in my right hand so it allows me to paint and I love doing these simple flowers. So much so that I made two little cards to send. <br /><div style="text-align: center;">Not having done many cards these past
few months, I'd forgotten how much I have to get up for things and the
effort it is to use the bigshot Lol! When I paint I can just sit with
everything on the table, it's so much easier so I painted directly onto the card on these two.<br /><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyjrZkAePI0jHGmOGlk7pcyFHQ8HJxVfx3iIhTFEB2XBsRo0N3_HSiKvWpEd1UU34lhui7XkVIykOw5lGf5IWrVT79BsPNXA2c2xwkDltcWNQpEqyqOoWa8W8xiKUV6s1jXF-OFf7V3ZvC-dyG1AwbFHbnwyHIdVwx7zIdDPEvzZxDP0zQ3RFVUw/s3014/23.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2679" data-original-width="3014" height="568" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyjrZkAePI0jHGmOGlk7pcyFHQ8HJxVfx3iIhTFEB2XBsRo0N3_HSiKvWpEd1UU34lhui7XkVIykOw5lGf5IWrVT79BsPNXA2c2xwkDltcWNQpEqyqOoWa8W8xiKUV6s1jXF-OFf7V3ZvC-dyG1AwbFHbnwyHIdVwx7zIdDPEvzZxDP0zQ3RFVUw/w640-h568/23.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitxtgcDZ0F6aGEJ_ssT-6gOkt3MqcHs0RJTi5NOqYUV0GyELVcV55kI8GJeyBdcZMy7adKPcEzjQCFJLhRuANAsK0_M7v2qpjxllNKOSdCG1gmdRuvC-AkJWGtlQx2EpIK4AYOgl1hphywv2oyNElPW5jnMYvR3iEn7sckn8i-FNztuJcBGggCbg/s2663/24.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2663" data-original-width="2608" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitxtgcDZ0F6aGEJ_ssT-6gOkt3MqcHs0RJTi5NOqYUV0GyELVcV55kI8GJeyBdcZMy7adKPcEzjQCFJLhRuANAsK0_M7v2qpjxllNKOSdCG1gmdRuvC-AkJWGtlQx2EpIK4AYOgl1hphywv2oyNElPW5jnMYvR3iEn7sckn8i-FNztuJcBGggCbg/w626-h640/24.jpg" width="626" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I have also been painting with watercolour card and learning as I go watching videos and a lot of trial and error. I thought you would like to see some I've done</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdtNiwLDI7sWS1bU8F0158fUj-YbkT9VOSdJLsgfZKRGiUt51lvAmoBRQo8OPBOvHMIDbRABmfiOFvaUvZHZW4xDs9gTLVue3jq1528X3y8ZooOc5ugCy6rhnKt1BgZm6N2X6vSprRd3uQZUS_20LBnKUJUF7bUkR81WwuwKHYAv0wlT5k894Q8g/s3059/20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2988" data-original-width="3059" height="626" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdtNiwLDI7sWS1bU8F0158fUj-YbkT9VOSdJLsgfZKRGiUt51lvAmoBRQo8OPBOvHMIDbRABmfiOFvaUvZHZW4xDs9gTLVue3jq1528X3y8ZooOc5ugCy6rhnKt1BgZm6N2X6vSprRd3uQZUS_20LBnKUJUF7bUkR81WwuwKHYAv0wlT5k894Q8g/w640-h626/20.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I won't tell you how many goes I had at trying to get that atmospheric sky</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9l9zn48pYSj-aCIjC7xTaivH575pa9Z3GcgeTovs3BdFVCtud2blGVmNcflwBomjcBuuIG0dZaYPhPRC60azep7Q4qGfLATe2A3xzW30Jx49eE9ykifqRh7BJQzEsnT0WG0PmpJztb4bsxJskpEkeZ3ed7cyd6DOYg7CArIxR1OzCmUFbNRRAWw/s4128/21.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4128" data-original-width="3096" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9l9zn48pYSj-aCIjC7xTaivH575pa9Z3GcgeTovs3BdFVCtud2blGVmNcflwBomjcBuuIG0dZaYPhPRC60azep7Q4qGfLATe2A3xzW30Jx49eE9ykifqRh7BJQzEsnT0WG0PmpJztb4bsxJskpEkeZ3ed7cyd6DOYg7CArIxR1OzCmUFbNRRAWw/w480-h640/21.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">...Learning to hone my skills with tree painting</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-bnUpayxGzqXxQlFsNpyGcigE5qFyW6tuJmW63AgCgNMyrjYceCr5PCiZLM8sKKIvcSUqKhJJsL5ND1j_dC9TQeu8_1wYU_8buBdJpMBGnYZQMCJvRbHBDNZpLucynutpv-z3PsaxatYO2d50DqhbBwaqkQ6kGr9wj8LJGUjNvjR268pwkeytYA/s3303/26.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3303" data-original-width="2174" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-bnUpayxGzqXxQlFsNpyGcigE5qFyW6tuJmW63AgCgNMyrjYceCr5PCiZLM8sKKIvcSUqKhJJsL5ND1j_dC9TQeu8_1wYU_8buBdJpMBGnYZQMCJvRbHBDNZpLucynutpv-z3PsaxatYO2d50DqhbBwaqkQ6kGr9wj8LJGUjNvjR268pwkeytYA/w422-h640/26.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">I was quite pleased with the fox until hubby thought it was my cat!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaem-CFVO080d0o5QcAxSP1_HA1XOs-iq4AvtScHrTxsHIwZ_aodi87zh-MmpO9fmTBVBZq0oV2csuPgIHmuVhHOp2I3naD_vQKXmh0JnkcYTv8elux_ausvCqkXbDKC069rC2CGJmuRdDTwi8zI6XN1RtrImNwNrMPaXRZ3EH1W2jGaCx8WpmlA/s3467/27.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3467" data-original-width="2599" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaem-CFVO080d0o5QcAxSP1_HA1XOs-iq4AvtScHrTxsHIwZ_aodi87zh-MmpO9fmTBVBZq0oV2csuPgIHmuVhHOp2I3naD_vQKXmh0JnkcYTv8elux_ausvCqkXbDKC069rC2CGJmuRdDTwi8zI6XN1RtrImNwNrMPaXRZ3EH1W2jGaCx8WpmlA/w480-h640/27.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">More trees and yes a cat</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZTyS60xzxxU9XmF30Xs0bpivFthClktGN8zC6uZEvhzvIQuJ9WIl2MLHgO6vMBKvSW1Fpqj9RZnzz0UOzz8fa8RKv7j92t88cSYaauhRYUCTMqv4SK3awh3NK4Hmi-BbYgl36KhnnCJkN1swLMo5zChzqdhkdbN_gGrt37qocCRfrXzOj-dvwOg/s3819/28.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3819" data-original-width="2423" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZTyS60xzxxU9XmF30Xs0bpivFthClktGN8zC6uZEvhzvIQuJ9WIl2MLHgO6vMBKvSW1Fpqj9RZnzz0UOzz8fa8RKv7j92t88cSYaauhRYUCTMqv4SK3awh3NK4Hmi-BbYgl36KhnnCJkN1swLMo5zChzqdhkdbN_gGrt37qocCRfrXzOj-dvwOg/w406-h640/28.jpg" width="406" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">Ok, another gnome... And finally</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJDZ-rzTFOXPWUtsinZQ7b00q5bj4rGDXAF-ilkj80flXeSH8eSvl_4obcCSVcyaRimq-0p2f4XWMldIaq6BEE9Lp1bkVDLepZbuAJYacCUwwBzHb-pJcReAj6PoEdykQmJ20SF-Gm2X8lBHWnKcZjTyjn0oFhmpPWR88Y3yDkP0k_qdZN97oZwg/s3500/29.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3500" data-original-width="2638" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJDZ-rzTFOXPWUtsinZQ7b00q5bj4rGDXAF-ilkj80flXeSH8eSvl_4obcCSVcyaRimq-0p2f4XWMldIaq6BEE9Lp1bkVDLepZbuAJYacCUwwBzHb-pJcReAj6PoEdykQmJ20SF-Gm2X8lBHWnKcZjTyjn0oFhmpPWR88Y3yDkP0k_qdZN97oZwg/w482-h640/29.jpg" width="482" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">I only have sensation in the little finger on my left hand and both hands are always frozen cold which adds to the pain but painting takes me to another place. Talking of which, DH has booked us a little break in Majorca for next month. It will be our first get away in 4 years, it won't be beach weather but it's a break right? And I can take my travel paints with me.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Sending hugs to you all </p><p style="text-align: center;">~ Ros ~<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p><br /></p>Ros Crawfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02496399533122068299noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5603420107473421569.post-58415148234418146342023-02-04T15:44:00.006+00:002023-02-04T15:44:55.288+00:00Happy February<p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: center;"> Hello friends!</p><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: center;">I hope you are all keeping well - We are one step closer to Spring, even though we have a forecast of freezing temperatures in the next few days, I'm staying optimistic.</div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: center;">Tulips and daffodils are in the shops and I just love them, they make me happy. I have some cards to share with you with my own painted flowers though the photos are not the best, I'm struggling to hold the camera still. They are sentiment free till I know what they will be used for.</div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: center;">I stamped the branch on this one and painted the rest, added it to a frame with gold leafing on and a couple of sequins.</div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9xOStPYU7_BhG5rkso7mc_ENVf4CcRuW-2V1gqhF2yCRA8d-lThtS2twPIY6S70KLMnsUORooHtfB5w714OM7Vkm1KiJZbTQZRPRVc2nKQYbbKmFiXpDTWBCEp6znjGb_13dN-FeVzCPu-VA6xuLYmdT-JeGUxvG2UNy7MFUpN92gJO7BBzjn9Q/s3425/11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3425" data-original-width="1995" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9xOStPYU7_BhG5rkso7mc_ENVf4CcRuW-2V1gqhF2yCRA8d-lThtS2twPIY6S70KLMnsUORooHtfB5w714OM7Vkm1KiJZbTQZRPRVc2nKQYbbKmFiXpDTWBCEp6znjGb_13dN-FeVzCPu-VA6xuLYmdT-JeGUxvG2UNy7MFUpN92gJO7BBzjn9Q/w372-h640/11.jpg" width="372" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">...Whereas I painted the branch on this one</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmwAFoy5yDdBskpau1A6HNw6-DHb4QwTUnOXlGkA2-fnt6pV9z4y7WFSKsrrnaTpyc3sRzC1dr7jbYxtKrJV_jiQIVEhXcuXLe9uvY79Ws9XJxsbZo7A1hgSOX2nU5KLtncgbnsNVJbyGREuhvITpFB3Ru4CSvsDcqSn8QaNQaD3A_uDpN_LSO0w/s3509/19a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3509" data-original-width="2703" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmwAFoy5yDdBskpau1A6HNw6-DHb4QwTUnOXlGkA2-fnt6pV9z4y7WFSKsrrnaTpyc3sRzC1dr7jbYxtKrJV_jiQIVEhXcuXLe9uvY79Ws9XJxsbZo7A1hgSOX2nU5KLtncgbnsNVJbyGREuhvITpFB3Ru4CSvsDcqSn8QaNQaD3A_uDpN_LSO0w/w492-h640/19a.jpg" width="492" /></a></div></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I love the way the paint left a mark on the plant pot ont his next one - makes it look more of a rough terracotta<br /> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLr0s1E63GPlNg1-_P61rvUFi4cSbVq99_DRgNoYzdmlVvbMw4QPP4eCkVPBZgqBQnHhTV4UkL_J0F4lr-iYjY6AXFlFzJd4XP6rZum8mWD-8QVW5xKj40_i2XvZIwv_ag8PbFUIhH2OQAnjNJ9fuuDRs8mPRPuJW8rtuSO-DsZNULN697GS6H5A/s3490/13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3490" data-original-width="2527" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLr0s1E63GPlNg1-_P61rvUFi4cSbVq99_DRgNoYzdmlVvbMw4QPP4eCkVPBZgqBQnHhTV4UkL_J0F4lr-iYjY6AXFlFzJd4XP6rZum8mWD-8QVW5xKj40_i2XvZIwv_ag8PbFUIhH2OQAnjNJ9fuuDRs8mPRPuJW8rtuSO-DsZNULN697GS6H5A/w464-h640/13.jpg" width="464" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">More pots with the start of Spring flowers and foliage</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuPxpT0t1qpwuWU8f7T9N3Q3ZGLg5tzSqh-GmZk80e7uvcqUTdUTQ8e0LfmqbYTd6zwKQbwu0XOOi4OZ_LyR-vlg5cJMI89m22eWtqBYLLueYmxvyIzLKIZG_k0hWj2YeX_XYEaA4at9e90vg2FP8OCIWOog-A5-84BVOcZStXiEgJ74zmuUR9Zw/s3165/14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2410" data-original-width="3165" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuPxpT0t1qpwuWU8f7T9N3Q3ZGLg5tzSqh-GmZk80e7uvcqUTdUTQ8e0LfmqbYTd6zwKQbwu0XOOi4OZ_LyR-vlg5cJMI89m22eWtqBYLLueYmxvyIzLKIZG_k0hWj2YeX_XYEaA4at9e90vg2FP8OCIWOog-A5-84BVOcZStXiEgJ74zmuUR9Zw/w640-h488/14.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"> This looks so much prettier IRL - The
heart is painted gold and I love the idea of a house vase. The piece
behind the painting is from some packaging I saved and though you can't
see it here, it's glossy.</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx_SCTiYeVN5sSKuc1jUk2SMfe1KnT5AjHDlDL2UoN5LNjovFTJmIVoA4wArr7-R4wI2YI95fnxp5u1dMNSzxYimB6bujJKR_G5fCBNlJAT_fctWhp2wCgQH814T_3JaFK8u-iu2Iuq-Ra75y013YW_Z9LPimIwHC82NYLSej4G5Q_1734ScE1jw/s2872/15.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2872" data-original-width="2355" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx_SCTiYeVN5sSKuc1jUk2SMfe1KnT5AjHDlDL2UoN5LNjovFTJmIVoA4wArr7-R4wI2YI95fnxp5u1dMNSzxYimB6bujJKR_G5fCBNlJAT_fctWhp2wCgQH814T_3JaFK8u-iu2Iuq-Ra75y013YW_Z9LPimIwHC82NYLSej4G5Q_1734ScE1jw/w524-h640/15.jpg" width="524" /></a></div> <p></p><p style="text-align: center;">I had to throw in a gnome, I was playing with salt on w/colour. I love
to do this random technique and look for shapes to sketch/paint into it.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJLqwL-lzuUSdK204HZVtDOb-LqbGkt0qCpYkjxaZ9Gd5ujUoKAdITB5rbe8NyYKmd6jJpHEMrAiApsb338FzAowXeK1SHawkXwFdUBy_CeGQSazOBOAReM8nedx1sfSIjd59CCfNDM8kqDQwTRMYs9pYn7Vy_CULXoO6HXVJHnZXybMhVzKohkQ/s3702/16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3702" data-original-width="2845" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJLqwL-lzuUSdK204HZVtDOb-LqbGkt0qCpYkjxaZ9Gd5ujUoKAdITB5rbe8NyYKmd6jJpHEMrAiApsb338FzAowXeK1SHawkXwFdUBy_CeGQSazOBOAReM8nedx1sfSIjd59CCfNDM8kqDQwTRMYs9pYn7Vy_CULXoO6HXVJHnZXybMhVzKohkQ/w492-h640/16.jpg" width="492" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">Finally some paintings I did, one of which I framed</p><p style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyZ_TjiqLXbF0J1ieoqjfozEs57ayucOOVCLHC5nfeE-2dMwNYT8KmPylvlgp880ONRV5PgimeJkXQdsI0l-bYfWkEgHSTaI5riCjfsjWfAWtvbHfeFuzwTTzXBejZ_1Huwm0qlxNPk4cC8xFAFOQXEm3rdj_Z3s7YAk3NBTlBjBEfZbUvk0oJww/s3487/17.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3487" data-original-width="2867" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyZ_TjiqLXbF0J1ieoqjfozEs57ayucOOVCLHC5nfeE-2dMwNYT8KmPylvlgp880ONRV5PgimeJkXQdsI0l-bYfWkEgHSTaI5riCjfsjWfAWtvbHfeFuzwTTzXBejZ_1Huwm0qlxNPk4cC8xFAFOQXEm3rdj_Z3s7YAk3NBTlBjBEfZbUvk0oJww/w526-h640/17.jpg" width="526" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> There is a lot of gold sparkle for the stars but unfortunately it doesn't show up here. I did a few of these</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2TXjBT76VqPe6ZjLGjPhgXnY6XBNegnJvtP_f0W60JE7nU99IOUpsLqjW698HO2lN_hO2C1qFeCiLu19ZXZqhFbj8FCOKfFgolEx5v7w1YA1918JgqufS3Czo9_6cSrP_8LrxEBnPM-yhHEGSbGvhrleBcuEgM9xJqT6tK_lUk4vQChuI3p3f2A/s3088/18.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1549" data-original-width="3088" height="322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2TXjBT76VqPe6ZjLGjPhgXnY6XBNegnJvtP_f0W60JE7nU99IOUpsLqjW698HO2lN_hO2C1qFeCiLu19ZXZqhFbj8FCOKfFgolEx5v7w1YA1918JgqufS3Czo9_6cSrP_8LrxEBnPM-yhHEGSbGvhrleBcuEgM9xJqT6tK_lUk4vQChuI3p3f2A/w640-h322/18.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">...trying out different w/colour papers and plain CS. I'm still not sure which I prefer but they all act differently so it's always a learning curve for me. One thing I do know is that I like to do tiny details rather than landscapes but this past week my hands have constantly failed me. I dropped my coffee all over my desk and it it even seeped into the drawers, what a palaver cleaning that up.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Well, I'm off to get a cup of tea... this has taken me more than an hour to type</p><p style="text-align: center;">Have a beautiful weekend</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">~ Ros ~<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: center;"><br /></p>Ros Crawfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02496399533122068299noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5603420107473421569.post-61349548828922324452023-01-10T10:54:00.015+00:002023-01-10T10:58:25.523+00:00Back to Whimsy<p style="text-align: center;"> Hello and a belated Happy New Year!</p><p style="text-align: center;">I hope this finds you well.. It's a wet and cold day here in Liverpool. </p><div style="text-align: center;">Thank you so much for all the lovely Christmas cards and I'm glad to hear that some of my cards made it to you too. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I've been painting a lot with a little sewing in between - Even made it back to my exercise class yesterday! </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Lets talk little guys...</div><div style="text-align: center;"> The gnome variety that is. Seems they have taken me over and I just love painting them. I've noticed that they are attracted to snowdrops (well in my world). They come out at night just to see them, or maybe they collect some secret potion from them, who knows, I haven't figured that out yet.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitfgK3Rf6NU5FNwDXGiyYwHeAwq7YeQ0hWP9LAYSdGny6KLxztWzDPSS0HU9TQ7U-D7zmMgFT4LXNIaqwHHGdCwqYZHc_pVPVBmFBhDHJ3nxJ1uZXPpXKM7Uxy0FjCo55ibCAcj0RU9ocAIe-TSxcLnCAJ3MrAObE2_fC0XgC089Fc6t3wCC8n5A/s3014/1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3014" data-original-width="2586" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitfgK3Rf6NU5FNwDXGiyYwHeAwq7YeQ0hWP9LAYSdGny6KLxztWzDPSS0HU9TQ7U-D7zmMgFT4LXNIaqwHHGdCwqYZHc_pVPVBmFBhDHJ3nxJ1uZXPpXKM7Uxy0FjCo55ibCAcj0RU9ocAIe-TSxcLnCAJ3MrAObE2_fC0XgC089Fc6t3wCC8n5A/w550-h640/1.jpg" width="550" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">They are often alone, but sometimes if you look hard enough you can see another little guy in the background</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBitx52WNOrGvPq4_3lgJDiKvpwZM11OTW_UTMHpyKSE1abjmOamqIM4Yw0zBxE-ggRI9FJoZQ4WLCrq97zowLzHEj0CBB9qowCjaKWTRGSPMQfRTOM2c9ildiCIaTTFkTrPqf7AMSRtuKP64F_zjT70kreKo1ZlT2jpKHY8Uxua7yzhrlXTWVDQ/s3163/3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3163" data-original-width="2899" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBitx52WNOrGvPq4_3lgJDiKvpwZM11OTW_UTMHpyKSE1abjmOamqIM4Yw0zBxE-ggRI9FJoZQ4WLCrq97zowLzHEj0CBB9qowCjaKWTRGSPMQfRTOM2c9ildiCIaTTFkTrPqf7AMSRtuKP64F_zjT70kreKo1ZlT2jpKHY8Uxua7yzhrlXTWVDQ/w586-h640/3.jpg" width="586" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">...And once your eyes focus in the dark and the moon moves a little, you can even spot a little gnome house</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_uWCN2OY36hIrDblfQ67IRnBRp3l0J8sLAC0-KTgjPW9DjaNg0mIu4tVcbXh9EL2ZpptPMC6S4pP34yBoGd9NYbbI2r6Y7nO6qCGFUUNRslQ4zVZtPB7p2HgjDGK-eNZ9nn8P4apg5s479KIDD9oJbNvoSuIKbIc2BWi0n4PABw4TbP1JzVQOag/s2977/2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2977" data-original-width="2554" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_uWCN2OY36hIrDblfQ67IRnBRp3l0J8sLAC0-KTgjPW9DjaNg0mIu4tVcbXh9EL2ZpptPMC6S4pP34yBoGd9NYbbI2r6Y7nO6qCGFUUNRslQ4zVZtPB7p2HgjDGK-eNZ9nn8P4apg5s479KIDD9oJbNvoSuIKbIc2BWi0n4PABw4TbP1JzVQOag/w550-h640/2.jpg" width="550" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">They don't seem to mind me watching, in fact two of them even posed for a photo in broad daylight Lol!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjt_VrpTYKdKDpAK9sk56sLVOs_MwX3fFeQz_DhWvDaeKhsPbn74F4yQAzPW-THaIdwIoYjROCj1FIyYdHP-hZPTbcG9CLMJGZwCK2_xuF-Rw0u4AlN45DfJqpv5qtQxKYuftorzvUh5QdnQkoJNYt1yYsGHDY1LZ8ICWsa-DL-YRxOCNr9C4EoQ/s2995/4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2995" data-original-width="2385" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjt_VrpTYKdKDpAK9sk56sLVOs_MwX3fFeQz_DhWvDaeKhsPbn74F4yQAzPW-THaIdwIoYjROCj1FIyYdHP-hZPTbcG9CLMJGZwCK2_xuF-Rw0u4AlN45DfJqpv5qtQxKYuftorzvUh5QdnQkoJNYt1yYsGHDY1LZ8ICWsa-DL-YRxOCNr9C4EoQ/w510-h640/4.jpg" width="510" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic1bMcn1nTQF94qKLa78zSX24abUOhVAm171MUdL0g6GytBqsImiSf0iRir0iFJM1kWhNE3dMoZ_9j57X0gStYdqKsPlolv80amHQUQTojmcZQQjdwfPUqrW_Y7jO-69i0-2v5mWYFzBTpVb69x_UU_bPaHKjLy2FX98ildyM7o9vk7j8CZYW30w/s2674/6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2674" data-original-width="2402" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic1bMcn1nTQF94qKLa78zSX24abUOhVAm171MUdL0g6GytBqsImiSf0iRir0iFJM1kWhNE3dMoZ_9j57X0gStYdqKsPlolv80amHQUQTojmcZQQjdwfPUqrW_Y7jO-69i0-2v5mWYFzBTpVb69x_UU_bPaHKjLy2FX98ildyM7o9vk7j8CZYW30w/w574-h640/6.jpg" width="574" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">It hasn't been all gnomes though, in fact DH spent time putting some of my artwork on my newly decorated craftroom wall. I should have photographed them before to avoid the glare from the glass I know, but here's a peek. They also have a sparkle to them. <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8a6Ha-ILjDj1qdxCb0swcSSWEG6WptxN0H05v3bs2-hpzcdTYveYByWxIkhwF53vifLwKQ1g6ndA8qPMCqNNkls8JObSMNjGNYSJmA7BQTOFsLrjTo4-xoDd78YvvEERWHvSZyzxdQ3iCkuB101B7PKK5F2vBXwEdpDCXzMsbblSVFhzb7mUeSA/s3341/7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3341" data-original-width="2540" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8a6Ha-ILjDj1qdxCb0swcSSWEG6WptxN0H05v3bs2-hpzcdTYveYByWxIkhwF53vifLwKQ1g6ndA8qPMCqNNkls8JObSMNjGNYSJmA7BQTOFsLrjTo4-xoDd78YvvEERWHvSZyzxdQ3iCkuB101B7PKK5F2vBXwEdpDCXzMsbblSVFhzb7mUeSA/w486-h640/7.jpg" width="486" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimTpW_zUI4nJkcrEcQauXAIE8SS9EGiywy6jq_-WXCPxPTrF3PrOhd_vruK3MPhS5-Ov98X1ssl2F8IQLAiw3QS86m4Uv3_QIMa3it9CWFCCA5KiwqDKt1FzxYc8SPPfM8lyiyEBVEJ2DqVoH5r-9CA5CuI8BXmMEL5a4pfwkTdqtx7weRLD8R_w/s3312/8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3312" data-original-width="2601" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimTpW_zUI4nJkcrEcQauXAIE8SS9EGiywy6jq_-WXCPxPTrF3PrOhd_vruK3MPhS5-Ov98X1ssl2F8IQLAiw3QS86m4Uv3_QIMa3it9CWFCCA5KiwqDKt1FzxYc8SPPfM8lyiyEBVEJ2DqVoH5r-9CA5CuI8BXmMEL5a4pfwkTdqtx7weRLD8R_w/w502-h640/8.jpg" width="502" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw_S3VINWp4n58teRHYUeNmdcBF3M5FWd65SEwWmgw3ffd70uephe4xlOqOMQIxKJtG5cdF5q3HOwF2Z65CnBBv9DyJO_247Te2I4mxXE3uSBx5ez4Jd3z1C3pFEB39HZNTxF-Sv3Uk3YuAdyiv1WLX2EacVPshNuJ6D2wY3KCfmpKM0UXMwSzLg/s4128/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4128" data-original-width="3096" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw_S3VINWp4n58teRHYUeNmdcBF3M5FWd65SEwWmgw3ffd70uephe4xlOqOMQIxKJtG5cdF5q3HOwF2Z65CnBBv9DyJO_247Te2I4mxXE3uSBx5ez4Jd3z1C3pFEB39HZNTxF-Sv3Uk3YuAdyiv1WLX2EacVPshNuJ6D2wY3KCfmpKM0UXMwSzLg/w480-h640/5.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Well I hope I made you smile today...</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Stay warm my friends<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">~ Ros ~ <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Ros Crawfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02496399533122068299noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5603420107473421569.post-29577171984315169772022-12-24T12:41:00.002+00:002022-12-24T12:41:47.286+00:00Christmas Wishes<p style="text-align: center;"> Hello friends...</p><p style="text-align: center;">I'm just popping in to wish you all a very blessed Christmas and to thank you for the lovely cards I've received.</p><p style="text-align: center;">As you may know our postal service have been taking strike action for months now and we were without post for a long time but some arrived last week including lots from the US & Canada.</p><p style="text-align: center;"> I tried to send my cards but without collections the postboxes were all full so not all of them got through. We queued for over and hour at the post office but standing for that length of time was just too much.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Anyway, for those of you who did not get a card, I will be sending some out in the New Year but they will be hand painted ones but not of the Christmas variety. I've had fun painting when I can</p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Ie1_2TRZ9KSJyWaGKvKL-yRcsNXenGmXA84182qnsiGBlQFNLTUHCc5CF0KscoGzlczOgC7WQGYRrNvwtD2g4M4ZcjlWmtQMQ2OsaFCaqYM1YZEBPKgcuKs9YfgGuvfAij_VTZD9CGvLqkPZ-65FeJBSDYnJc03QtdfGEXjY4UJhfKKJ7VzK8g/s4608/20.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Ie1_2TRZ9KSJyWaGKvKL-yRcsNXenGmXA84182qnsiGBlQFNLTUHCc5CF0KscoGzlczOgC7WQGYRrNvwtD2g4M4ZcjlWmtQMQ2OsaFCaqYM1YZEBPKgcuKs9YfgGuvfAij_VTZD9CGvLqkPZ-65FeJBSDYnJc03QtdfGEXjY4UJhfKKJ7VzK8g/w640-h480/20.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">and using watercolour card for once... Normally I struggle with it</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9l8vmgAq2AMBSFgr_6cpitHD2ZITNQ7VV9p5QEqtsp0DOT_NPd-OR9NS-lICkqfgzzPW2w7t58_raJxeoL2He7Nvx1paHkGGVS2yQJdXN5s7nfcygMWRuIclK3JCSZNpBqoOpY-pH5d3Kqh4gGsdy8bR_94LfZ1Sl1spDnLCO8mDax-aKGuPmdA/s4608/19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9l8vmgAq2AMBSFgr_6cpitHD2ZITNQ7VV9p5QEqtsp0DOT_NPd-OR9NS-lICkqfgzzPW2w7t58_raJxeoL2He7Nvx1paHkGGVS2yQJdXN5s7nfcygMWRuIclK3JCSZNpBqoOpY-pH5d3Kqh4gGsdy8bR_94LfZ1Sl1spDnLCO8mDax-aKGuPmdA/w640-h480/19.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">Many were inspired by my new wallpaper in the dining area, blue and green of course.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixIM5RjtN8epPa9kZ0tTf-D4PcIbCZZMwnsvCn8t8VzLTxnqzyU2ZgFoEPKo0IyqBoxq81pGIzPjGzygj_t82n77AhPn4qIOJWY_hxKISqPJp7dhpIETIQFEJV5XwmWGtTQ4aCoPlLgwSALrxcJJF5-IX1TyiB6Z198LDp9eIclpbvYO53--Qe_Q/s3683/22.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3683" data-original-width="2471" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixIM5RjtN8epPa9kZ0tTf-D4PcIbCZZMwnsvCn8t8VzLTxnqzyU2ZgFoEPKo0IyqBoxq81pGIzPjGzygj_t82n77AhPn4qIOJWY_hxKISqPJp7dhpIETIQFEJV5XwmWGtTQ4aCoPlLgwSALrxcJJF5-IX1TyiB6Z198LDp9eIclpbvYO53--Qe_Q/w430-h640/22.jpg" width="430" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">Hubby painted the cupboard for me and I added the paper.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGnU2-ei721c-e4jZwca3tjeV9srSeTPD2xWkAyt9GMxsT_KJpLCgtBRyE0tbf1xrI50QL7R3VikGgyo7jjgkhbRk38HgbNDd26L4nXn4A2bPsO7z7QUvG5L-tr3Aw2QOu6ehLOvIeMgyyLbI6KrXHVduFyyueIkLmUyLBw36wcYDd-iPwJWheYA/s4128/21.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4128" data-original-width="3096" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGnU2-ei721c-e4jZwca3tjeV9srSeTPD2xWkAyt9GMxsT_KJpLCgtBRyE0tbf1xrI50QL7R3VikGgyo7jjgkhbRk38HgbNDd26L4nXn4A2bPsO7z7QUvG5L-tr3Aw2QOu6ehLOvIeMgyyLbI6KrXHVduFyyueIkLmUyLBw36wcYDd-iPwJWheYA/w480-h640/21.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: center;">Please be safe, I know the weather conditions for lots of you are horrendous. </p><p style="text-align: center;">Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year!</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">~ Ros ~<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Ros Crawfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02496399533122068299noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5603420107473421569.post-71460158001656588802022-11-29T11:31:00.000+00:002022-11-29T11:31:36.392+00:00Christmas cards<p style="text-align: center;"> Good morning friends...</p><div style="text-align: center;">Through the hustle and bustle of things going on I have found some joy in making Christmas cards. Something I can lose myself in...</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">In the past week alone both my cats have had to visit the vet... The cost is phenomenal and you all know how worrying it is, and we are not out of the woods yet.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">As for me, I've struggled a lot with my spine and legs lately and need to have more scans but following my visit last week with the neuro consultant, he is also referring me to a hand specialist in the hope that maybe they can release some of the trapped nerves and give me some sense of feeling back and maybe a bit more dexterity. Writing, typing and texting is such a nightmare and I can't even pick up a needle never mind thread one. However, there are things I can still do, albeit not as perfectly as I would like so I'm sharing some of my not so perfect cards with you today. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXtEGd_uz4rPqjsGJLli_hENPl5SC7MQzIPA4tjw0-iKP9Tr19zwRNtrWcWlniseTr7WVXyL6bl97K6LjOLV5T19_5BJQ7RYv9AXHfjOSSl3Rtjc61vCi5jvACgaB0_SfxjVfFVGoSPm6VmzwafuSy2AF_GKGKTZO0IrHyuWmg80i_UxUH00jiGg/s2848/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2848" data-original-width="2328" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXtEGd_uz4rPqjsGJLli_hENPl5SC7MQzIPA4tjw0-iKP9Tr19zwRNtrWcWlniseTr7WVXyL6bl97K6LjOLV5T19_5BJQ7RYv9AXHfjOSSl3Rtjc61vCi5jvACgaB0_SfxjVfFVGoSPm6VmzwafuSy2AF_GKGKTZO0IrHyuWmg80i_UxUH00jiGg/w524-h640/1.jpg" width="524" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I love making these, they are just done with DI's and water with a little stamping. Easy for me to do and the blending doesn't have to be perfect</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKJ41zYAErirM0yNLWrTwHE0RwrjJbFNLBOWnS4aZvhxx_1E99sNQF0BS5lAy8KHLeD43AmRBEk2xlq6E42_f0PSobMJGpruOwqYosnap2NXSL1AEiQ_ukZeGMiWw9AM3pIVwE5bZeSqQa_BwtPPZbOiJx3r96Lro1usTpm1aKLKwzxbEMHFTdfQ/s3144/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3144" data-original-width="2582" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKJ41zYAErirM0yNLWrTwHE0RwrjJbFNLBOWnS4aZvhxx_1E99sNQF0BS5lAy8KHLeD43AmRBEk2xlq6E42_f0PSobMJGpruOwqYosnap2NXSL1AEiQ_ukZeGMiWw9AM3pIVwE5bZeSqQa_BwtPPZbOiJx3r96Lro1usTpm1aKLKwzxbEMHFTdfQ/w526-h640/2.jpg" width="526" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I wish you could see the sparkle ...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTvTG4U4GZVbxsgyhzJKs6uUjymQpK9FQYS1ofR0tI9E9Y1HTR4DtPIB65bxAp-A7Vi6N061sRoxn_lGIMznervWJuhC0zga3nWqVddeuTaH4Iyo1dWSSIreaCpTY332KoQmqYQ9LeOB_kpoUIRfKjF8pXo2rplZ5tYINum6YVqG-dvckcL8ViWQ/s3411/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3411" data-original-width="2604" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTvTG4U4GZVbxsgyhzJKs6uUjymQpK9FQYS1ofR0tI9E9Y1HTR4DtPIB65bxAp-A7Vi6N061sRoxn_lGIMznervWJuhC0zga3nWqVddeuTaH4Iyo1dWSSIreaCpTY332KoQmqYQ9LeOB_kpoUIRfKjF8pXo2rplZ5tYINum6YVqG-dvckcL8ViWQ/w488-h640/3.jpg" width="488" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I haven't put all the sentiments on yet but I'll get around to it</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFpmuuO2FUo3AqbuP3g0Sft3mkmgirSd6GYK2V84dOxIAMlJZkUuwhTMezt6YEsuHUGXKONIKO389vlY5lWe82K6aTKFVDbXmyDXmoGQcdNwEcB9K9WP9EL1QlEVORYbszpOWuZlP8ELqbRo24GwVtzozYBuDnceGkVXgFZiKh8JBkh-bOzMvNoQ/s2859/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2859" data-original-width="2445" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFpmuuO2FUo3AqbuP3g0Sft3mkmgirSd6GYK2V84dOxIAMlJZkUuwhTMezt6YEsuHUGXKONIKO389vlY5lWe82K6aTKFVDbXmyDXmoGQcdNwEcB9K9WP9EL1QlEVORYbszpOWuZlP8ELqbRo24GwVtzozYBuDnceGkVXgFZiKh8JBkh-bOzMvNoQ/w548-h640/4.jpg" width="548" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">You know how much I love to do snowmen cards so I drew my snowman, traced it so I could just make a bunch of cards and though they are all the same drawing, each snowman seemed to take on their own personality- These are just some of them<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm9WnWXD1cQRvgo1-MsmCAi1qvaLohaQbh50vBJal1ziMbJdR3eZhgvtOfS7taPfA9g8zDIUuw6u5tZYfoyAQsUrPgO7Q5B577Q_LOBYlTmvGqv_y2jd0MUNoO7mnu98nf0xUnhSs2C5zMYTCM8Mkvyj2Gdvsdd-iK-aytEVVAVydj4uKCiyBjbw/s3293/6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxikbAoRdG-eI_efR2A7ycFZCotUtIZGw2VgPLj9XN6ldtefiBUGroO0XrQ7_CKOXXxGLuV5QY2Z93fJjr3__yfq-eawpN5DYZd5Z2xjhprezWgHuOqthdrF3CCJBVHpgEUAXDEpxoir-RAVfxlz19JRp0oIoiJDrDMpL0mH1RxkA85Re8gVIkJg/s3021/8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3021" data-original-width="2403" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxikbAoRdG-eI_efR2A7ycFZCotUtIZGw2VgPLj9XN6ldtefiBUGroO0XrQ7_CKOXXxGLuV5QY2Z93fJjr3__yfq-eawpN5DYZd5Z2xjhprezWgHuOqthdrF3CCJBVHpgEUAXDEpxoir-RAVfxlz19JRp0oIoiJDrDMpL0mH1RxkA85Re8gVIkJg/w510-h640/8.jpg" width="510" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">And I drew and painted some foliage ones<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilmmPbwTS-Qw_kDc6Yb8hE-YJlb-iEsr9a1ckRvJ9dUNcYMaV_BMoJim0u75vwyOHGGsLq6PXt5zwyJpyW0nPMirFQrYLUlOMIf8LWgpvKha7H3cE8pG-NgsASqkIWg2xf-sZXsMGsAKKG0h0H34vg2KdLT098r28wH0fCaPjm4NOTcjASwd2TVA/s3154/13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSvFsxnxlhlB4OuX-_jJV6s4UOO2X7MP7ZsPuDAhyEDP_c3pIPjqVZj4HJdV7kZLcZ0nAbuSMWB5ZVXfUaDJ8-y343bAB5jajC9a5MAKjPVfgmNadDUU5RYEFdZsvmQnO8Sz8bUcI05Urax47vjxR1ZVXxEGRIKIcVt7Q5UXcNBVGxRenLsvsF0w/s3876/k1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3876" data-original-width="3061" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSvFsxnxlhlB4OuX-_jJV6s4UOO2X7MP7ZsPuDAhyEDP_c3pIPjqVZj4HJdV7kZLcZ0nAbuSMWB5ZVXfUaDJ8-y343bAB5jajC9a5MAKjPVfgmNadDUU5RYEFdZsvmQnO8Sz8bUcI05Urax47vjxR1ZVXxEGRIKIcVt7Q5UXcNBVGxRenLsvsF0w/w316-h400/k1.jpg" width="316" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwPVMOeCUnU526dCl-EYwwXeBimVJlfFbMB6jbMogE1pleHhtMTAby9M6bu_LJ3h8jjp4DVxexXppMWIwdmtdOo84NVg2OlWuB3POZaSYJrX7V_HxvOQ_EG9zBn-BmmaNeg4yAi9S_j8HOBr8RQdckoBdyEwnylZ7A5ruGCdcIcSjCWAC9i7z1TA/s4128/20221111_140414.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4128" data-original-width="3096" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwPVMOeCUnU526dCl-EYwwXeBimVJlfFbMB6jbMogE1pleHhtMTAby9M6bu_LJ3h8jjp4DVxexXppMWIwdmtdOo84NVg2OlWuB3POZaSYJrX7V_HxvOQ_EG9zBn-BmmaNeg4yAi9S_j8HOBr8RQdckoBdyEwnylZ7A5ruGCdcIcSjCWAC9i7z1TA/w300-h400/20221111_140414.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">Ok that's it for now... It's taken ages to type this</p><p style="text-align: center;">Thanks to all of you who have stuck by me, stay well and enjoy your day</p><p style="text-align: center;">~ Ros ~<br /></p>Ros Crawfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02496399533122068299noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5603420107473421569.post-26116845899406375812022-11-08T13:47:00.004+00:002022-11-08T13:50:15.824+00:00Hello...<p style="text-align: center;"><i> Hello friends...<br /></i></p><div style="text-align: center;"><i>What can I say ? It's been the longest time since I've been able to revisit my blog or any of yours and there has been no crafting at all up until the past weekend when I finally got to reacquaint myself with my watercolours and just forget everything else...</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgARxYfettzNEhJaGpIXXa3SfUN-DZRbczZppB9Y0ZAL34HTpeaeNVVdf2zZ92k0y64ZZGL2biiHakATWR-9COUup-1WhfDXF1KeEG079TXkF-TKJNZq6jAQUbGHfZWgrM2UW8Wat3qULUuCstDniZ76ACCAI9UGoomNb7Jgw_Ogb8bYDDU7v-ohQ/s2710/49.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2519" data-original-width="2710" height="594" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgARxYfettzNEhJaGpIXXa3SfUN-DZRbczZppB9Y0ZAL34HTpeaeNVVdf2zZ92k0y64ZZGL2biiHakATWR-9COUup-1WhfDXF1KeEG079TXkF-TKJNZq6jAQUbGHfZWgrM2UW8Wat3qULUuCstDniZ76ACCAI9UGoomNb7Jgw_Ogb8bYDDU7v-ohQ/w640-h594/49.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><i> </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>These colours calm me and with all that life has thrown my way lately, I need a little calm</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5PzE4m_E8PA8RnUiClOFDR33S9epbawWdL8WkrSLpMgl6RmqNR0qvAxUXmgzpKdThCs04p2cg4UYuKg6TTCbZXFXtp395OiSc_vcbFmuXaDmoMm8aCiEHtEAQ26tcKQrKLXTWNAP1It7oENkn2TO85bPkFYUMNlgeGebj4dDaLeAgNOshJ-xvyQ/s2809/50.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2744" data-original-width="2809" height="626" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5PzE4m_E8PA8RnUiClOFDR33S9epbawWdL8WkrSLpMgl6RmqNR0qvAxUXmgzpKdThCs04p2cg4UYuKg6TTCbZXFXtp395OiSc_vcbFmuXaDmoMm8aCiEHtEAQ26tcKQrKLXTWNAP1It7oENkn2TO85bPkFYUMNlgeGebj4dDaLeAgNOshJ-xvyQ/w640-h626/50.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Since my last posting my husband had a stent fitted to unblock the artery in his heart - He was fine initially but then suffered a few angina attacks. Thankfully he is doing better now and is on a weekly rehab program which focuses on trying to instill a fitness routine for him but quite frankly he hates exercise and is counting the weeks till the course finishes. Unfortunately he is struggling more and more with day to day things now especially remembering and dealing with well, anything really, so everything has fallen on my shoulders.<br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg17zW7vDKbhHZwvgmVTC23bSMrZFvveXDEyKyRn18OjsxJyh9E-xaiVkznIk-uC8BtwW2lObeKok8NFiZrDWAhGbeTcwBrAf-Kp-ctzkC65Txidx6qvIh5Srv-9XnY4ZeSyunoUxEboFBxnbNhpd7P47Z_oOE3PK7rgo8B6ehuaQbWl1j8cCKBtg/s2986/47.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2912" data-original-width="2986" height="624" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg17zW7vDKbhHZwvgmVTC23bSMrZFvveXDEyKyRn18OjsxJyh9E-xaiVkznIk-uC8BtwW2lObeKok8NFiZrDWAhGbeTcwBrAf-Kp-ctzkC65Txidx6qvIh5Srv-9XnY4ZeSyunoUxEboFBxnbNhpd7P47Z_oOE3PK7rgo8B6ehuaQbWl1j8cCKBtg/w640-h624/47.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>There has been so much upheaval, the driveway being relaid, the kitchen being remodelled, leaving me physically and mentally exhausted and at times overwhelmed. The kitchen still isn't quite finished (I'll share photos when it is) but it is looking good.. The decorator let us down and now won't be here until the end of the month. I've organised all the wallcoverings, paints and flooring and dealt with all the problems along the way as well as explaining things over and over again to DH. </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i> </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>So hectic have things been that I confess I even had to visit the local card shop for birthday cards... I KNOW! How bad is that.. But I did get around to making a card this morning for my friend who celebtrates her birthday on Friday and I'm hoping that I'll be able to go visit her if only for an hour.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHBZK_CdqMdAG63hIolrm7sMNqc4VvxlwMraDl3GjlKGwGmAI6vLTQJDszG9N4sWN6iMgqi7uZs_VV1pqi_Vf64K_kk7x8EwJpxOgIfDeZThHnXjF70oIpWnK0LAObdAa2Tz8TrL0ozULyuvTMeiZZG73UEGSjDQ5OV6gQ7b6Ed6NgpzUg8uPlZg/s3096/48.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2792" data-original-width="3096" height="578" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHBZK_CdqMdAG63hIolrm7sMNqc4VvxlwMraDl3GjlKGwGmAI6vLTQJDszG9N4sWN6iMgqi7uZs_VV1pqi_Vf64K_kk7x8EwJpxOgIfDeZThHnXjF70oIpWnK0LAObdAa2Tz8TrL0ozULyuvTMeiZZG73UEGSjDQ5OV6gQ7b6Ed6NgpzUg8uPlZg/w640-h578/48.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I'm sorry the photos aren't the best and I should explain that whilst the DP is really pretty, The branches and foliage were bare so I painted leaves, berries, tiny flowers and added another painted flower and leaf.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQkcYu4qL4muRarrPy236E7EBGjZQ46tCDUeg2h5a-f9Gg5-cz6oUu4G0UNzLTjsDgs6li85lbTBVOD07OUByfnW4NIfkrTWQKuZHlagvK8cA9rmmcU5q1jWhe4WnDFzTSWTP0ULd8zuq5o0vYa3YxzX7zlzLTUITH73SdQbmADVsJUeL1YNYMQA/s2958/48a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2870" data-original-width="2958" height="620" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQkcYu4qL4muRarrPy236E7EBGjZQ46tCDUeg2h5a-f9Gg5-cz6oUu4G0UNzLTjsDgs6li85lbTBVOD07OUByfnW4NIfkrTWQKuZHlagvK8cA9rmmcU5q1jWhe4WnDFzTSWTP0ULd8zuq5o0vYa3YxzX7zlzLTUITH73SdQbmADVsJUeL1YNYMQA/w640-h620/48a.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I've also started making a few simple Christmas cards. You know when you buy a pack of DP and there are always those odd sheets that you really don't care for? Well I am using the reverse (white) side to stamp and paint on. I hope my cards arrive this year, we've been plagued with strikes by Royal Mail for awhile now so who knows.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I wish you all a lovely day and even if I don't get around to visiting, know that I think of you all often, it's just that things change and some things are out of our control.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Till whenever</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">~ Ros ~<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><i><br /></i></div><p style="text-align: center;"><i> </i><br /></p>Ros Crawfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02496399533122068299noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5603420107473421569.post-88838935268989119652022-09-20T16:09:00.000+01:002022-09-20T16:09:11.349+01:00 A long Absence<div><div><p style="text-align: center;"><i> Well hello there!</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>It's been quite a while, I'd like to say I've been lying on a sunkissed beach somewhere listening to the waves gently lapping on the shore but no such luck, though we certainly can't complain about the weather this summer. Even now at the beginning of Autumn we are enjoying sunny afternoons, perfect for our 4 o'clock afternoon tea.</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>I can't say I've done much in the way of papercrafting but I do have a few cards to share with you - all are sentiment free at the moment so if you have time I'll update you on the happening aound here whilst sharing my makes, my paintings with various bits of my scraps<br /></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwGplQT6g5-Ikal8qk_CxO6wfWIjYV-UHYmvKrYvPCTpPi0IOxFbSmqpJ9TU2x3BGfWswJJRTqEtBtle8Mzs-LFn5HuyLfKC6chrxAmszPGqVgM4We7c63Gda3YhDl3p15kJpxh3otxYDpjGjj4Tf2MrukEgV_ouC-PK60oDLWt1oIb83xcXVEEg/s3235/40a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3235" data-original-width="2544" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwGplQT6g5-Ikal8qk_CxO6wfWIjYV-UHYmvKrYvPCTpPi0IOxFbSmqpJ9TU2x3BGfWswJJRTqEtBtle8Mzs-LFn5HuyLfKC6chrxAmszPGqVgM4We7c63Gda3YhDl3p15kJpxh3otxYDpjGjj4Tf2MrukEgV_ouC-PK60oDLWt1oIb83xcXVEEg/w504-h640/40a.jpg" width="504" /></a></i></div><i> </i><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>Pre Covid we had plans for home improvements and repairs both inside and out but of course they had to be shelved. Then goods were in short supply but now after a long wait we are finally making a start. <br /></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>One of the things that badly needs re-decorating is my craft room so I had to get to grips with some serious sorting out. I don't need to tell you how much we papercrafters accumulate not to mention my sewing hobby and it's taken me forever!</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho2FZSQTY0tM7hDS68CeM7VIWZndW5Ohi1TlJLbRcDu0urmpRzv8o8ux6vDZ5rjgMouIo_RUIHodtcg8sO5d8_lJYoknB1v8tr8bBNFCm9Tc6MkPsL66d_S1GY_F3cJWOyR65tzWUmVO1i-75UEXaqnPssagaAQNtD0YqUN-eS_Kf3MS9JEuxM0g/s3008/41.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3008" data-original-width="2512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho2FZSQTY0tM7hDS68CeM7VIWZndW5Ohi1TlJLbRcDu0urmpRzv8o8ux6vDZ5rjgMouIo_RUIHodtcg8sO5d8_lJYoknB1v8tr8bBNFCm9Tc6MkPsL66d_S1GY_F3cJWOyR65tzWUmVO1i-75UEXaqnPssagaAQNtD0YqUN-eS_Kf3MS9JEuxM0g/w534-h640/41.jpg" width="534" /></a></i></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>Not least of all because my knee flared up so I couldn't walk. Nothing to do with my current problems but due to me having completely 'lost' the meniscus in my knee. Osteo-arthritis is in part to blame and my knee cap has moved out of alignment causing a great deal of pain. I've had x-rays and scan etc but there is nothing that can be done to rectify the problem. Thankfully my GP has come up with medication that really helped and I can walk again though still with discomfort but I know a some of you suffer the same fate.<br /></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRxzPktp_G5Gj1TtROxNN4rV9ByJmi0BVMl_WPmBFZNz8ZvPXJHOhmFJmkO9bKWLc-PKvV6bRbLRntq6SULBn3fank7WcUD00hL_jpUFBVlP5kczc_0WUFhH80TVs_ui2l-w8IheCOWfyFFh1WuOWhU94FlC5B89RGxZ7tahbMvoOrV0wyFZJEKA/s3374/46a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3374" data-original-width="2828" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRxzPktp_G5Gj1TtROxNN4rV9ByJmi0BVMl_WPmBFZNz8ZvPXJHOhmFJmkO9bKWLc-PKvV6bRbLRntq6SULBn3fank7WcUD00hL_jpUFBVlP5kczc_0WUFhH80TVs_ui2l-w8IheCOWfyFFh1WuOWhU94FlC5B89RGxZ7tahbMvoOrV0wyFZJEKA/w536-h640/46a.jpg" width="536" /></a></i></div><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i> So, my craft room now looks less like a warehouse, and in the next couple of months will be re-decorated along with a couple of other rooms and then a new kitchen is to be fitted which should take us up to Christmas. Did I mention how much I hate disruption? All I can say is thank goodness for online shopping! I have spent weeks sourcing things we need and I've still a way to go. </i></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7kX5qMsckapZI7gzI1jsN7hnrZDaJiJ3F1PzIypgISZUrK5lN8BAAnVDwpLhuR3ZJtiPQ6IgaqIOnQ_1TXnUu9dhb3W4jJ9_kNsPZdxbz7DuqRBPc5tKpJ4iWkVlXWyxHBwebASW-X01kJ2H7o2pIBAIgfh0d9lMBiJT8Im310Xgn2sOwEMajnw/s3026/42a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3026" data-original-width="2496" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7kX5qMsckapZI7gzI1jsN7hnrZDaJiJ3F1PzIypgISZUrK5lN8BAAnVDwpLhuR3ZJtiPQ6IgaqIOnQ_1TXnUu9dhb3W4jJ9_kNsPZdxbz7DuqRBPc5tKpJ4iWkVlXWyxHBwebASW-X01kJ2H7o2pIBAIgfh0d9lMBiJT8Im310Xgn2sOwEMajnw/w528-h640/42a.jpg" width="528" /></a></div><i></i><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>Actually I'm going along with things for my husbands sake, something for him to look forward to. He has been struggling both with his heart problem and age related problems which can't be helped but puts a lot on my shoulders. We have an appointment in a few weeks at the heart hospital which hopefully at least will make him feel better. </i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicsZ-h3fFcmLGU2gumo9Hl1_nDe2pxAtGKTiJ5wvbpfsntkBeh2yOInej7yv1gF-0LPh8fuzpMf_POjWGIp_85uXHeFkzFThoTS8H6QhWk8wNrklAzkjrwXouXBaFHh31qzyvAMan7MVLtFR1sg2oDaJ4XSKgs6D1h8r6-HW9gce0CulyTIe-6Dw/s3009/45.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3009" data-original-width="2473" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicsZ-h3fFcmLGU2gumo9Hl1_nDe2pxAtGKTiJ5wvbpfsntkBeh2yOInej7yv1gF-0LPh8fuzpMf_POjWGIp_85uXHeFkzFThoTS8H6QhWk8wNrklAzkjrwXouXBaFHh31qzyvAMan7MVLtFR1sg2oDaJ4XSKgs6D1h8r6-HW9gce0CulyTIe-6Dw/w526-h640/45.jpg" width="526" /></a></i></div><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Of course it's not just us old folk who have problems, my friend was hospitalized for a few weeks with severe asthma - It was touch and go for a while but she doing well now and my nephew is in hospital having been rushed in last week with a tear in his intestines. Such is life...</i><br /></div><div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGlsQrFVcaJRnAH_wf5BSBId-P6xjkfehPN4VC5atTvfAasu1ATCuei01wuUxRofVhiwLYLQ4N5kBXFcVqpar88OYrZdMXJug5CVLSkXNUCWT-B70k92telLzA_IHHhkWEL5zBNip8kUVqjv7pN-VNdbVsXcAcBTgzm7VOgCt70Pgu-24kE-QiuQ/s3034/44.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3034" data-original-width="2374" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGlsQrFVcaJRnAH_wf5BSBId-P6xjkfehPN4VC5atTvfAasu1ATCuei01wuUxRofVhiwLYLQ4N5kBXFcVqpar88OYrZdMXJug5CVLSkXNUCWT-B70k92telLzA_IHHhkWEL5zBNip8kUVqjv7pN-VNdbVsXcAcBTgzm7VOgCt70Pgu-24kE-QiuQ/w500-h640/44.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Then we lost our beautiful Queen Elizabeth...</i></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>Perhaps not unexpected but nevertheless heartbreaking. We have shed some tears and for a while we faltered. But it's not all bad... </i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>We still have each other, good friends and family and in case you didn't know it I'm made of stern stuff. I still meet my GF's and keep up with exercise classes when I can and despite having little sensation in my hands I continue to do the things I love, and I have you...</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>I'm sorry I can't reply to those of you who have messaged me when you have "Noreply" blogs but know that I am truly grateful for your emails.</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>Well that's it for now friends</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>Be safe, take care and big hugs to you all</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>~ Ros ~<br /></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i> </i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><br /> </i><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p></div>Ros Crawfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02496399533122068299noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5603420107473421569.post-40106744255013891942022-08-15T11:23:00.001+01:002022-08-15T11:23:21.478+01:00Still Here<p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: center;"> Hello there friends...</p><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: center;">How are you? I know my UK friends have been sweltering in a heatwave whilst many overseas have been subjected to storms.</div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: center;">I can't stand the heat we've been having, it's unbearable, trying to muster any energy or sleep is nigh impossible. Thankfully today the weather has turned and I've never been so grateful to see rain clouds gathering.</div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: center;"> </div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: center;">I do have a few things to share with you now the cat has vacated my chair and I can get to the computer....</div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: center;">First up is a little guy who too has been finding the heat exhausting</div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: center;"> </div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg5c31z2IRCAS8qGaAK-r_zIBwURkJGFKssswCym-NGgidzNkAXa_VVAU3yTcFlp-tB4WzibjU-I6tC-3MtW0nH4SF14xc1FKfT4o8Up_pXzy5HhYu2xE2GcFXGQJKnmjKZgCEdHNFG9_pyj23OeoZxHymDDS8Km_GFZQkoLkFEiO1EYpfNxbA1A/s2788/39.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2788" data-original-width="2346" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg5c31z2IRCAS8qGaAK-r_zIBwURkJGFKssswCym-NGgidzNkAXa_VVAU3yTcFlp-tB4WzibjU-I6tC-3MtW0nH4SF14xc1FKfT4o8Up_pXzy5HhYu2xE2GcFXGQJKnmjKZgCEdHNFG9_pyj23OeoZxHymDDS8Km_GFZQkoLkFEiO1EYpfNxbA1A/w538-h640/39.jpg" width="538" /></a></div><br /> ...His library book discarded as he snoozes</div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNF5XbMUcyoktlIyid2zy-_21Q73j2MmQGr_BzE5VaNrZK0ywdv2K0jUSPTocG1lqz3kIKRsgL0_ewL3zTQYwrJ3WVM3l4YbxFQ3m1e0BYDrBnmHauyDvRhrV9ebWMqZCosFiJAjmGPafTCfj_XYB-qOVWRfx9bpF3EjHHwTAjuOxZERRf3gVCrw/s3032/39a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3032" data-original-width="2442" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNF5XbMUcyoktlIyid2zy-_21Q73j2MmQGr_BzE5VaNrZK0ywdv2K0jUSPTocG1lqz3kIKRsgL0_ewL3zTQYwrJ3WVM3l4YbxFQ3m1e0BYDrBnmHauyDvRhrV9ebWMqZCosFiJAjmGPafTCfj_XYB-qOVWRfx9bpF3EjHHwTAjuOxZERRf3gVCrw/w516-h640/39a.jpg" width="516" /></a></div><br /><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: center;">And then there is a whimsical painting I did</div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: center;"> </div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI5FMgEO7mumBLZAffFAQJjtijSa7BrG_WKH0yVwd6KJUobTq6w_p8YDyrLhkgwa_UoJSeJNGa68DBKQFad7bl20QgasbWDN7MysQz7VyVqQR_V6fmjyoi-tRt076sxwlqFsAJokwwQduYrYCQLIx-LMGjXsXVTrHGqugrGffxioU7NR9K61lOJg/s2989/38.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2989" data-original-width="2446" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI5FMgEO7mumBLZAffFAQJjtijSa7BrG_WKH0yVwd6KJUobTq6w_p8YDyrLhkgwa_UoJSeJNGa68DBKQFad7bl20QgasbWDN7MysQz7VyVqQR_V6fmjyoi-tRt076sxwlqFsAJokwwQduYrYCQLIx-LMGjXsXVTrHGqugrGffxioU7NR9K61lOJg/w524-h640/38.jpg" width="524" /></a></div><br />Sometimes the mood takes me but I'm a little more clumsy with my hands</div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: center;"> </div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: center;">The gardens have suffered in this heat but I did photograph some surviving flowers - It's only when you get up close and personal that their real beauty is evident, like this tiny poppy that looks like crumpled paper</div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuN6i2Gs5nhiAewZKAwzD4CcAL7na4UJOu8u19T2_Y8VNmxfQyElA_9fz6kdjSC1KfzL0_Wg2Si_krUF6fppVN0hzZGwl_aoBHK71kgLpSQ8zIAHSRxaGaCSkNXgXoiDb7Xx7iMot1edNbeEpa0winZjHRdvuPvCdNUVlX1Oduu_aU-wH8P5eG1w/s3155/45.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3155" data-original-width="2888" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuN6i2Gs5nhiAewZKAwzD4CcAL7na4UJOu8u19T2_Y8VNmxfQyElA_9fz6kdjSC1KfzL0_Wg2Si_krUF6fppVN0hzZGwl_aoBHK71kgLpSQ8zIAHSRxaGaCSkNXgXoiDb7Xx7iMot1edNbeEpa0winZjHRdvuPvCdNUVlX1Oduu_aU-wH8P5eG1w/w586-h640/45.jpg" width="586" /></a></div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: center;">The delicacy of wild flowers is so beautiful</div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJd5UxqzEZDgAAO80V6K75kxaQVcSqwCBG_5u_g2BDej5XcHbxWLXx-zeCY0ZvsRp9FCix5eUGLNev65_TvG-E4IaXtAvantNM-9OplDmPBPhUiHpAeuGyUGC6MOZd-jf8n2NRo4nJl2rWtXPNlS9Fx_Cfe32NiyCrz3qk2PPnuxPBip_SIc1bPA/s3706/40.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3374" data-original-width="3706" height="582" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJd5UxqzEZDgAAO80V6K75kxaQVcSqwCBG_5u_g2BDej5XcHbxWLXx-zeCY0ZvsRp9FCix5eUGLNev65_TvG-E4IaXtAvantNM-9OplDmPBPhUiHpAeuGyUGC6MOZd-jf8n2NRo4nJl2rWtXPNlS9Fx_Cfe32NiyCrz3qk2PPnuxPBip_SIc1bPA/w640-h582/40.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHHk3yLbRhh0ewM5VOC32FF52XCFzkpgm13xXcv-pW1iMt7sfFIxSYmB92nsp9CsXdT14SgmSVkZgGnHnGm5lMvCw_o8x3mNcytLj2uybK_vCFBOfpe936PNcP4rB5KuFnDCSvFScBL0RqlSCKZjQVQeMNXqkDIGk7q1w8_H_uG4gTd3W_zAmUdA/s4005/47.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2582" data-original-width="4005" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHHk3yLbRhh0ewM5VOC32FF52XCFzkpgm13xXcv-pW1iMt7sfFIxSYmB92nsp9CsXdT14SgmSVkZgGnHnGm5lMvCw_o8x3mNcytLj2uybK_vCFBOfpe936PNcP4rB5KuFnDCSvFScBL0RqlSCKZjQVQeMNXqkDIGk7q1w8_H_uG4gTd3W_zAmUdA/w640-h412/47.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: center;"> </div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: center;"> even the humble buddleia</div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3WCGpiTsjNkqFLw_FPYuGgVfJRMpRufejFLh98BAth2sJVlw4ZxFNR8urJB9X8sBM6NjsogTs0vC-ocXtaTMsl1wHr2Ytu4rHuTFykXnZAqv983_LqUwAYaem-40ZGZ2pvR1TUUzj74eGkfp2Cf-BQFOncYmL5iN1ow1fRQ1Lo4wZn6YRcZfWEA/s2912/46.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2912" data-original-width="2619" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3WCGpiTsjNkqFLw_FPYuGgVfJRMpRufejFLh98BAth2sJVlw4ZxFNR8urJB9X8sBM6NjsogTs0vC-ocXtaTMsl1wHr2Ytu4rHuTFykXnZAqv983_LqUwAYaem-40ZGZ2pvR1TUUzj74eGkfp2Cf-BQFOncYmL5iN1ow1fRQ1Lo4wZn6YRcZfWEA/w576-h640/46.jpg" width="576" /></a></div><br /><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: center;">Then there is the splendour of the rose</div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp3mjyrDK9ad1jyk_77gOSTIvuaQX5SIULwmP5XeFAN4KtK91OMk9AVQsOq1H4RsKAXQPI42IUSCqD656uHHo5ABe4aiiVKZvXkKWHZtVVL1j9lWHYiF0eJjQaHqoAl5C_hdCB-z6isbre28Nyb2K-2Vsrju_edOTMY3KgvfPckrKiiS1VkxDjlA/s4608/44.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp3mjyrDK9ad1jyk_77gOSTIvuaQX5SIULwmP5XeFAN4KtK91OMk9AVQsOq1H4RsKAXQPI42IUSCqD656uHHo5ABe4aiiVKZvXkKWHZtVVL1j9lWHYiF0eJjQaHqoAl5C_hdCB-z6isbre28Nyb2K-2Vsrju_edOTMY3KgvfPckrKiiS1VkxDjlA/w640-h480/44.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">As for other news, well, I should have seen my eye doctor a few weeks ago but having not heard anything I rang the hospital and it transpired that one of the nurses had inadvertantly cancelled my appointments and marked my file as discharged. what can I say? Having realised their error the next appointment they could give me is for the end of September. </p><p style="text-align: center;">And my neuro consultation? Well once again the appointment didn't come through so I rang that hospital and it seems my consultant has been absent for a month having contracted Covid. The next available appointment is now the end of November. It kinda would have been nice to have been advised though. So my mantra thse days is Que sera sera.</p><p style="text-align: center;">I won't bore you with more, I'm sure we all have our problems to deal with.</p><p style="text-align: center;">On a final note I recently became hooked on a Netflix series called Dark... A German production (with subtitles) and utterly mind blowing. We've watched many film series only to discover that there is no conclusion or end and it is so frustrating but this one wrapped it all up in the end. I appreciate it isn't everyone's cup of tea and very confusing at times but well done to whoever made this series especially the casting.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Be safe my friends and thank you for sticking with me.</p><p style="text-align: center;">~ Ros ~<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Ros Crawfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02496399533122068299noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5603420107473421569.post-42253488028878957612022-07-14T10:39:00.013+01:002022-07-14T10:43:42.064+01:00Getting Old is For The Birds<div style="text-align: center;"> Well good morning friends, I hope you are well<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">I've been up with the lark, which is becoming the norm for me and I managed to visit your blogs too. Excuse any spelling or grammar errors I made - typing is weird when your fingers have little sensation.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Referring to my last post, my friend Diane commented that getting old is for the birds and it gave me an idea so I grabbed my pen and paints and made a couple of cards...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-H1zCW32YLFmGyEGmAG-svUgxAt5oTyl0Z4Q7yeYth211gu9CFUQpWpibiyZ7nx6iEDoNEQjklYUKRVTk8jRstAk2qnQ__hpUnQiR3D3zv_A2jWmCZxApxrhDuDu8d-Vk1590E8SKJwq4NyXQBUHZG_btBcl8iQdSrj3bvX2n_vWumM-w3-0law/s2544/36.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2544" data-original-width="2315" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-H1zCW32YLFmGyEGmAG-svUgxAt5oTyl0Z4Q7yeYth211gu9CFUQpWpibiyZ7nx6iEDoNEQjklYUKRVTk8jRstAk2qnQ__hpUnQiR3D3zv_A2jWmCZxApxrhDuDu8d-Vk1590E8SKJwq4NyXQBUHZG_btBcl8iQdSrj3bvX2n_vWumM-w3-0law/w582-h640/36.jpg" width="582" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I haven't had to resort to a walking stick just yet but glasses? I have 3 pairs and the onset of cataracts so I know what it's like for this little guy trying out his glasses.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8pKPxCZN25XrSD5gcnZjXXUFaHrPDGGs3p8a34iXPRI-ee4cUyfv1B7-scHd1b3HThb_ih2UVaoEyKXxXy-INJYW0MYx72ApyJNuzgq0LQISWqiUSwx73DGp0Y1KM-OTAK4d8vkQGNG7MoLJJTZSsJCX2Tll4ci4Q1_9_gx7nq3D-gy9WKIoNYg/s3043/36a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3043" data-original-width="2351" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8pKPxCZN25XrSD5gcnZjXXUFaHrPDGGs3p8a34iXPRI-ee4cUyfv1B7-scHd1b3HThb_ih2UVaoEyKXxXy-INJYW0MYx72ApyJNuzgq0LQISWqiUSwx73DGp0Y1KM-OTAK4d8vkQGNG7MoLJJTZSsJCX2Tll4ci4Q1_9_gx7nq3D-gy9WKIoNYg/w494-h640/36a.jpg" width="494" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A funny thing... I have to use eye drops in my left eye every day and DH said these particular ones cause hair to grow. Of course I thought he was joking but honestly the eyelashes on my right eye are normal but my left eye looks like I have a false eyelash on... It's ridiculous. Yes I've considered trying it on both eyes but I'm scared that I won't then have enough to last the month which is the shelf life and when my prescription is repeated so I guess I'm just going to have to get used to it.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">This next one I'm entering at <a href="https://casmixup.blogspot.com/">CAS Mix Up</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJJGv00v15KCmD_7zxBawl55aMVKJGC9lU1mOpJT-c68f8vEaa5OUGUjGIIGCDe2sgZGc8DWtKPSxN-f5bIibA4FMOge3rLUzL_26ybXpuLXTstHlh8eVmR5lL0rbvAcMV9mN4UBTHsrKairkQm35Vk4O8RcdK81s01M7tl8xySPLwLuyoF98lPA/s250/July.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="250" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJJGv00v15KCmD_7zxBawl55aMVKJGC9lU1mOpJT-c68f8vEaa5OUGUjGIIGCDe2sgZGc8DWtKPSxN-f5bIibA4FMOge3rLUzL_26ybXpuLXTstHlh8eVmR5lL0rbvAcMV9mN4UBTHsrKairkQm35Vk4O8RcdK81s01M7tl8xySPLwLuyoF98lPA/s1600/July.png" width="250" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">This guy reminds me of my DH but don't tell him.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5SuvXp9eKs8MVqn8qEaFSW1J8hyFKIucLGAhoZinB4LHeGMPBzZ07a-alE1kimi2Ot5bxYtFHkey-dyu6UfGL-se7PGChkbRg2bIBBYys25fsvbaWiyYn1U7hXyjfsDsroCEuz3thh4gDd6yfkKH2lAVQ_4sSsDrQ_MiqwshdW9a_XpmLT-zBmQ/s2896/35.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2896" data-original-width="2417" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5SuvXp9eKs8MVqn8qEaFSW1J8hyFKIucLGAhoZinB4LHeGMPBzZ07a-alE1kimi2Ot5bxYtFHkey-dyu6UfGL-se7PGChkbRg2bIBBYys25fsvbaWiyYn1U7hXyjfsDsroCEuz3thh4gDd6yfkKH2lAVQ_4sSsDrQ_MiqwshdW9a_XpmLT-zBmQ/w534-h640/35.jpg" width="534" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Not that he goes to the library but he reads everything, labels and contents on packets, you name it... Getting around a supermarket takes forever with him. But I think it's the strands of hair and the specs that more remind me of him Lol!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit97RO2t20o2XmefM0zdkAfHfg1ph7xSjSuZ2mTA1M73O7J5Z0NAEUDIzMniyl9fPOupFd5GI7xoxLONDH1BiCnOTMF95BucM6gGiEqWxLqr5hnkpFBYEPV5fSIdHEVVX3Tkg8y10li0kYqMICFkGlvsNgLTglE4E77XiSAwm9S3p83HJt77EVnQ/s3122/35a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3122" data-original-width="2449" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit97RO2t20o2XmefM0zdkAfHfg1ph7xSjSuZ2mTA1M73O7J5Z0NAEUDIzMniyl9fPOupFd5GI7xoxLONDH1BiCnOTMF95BucM6gGiEqWxLqr5hnkpFBYEPV5fSIdHEVVX3Tkg8y10li0kYqMICFkGlvsNgLTglE4E77XiSAwm9S3p83HJt77EVnQ/w502-h640/35a.jpg" width="502" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I was actually chuckling to myself as I drew these, assembling them took twice as long. <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I hope they made you smile too...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Enjoy your day... It's cool and dull here whereas the rest of the country is sweltering but hey I'm not complaining, I don't like the heat.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Till next time</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">~ Ros ~<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Ros Crawfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02496399533122068299noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5603420107473421569.post-19142665712827329292022-07-07T09:22:00.002+01:002022-07-07T09:22:58.383+01:00Just an Update<div style="text-align: center;"> Hello there friends... </div><div style="text-align: center;">I hope you are well and enjoying a better summer than we Brits are.<br /></div><p style="text-align: center;">I'm sorry that I don't have anything crafty to share with you but you have been wondering where I am and what's happening so I thought I'd pop in with an update.It's been a full on time with hospital appointments for weeks, both for my eyes and my spine problems and hubby has also had his fare share too.</p><p style="text-align: center;">I did get my Iridotomy on both eyes and earlier than expected as the pressure shot up again. So there have been regular visits to the eye hospital. It didn't go as smoothly as we hoped but I'm doing okay now and I have a few weeks reprieve before I go back there. </p><p style="text-align: center;">The day after my iridotomy I had an appointment at different hospital to see my spine consultant which resulted in him referring me to another consultant who is a top specialist in cervical spine problems and I got to see him within a couple of days.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Since then I've been tested for this and that, prodded and poked, had electric impulses fired through my arms and hands... You name it! I'm regularly visiting 3 different hospitals and to be honest, it exhausting. </p><div style="text-align: center;">The next step will be a consultation with a team from the Neuro centre to see whether or not they will operate and whether I'm prepared to have the operation. I knew the risks when I had my lower spine surgery but had no hesitation as I had no quality of life at the time, but with this operation the stakes are high. Because the stenosis has affected all my neck discs, they aren't confident that removing one won't destabilize all of them and the eye problem increases the risk of blindness not to mention complete paralysis. </div><div style="text-align: center;">It's been and still is an anxious period. I honestly don't know what route to take and no one can say how quick the progression of this disease will be....sigh.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">I've had no inclination to pull out my paints though I have perservered with sewing to the best of my ability. I even considered closing my blog... I'm just so indecisive right now - But I am staying positive and hoping this mist in my head will clear and I will be guided in the right direction.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I know you are all pulling for me and I really appreciate every prayer, thought and message not to mention the cards I've received. Thank you...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Stay well and safe my friends</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">~ Ros ~<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div>Ros Crawfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02496399533122068299noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5603420107473421569.post-92072792988596054262022-06-05T11:19:00.000+01:002022-06-05T11:19:21.705+01:00Pen & Paint & Prayers<p style="text-align: center;"> Hello there, I hope this finds you well</p><p style="text-align: center;">It's a wet and miserable Sunday here, thankfully we had a decent day yesterday when most of the Jubilee celebration parties were planned. We stayed home and I did some painting.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq0kWMRHmXTQlnBG8js-jgcXZd9614CBDL8Ah2btdXJClUTGGARi9A9H9GvkGjjpyqe1-8hlpj80cfr4CpwAd1dpn_QEPfpSc_HHtWqW_XlUn1N3z38Gr_QLwaPjtMXdigVAqq6syxrsG_Uyg4ZjqZwcM1s1zRlbvqb_xUgZemT6t1SvxxeB_zaQ/s2965/31.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2283" data-original-width="2965" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq0kWMRHmXTQlnBG8js-jgcXZd9614CBDL8Ah2btdXJClUTGGARi9A9H9GvkGjjpyqe1-8hlpj80cfr4CpwAd1dpn_QEPfpSc_HHtWqW_XlUn1N3z38Gr_QLwaPjtMXdigVAqq6syxrsG_Uyg4ZjqZwcM1s1zRlbvqb_xUgZemT6t1SvxxeB_zaQ/w640-h492/31.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">My version of dragonflies and though you can't see it they have a coating of shimmer on their wings<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSFXm2cia6FcESIe-9p2KwvllsywrSOox5f5tLLs0fevFT8QegDiphNNvXkrX3adGaeY-5QGOUTUdJI50A8K8qJf-TLUHiaqasI8reAPwPf7L5L2oQs0u_rcjIlrcLXoNLr3twT_u6C3Ksx7PmfQ9EsiQCmovzoZeZjYs0Fi10b8JUnvxdua1ZdA/s3091/32.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3091" data-original-width="2433" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSFXm2cia6FcESIe-9p2KwvllsywrSOox5f5tLLs0fevFT8QegDiphNNvXkrX3adGaeY-5QGOUTUdJI50A8K8qJf-TLUHiaqasI8reAPwPf7L5L2oQs0u_rcjIlrcLXoNLr3twT_u6C3Ksx7PmfQ9EsiQCmovzoZeZjYs0Fi10b8JUnvxdua1ZdA/w504-h640/32.jpg" width="504" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">A little bird who is happy to see summer arriving... </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">And my last card I'd scrapped as the stamping is a bit off but I added some painted flowers so now it doesn't look too bad<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCJryQUJ8gfP6J3v6K3yXbB4yOvjX2t1ZIKI3fF5lJ5EHwWJmM4ODI_A3ERcrl_MUFMkztaqrrV1dw6h8vbGCoiPEqkSG4e-rWjH1XU_K-qIPymcr7AKMfzMDZA2xsuOeOGgocMM6avdXfDTyw48ohXYErLQwyNbrwaXVu29RJpfOKetQTr1TzGQ/s3012/33.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3012" data-original-width="2350" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCJryQUJ8gfP6J3v6K3yXbB4yOvjX2t1ZIKI3fF5lJ5EHwWJmM4ODI_A3ERcrl_MUFMkztaqrrV1dw6h8vbGCoiPEqkSG4e-rWjH1XU_K-qIPymcr7AKMfzMDZA2xsuOeOGgocMM6avdXfDTyw48ohXYErLQwyNbrwaXVu29RJpfOKetQTr1TzGQ/w500-h640/33.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Thanks so much for your prayers - Not only do I have my consultant appointment for my cervical spine next week, but the clinic was moved to another hospital so I managed to get an appointment with the consultant who diagnosed my neck problems and also operated on my spine. Knowing I will have someone who I know and trust means the world to me. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I also have 2 visits to the eye hospital next week including the laser treatment so it's going to be a busy one...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Thank you all again... Have a good week</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">~ Ros ~<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div>Ros Crawfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02496399533122068299noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5603420107473421569.post-29543887823520165102022-05-25T13:21:00.000+01:002022-05-25T13:21:55.913+01:00Windchimes... Yes or No?<p style="text-align: center;"> Hello friends, it's been a while<br /></p><div style="text-align: center;">Do you like windchimes? do you have windchimes? I love them and have a few but my nextdoor neighbour who is of Chinese descent, tells me in her culture they are bad luck and that my problems are all down to my windchimes...Hmmm <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">I have a few cards to share and then I'll update you.</div><p style="text-align: center;">One of my drawn and painted leaves with more left over pieces <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzkGQ7bmzpSt0tYurHj8QxfrssTLvUP8sWzUdpkVa1M5U6bdJTBd2Jbpu9eJGvKK2W5wMdeydG2Gv3aXDH6lQ7UJj9NRLwdJFbJenBNBVchgZ7D4eaELQ4K3Zg5zuzkgAV45DUXpIl0KS54_DkpIEY2UT42ZVII66QUcezzTW6w0xr8f3VgbSrpA/s2960/28a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2960" data-original-width="2186" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzkGQ7bmzpSt0tYurHj8QxfrssTLvUP8sWzUdpkVa1M5U6bdJTBd2Jbpu9eJGvKK2W5wMdeydG2Gv3aXDH6lQ7UJj9NRLwdJFbJenBNBVchgZ7D4eaELQ4K3Zg5zuzkgAV45DUXpIl0KS54_DkpIEY2UT42ZVII66QUcezzTW6w0xr8f3VgbSrpA/w472-h640/28a.jpg" width="472" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">Sometimes I stamp things, paint them and then cut out just part of the image.. The grey/silver leaves above are from a large stamped image</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhscpmoiJ87TeRxh_6VNHS9NFMVya76IhKlHGf5961Ue--ZjPWd1acx778uqhsholFHdGmTVTnD5fGCQTOwIvsBRaI5Xmwi47cpj1ozuTPCZNl4NhDrhJBdpEiWsG2vIHXvSme3BFDi4Sqqfgnb1penMmurNVqo3E1mIr7B89vPbjoow0h7IePP8Q/s3023/29a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3023" data-original-width="2409" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhscpmoiJ87TeRxh_6VNHS9NFMVya76IhKlHGf5961Ue--ZjPWd1acx778uqhsholFHdGmTVTnD5fGCQTOwIvsBRaI5Xmwi47cpj1ozuTPCZNl4NhDrhJBdpEiWsG2vIHXvSme3BFDi4Sqqfgnb1penMmurNVqo3E1mIr7B89vPbjoow0h7IePP8Q/w510-h640/29a.jpg" width="510" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">This was one of a few mushrooms I painted, covered in glossy stuff and fussy cut it. The background is random watercolour and I added a stamped embossed image then finished it with a border of washi tape.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDuuk8EeHvITY6gLrNQn79lZCfpwQivyzX8CRS-6T5Xg9wX9FGeHLOq7-Q24vlyV-pXo6UGI6z0AME51lztfq6QgeZ7xp__Tk-cg8B_PLKZJhALYITHSqzW3po8UfDauJDp2yFFmha19WdWvJk8HAFtrF9D6w9XXSUCKYnWpF9axTcRdEWYLKP-g/s2956/30a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2956" data-original-width="2240" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDuuk8EeHvITY6gLrNQn79lZCfpwQivyzX8CRS-6T5Xg9wX9FGeHLOq7-Q24vlyV-pXo6UGI6z0AME51lztfq6QgeZ7xp__Tk-cg8B_PLKZJhALYITHSqzW3po8UfDauJDp2yFFmha19WdWvJk8HAFtrF9D6w9XXSUCKYnWpF9axTcRdEWYLKP-g/w484-h640/30a.jpg" width="484" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">This one is again random watercolour, the black embossed partial stamp is the one I previously painted, and used some of the leaves in my first card and the flower here.</p><div style="text-align: center;">So those windchimes...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Well I had a little emergency, this time with my eyes, hence my absence. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Following an urgent referral (that took 3 months) I saw a consultant a couple of weeks ago by which time the pressure in my eyes had become so high that they had to give me medication there and then. Seems I have Acute Angle Glaucoma and I could have lost my sight (permanently) at any moment. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I was given a high dose of medication for the next 2 days and had to return to the hospital on the 3rd day. The side effects of the medication were not pleasant but thankfully the pressure went right down. I'm still on meds but feeling much better on the lower dose and I return to the hospital next week for a check up. All being well, I have another appointment in June to laser both my eyes and hopefully prevent the same thing happening again. </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">I have been really lucky...The thought of losing my sight was so scary, heck I've already lost sensation in both hands, and my neighbour blames it all on the windchimes. Whatever... Someone somewhere must be looking over me so I may be crazy but the windchimes are staying....for now at least Lol!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I hope you are all doing well, thanks for stopping by<br /></div><p style="text-align: center;">~ Ros ~<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Ros Crawfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02496399533122068299noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5603420107473421569.post-40727382396770805042022-05-07T10:04:00.004+01:002022-05-07T10:30:21.227+01:00Blue & Blue...<div><p style="text-align: center;">Hello friends... I hope this finds you well</p><div style="text-align: center;">Just a short post, I wanted to say "hi" and to thank you for the lovely cards I've received this week. You are best! It really makes my day when I see a card in the mailbox. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Talking of which, I have 2 cards to share myself, made up from bits again</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhx6y49O1dyN8LpdZAWziyTG9sdJuobIIMViLLqZlIYKFvi-Yxx5zByQlyHOtNo1bs03BFEbhbKQYae4gjoOK2-0BIAg56RD-3IlmnwuCL5JZYziMNHByp1EdWQLesECdPg1jr5YjVw3UC9JfqqPGv1PqCXqzHWRTrBJffnH3vGHqYE2mky-xbLA/s2893/22.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2893" data-original-width="2550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhx6y49O1dyN8LpdZAWziyTG9sdJuobIIMViLLqZlIYKFvi-Yxx5zByQlyHOtNo1bs03BFEbhbKQYae4gjoOK2-0BIAg56RD-3IlmnwuCL5JZYziMNHByp1EdWQLesECdPg1jr5YjVw3UC9JfqqPGv1PqCXqzHWRTrBJffnH3vGHqYE2mky-xbLA/w564-h640/22.jpg" width="564" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">One of my painted flowers and leaves cut from some random watercolouring</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9SWiyJb1G5L-weqAJ5fqRpqOtHoSi8WBSv3F3c05_eKkp7jqEZ5Tsj4x10sbJIjq9ELLlh1WDof9lbE4nx-AGnrslQGf9IGiKGLa3_B4KV0vrgrvg8M7t8p7AG5S0y5qlcONIrleSlQHxfFd0ZnPXR30ay4ZnNtWSza1N9SSkIq7ZMi0LLtcL5A/s2938/22a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2938" data-original-width="2493" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9SWiyJb1G5L-weqAJ5fqRpqOtHoSi8WBSv3F3c05_eKkp7jqEZ5Tsj4x10sbJIjq9ELLlh1WDof9lbE4nx-AGnrslQGf9IGiKGLa3_B4KV0vrgrvg8M7t8p7AG5S0y5qlcONIrleSlQHxfFd0ZnPXR30ay4ZnNtWSza1N9SSkIq7ZMi0LLtcL5A/w544-h640/22a.jpg" width="544" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> And another in shades of blue...</div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4TWLSkp7HD3SSewVu8KR8l11ZJ_BzjJuuV2C-wmexU4WtcXN_PHwylkvmqGbYzDqwfxsYWQ5WcLJuzpN7FNLJsRHqA38mxAmZs-EeW-CSwmJ2_JKFfptUrsz9qBsHWOf_6oFiP78QaBzpL5fP8NwEqHp7dCRNzQMrixBiYB2fj9i1NVUIiX12AA/s3133/25.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3133" data-original-width="2620" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4TWLSkp7HD3SSewVu8KR8l11ZJ_BzjJuuV2C-wmexU4WtcXN_PHwylkvmqGbYzDqwfxsYWQ5WcLJuzpN7FNLJsRHqA38mxAmZs-EeW-CSwmJ2_JKFfptUrsz9qBsHWOf_6oFiP78QaBzpL5fP8NwEqHp7dCRNzQMrixBiYB2fj9i1NVUIiX12AA/w536-h640/25.jpg" width="536" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">It's a good thing I keep all those bits... <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnTRPy1LTitfnHGTo__5PDX60pPyaDwJ5hcuWyVorvd9kOBsI17aoYxkdonviq6T5SJzUI1wBKTlQGhwLSCo9WRRm7X6r3P0T1jTX7fssTC0bVxGAfPu4fhj3iDZFqU0PzWpgJDj_IgoE6-ibyNWD63oWx-BFpHySdS9gMcJ4Ocj8iHLvHsAySYw/s3231/25a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3231" data-original-width="2556" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnTRPy1LTitfnHGTo__5PDX60pPyaDwJ5hcuWyVorvd9kOBsI17aoYxkdonviq6T5SJzUI1wBKTlQGhwLSCo9WRRm7X6r3P0T1jTX7fssTC0bVxGAfPu4fhj3iDZFqU0PzWpgJDj_IgoE6-ibyNWD63oWx-BFpHySdS9gMcJ4Ocj8iHLvHsAySYw/w506-h640/25a.jpg" width="506" /></a></div><p> </p><p style="text-align: center;"> I don't have any news for you - I still haven't had an appointment through to see a consultant but it's a lovely day here, the sun is shining so it's a matter of keep taking the tablets and carry on.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Have a beautiful day, big hugs</p><p style="text-align: center;">~ Ros ~<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Just a quick edit... I have been trying to leave comments but it seems some are just not getting through... Takes me ages to type as well, sigh.. If you know how or what, please let me know 'cos I'm not ignoring you...<br /></p><br /><div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p></div>Ros Crawfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02496399533122068299noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5603420107473421569.post-61860481450430389972022-04-28T15:41:00.001+01:002022-04-28T15:41:42.471+01:00A Few more...<p style="text-align: center;"> Hello friends... Hope you are doing well</p><p style="text-align: center;">I'm keeping busy, and have a few more cards to share</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBb_XtA-nykSMzhXTnBdfYf88JumwRCdoyc4zL0PPgFEpi-K7UFeLT8o9YJbYd447VmNaoOVSprfx9wFR0kphB5P7XsDGhuUcuj8EkJKFCJanwnpNVk0fUuXpmaHF4R148cHrb79eSsJHmut5kt-qlmydKuimFr6Pp7RokAkrvG-GrDLrnu7zXXw/s2989/26.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2989" data-original-width="2450" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBb_XtA-nykSMzhXTnBdfYf88JumwRCdoyc4zL0PPgFEpi-K7UFeLT8o9YJbYd447VmNaoOVSprfx9wFR0kphB5P7XsDGhuUcuj8EkJKFCJanwnpNVk0fUuXpmaHF4R148cHrb79eSsJHmut5kt-qlmydKuimFr6Pp7RokAkrvG-GrDLrnu7zXXw/w524-h640/26.jpg" width="524" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">A while ago I bought some wrapping paper for a friend's birthday gift... I just loved the marble effect and kept a piece back to use up hence thes cards</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr1rK3fwDsz8yEVj3kj6njC2Vvjfy_bnxKLX88LZK5zafxziGVmGCXEnETQyBi5N-1qNnwMx7X0Umb96tXig2pjnb-Ch30J7DbxqIAUCyQv5AVgHbwWeFUd3FJcBW-rfAE9JCTuqnFOo8xHhAmypVPW--bsvtwRF75rQ8LJH06Mc3S-_dCAi945A/s3044/26a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3044" data-original-width="2360" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr1rK3fwDsz8yEVj3kj6njC2Vvjfy_bnxKLX88LZK5zafxziGVmGCXEnETQyBi5N-1qNnwMx7X0Umb96tXig2pjnb-Ch30J7DbxqIAUCyQv5AVgHbwWeFUd3FJcBW-rfAE9JCTuqnFOo8xHhAmypVPW--bsvtwRF75rQ8LJH06Mc3S-_dCAi945A/w496-h640/26a.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">The flowers are my own painted ones on both cards</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Izu3pYMnJA8KGtyxs9_TFu8Vv2Glo_nwY5glnj0pTj2yvhyuZ6MeNrws9pejpJze3qnul8W9O94G2xfXXKSMD4WCu9-9aVR0b8y5hsZbv0RVHR6ZiZ_Nnn_D_Ra6iAR5MakYAvekw8lIyS1gvSGmLdg8Vacl2LHg3nR9jyydiYsuNEY6lLMrZQ/s3058/27a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3058" data-original-width="2548" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Izu3pYMnJA8KGtyxs9_TFu8Vv2Glo_nwY5glnj0pTj2yvhyuZ6MeNrws9pejpJze3qnul8W9O94G2xfXXKSMD4WCu9-9aVR0b8y5hsZbv0RVHR6ZiZ_Nnn_D_Ra6iAR5MakYAvekw8lIyS1gvSGmLdg8Vacl2LHg3nR9jyydiYsuNEY6lLMrZQ/w534-h640/27a.jpg" width="534" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">This one is the negative leftover from cutting those leaves (couldn't bear to waste it)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDxCfowUv1Vk-FRqiP_U70LRenFKgZmQq8jBQNOf1d1HptKg_AMgQawbO4YNsHUKChBCQyvZaEOpU8mYfRIjo0xlylh6AQtumYFxsp6VgQpYhkx6rdgise6lHUGs7Qk00xjmkXYB9w-HB_l4QLUigSnTj3bDZJmj0k6jgkDnZcRqaGq6zw4qcdYA/s3060/27.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3060" data-original-width="2306" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDxCfowUv1Vk-FRqiP_U70LRenFKgZmQq8jBQNOf1d1HptKg_AMgQawbO4YNsHUKChBCQyvZaEOpU8mYfRIjo0xlylh6AQtumYFxsp6VgQpYhkx6rdgise6lHUGs7Qk00xjmkXYB9w-HB_l4QLUigSnTj3bDZJmj0k6jgkDnZcRqaGq6zw4qcdYA/w482-h640/27.jpg" width="482" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I haven't added sentiments yet, I'll wait until they are needed</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Short and sweet today... Stay well</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">~ Ros ~ <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Ros Crawfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02496399533122068299noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5603420107473421569.post-29163265702987912242022-04-26T11:24:00.000+01:002022-04-26T11:24:58.887+01:00Here we go..<div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: center;"> Hello and good morning from a sunny Liverpool</div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: center;">I hope this finds you well...</div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: center;">I put on my card making head yesterday and finally have some to share with you. They mostly include some of my painted pieces that I had saved</div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFkhgKX3CqzTFztNiVN-hnoQA88A_gqqRZHodW6ToybkMUkC2KCELBWn5bQPJeyiWTcgzvjmtJvtERiVDyJ0kq0wXBJtA4tbFOMZg-H6v6v4FID_yKRjTKtEbywi424mUa-_Rn0KPCg48lTip5Doaco1X3x6pMkBXsRxRrFaBm2DdP9B6UY8LoXw/s2886/23.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2849" data-original-width="2886" height="632" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFkhgKX3CqzTFztNiVN-hnoQA88A_gqqRZHodW6ToybkMUkC2KCELBWn5bQPJeyiWTcgzvjmtJvtERiVDyJ0kq0wXBJtA4tbFOMZg-H6v6v4FID_yKRjTKtEbywi424mUa-_Rn0KPCg48lTip5Doaco1X3x6pMkBXsRxRrFaBm2DdP9B6UY8LoXw/w640-h632/23.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: center;">This is one for a friend's birthday and I love the colours here</div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihXNywFK_Od2EoK_1yaY4V_JIJee7vGCTt_V7d8yEb-dbio3WgQvEeCkZoWstFG0DatI4dPWitr6cSW5I62X9b229LIp6xwul48dYfnNJc1aGujuXV4PKYyG4twy3ZIYL2L0Qh4sQs7YAdvFQ_H-k3zjO_HHl_zBwOaglaMIaezQXJg-1a9Bnlrw/s3086/23b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3086" data-original-width="2719" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihXNywFK_Od2EoK_1yaY4V_JIJee7vGCTt_V7d8yEb-dbio3WgQvEeCkZoWstFG0DatI4dPWitr6cSW5I62X9b229LIp6xwul48dYfnNJc1aGujuXV4PKYyG4twy3ZIYL2L0Qh4sQs7YAdvFQ_H-k3zjO_HHl_zBwOaglaMIaezQXJg-1a9Bnlrw/w564-h640/23b.jpg" width="564" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;">The flowers were painted a few years ago and somehow I managed to fussy cut them - It's weird but some days my hands work better than others, some days I can't hold anything let alone cut with scissors<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And another card using one of my painted flowers</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizvbi0vSWu03Hl_No5u6OHc3_cETIO52G3mg3rU732BrePl0G_EBzDXnyZ8bEvmZHCeUycTo7Pn_eKvJP1z06BU5rTzASLLqwkKqn_nXZbQfdKwjyB22CCrHnb7HDoxCAiPhYsrQq_Og9JrY94x39PXGlu_WKuES5j-qM-WVqKKvF9NKpLp_Uljg/s3013/21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3013" data-original-width="2530" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizvbi0vSWu03Hl_No5u6OHc3_cETIO52G3mg3rU732BrePl0G_EBzDXnyZ8bEvmZHCeUycTo7Pn_eKvJP1z06BU5rTzASLLqwkKqn_nXZbQfdKwjyB22CCrHnb7HDoxCAiPhYsrQq_Og9JrY94x39PXGlu_WKuES5j-qM-WVqKKvF9NKpLp_Uljg/w538-h640/21.jpg" width="538" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I'm so glad I kept those flowers... they look better fussy cut</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXGHKVrPUUqMPAuvfK-M9XHawvXiXZmTNiyRr2o19N5mTk_ZieDBEmIzIJtJ8MG0QGHriAqMuUxRUgDHdNhlvStZpa65sEdMqEi5mX9MTf6N7QP9CctSSjylxxAj6B4-YowjVJuqc6Ku_WVcb-gy9YOZ5gruZ2PtrgsxKjUVKlBHV0G4KCl_tdMA/s3111/21a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3111" data-original-width="2601" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXGHKVrPUUqMPAuvfK-M9XHawvXiXZmTNiyRr2o19N5mTk_ZieDBEmIzIJtJ8MG0QGHriAqMuUxRUgDHdNhlvStZpa65sEdMqEi5mX9MTf6N7QP9CctSSjylxxAj6B4-YowjVJuqc6Ku_WVcb-gy9YOZ5gruZ2PtrgsxKjUVKlBHV0G4KCl_tdMA/w536-h640/21a.jpg" width="536" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And one more...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLKE-kLUvUDrTneFwWUVs2mU39iKosprZnabGQ2ALzt2_Uqs3RzlFm8QLyuNIwkrZZ8RDoeO4fwF2hma_kDO9OFblU_P-W_AIh70IOuOwgPszd0CDRtaRfdqFiZ42T8NuHzZTp8xZm7xqWIHO9xQvtznoeMK-GEcv_fCU8pN_b4jZhm_WmrUlxuQ/s2953/19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2953" data-original-width="2592" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLKE-kLUvUDrTneFwWUVs2mU39iKosprZnabGQ2ALzt2_Uqs3RzlFm8QLyuNIwkrZZ8RDoeO4fwF2hma_kDO9OFblU_P-W_AIh70IOuOwgPszd0CDRtaRfdqFiZ42T8NuHzZTp8xZm7xqWIHO9xQvtznoeMK-GEcv_fCU8pN_b4jZhm_WmrUlxuQ/w562-h640/19.jpg" width="562" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I used one of my circle dies to pour the micro beads into once I'd added glue to the centre of the flower and it worked, well, there were still quite a few on the floor.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4zHjH8tz8oq0t7EZvvRZaZEBRMYLV1lwa_tPl_vxU1QNdzMGGI2JSsHUPxBcWiQyrt1BIHe4l9UUwDmwwM8NvkY_9wPSYYcLL-6uiqo_jXyIU7ozYWRcTFY9biX_bsiQG_uAmcLRKas7Tebcx0RKgrKY2GObq4V8u7VA6qzERLDDp9S0-L74r5g/s2777/19a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2777" data-original-width="2393" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4zHjH8tz8oq0t7EZvvRZaZEBRMYLV1lwa_tPl_vxU1QNdzMGGI2JSsHUPxBcWiQyrt1BIHe4l9UUwDmwwM8NvkY_9wPSYYcLL-6uiqo_jXyIU7ozYWRcTFY9biX_bsiQG_uAmcLRKas7Tebcx0RKgrKY2GObq4V8u7VA6qzERLDDp9S0-L74r5g/w552-h640/19a.jpg" width="552" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I went to my exercise class yesterday and just seeing the ladies and having a giggle worked wonders... not to mention the stretching. I'm not ready to give up yet.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I saw this on Facebook and it made me laugh... DH and I often sit on the garden swing (him in his baseball cap) discussing what needs doing in the garden. I do wear a grey arthritis glove on my hand and I do have to take Ibuprofen<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8T_iPX8fN6WsvKAEchO6GTII3kX8UR6pAuFQttuxayxHIdk3uzOrlvSH6gGxNRmFdhp_pfELLwM8G2Nt4ZbjA6ZCQOHXm8WR4rPtefo6D-S5jvKTMO48CHj60mJBWKWN-bVhIzZ73ZCZa6yBcAieNdUg_6oNcalmL_oNfE9Cb6wJj3UGqjq9K7w/s572/278742908_8060888910603361_3052042134990881937_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="572" data-original-width="432" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8T_iPX8fN6WsvKAEchO6GTII3kX8UR6pAuFQttuxayxHIdk3uzOrlvSH6gGxNRmFdhp_pfELLwM8G2Nt4ZbjA6ZCQOHXm8WR4rPtefo6D-S5jvKTMO48CHj60mJBWKWN-bVhIzZ73ZCZa6yBcAieNdUg_6oNcalmL_oNfE9Cb6wJj3UGqjq9K7w/w303-h400/278742908_8060888910603361_3052042134990881937_n.jpg" width="303" /></a></div><br /><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: center;">Have a lovely day friends... </div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: center;">~ Ros ~ <br /></div>Ros Crawfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02496399533122068299noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5603420107473421569.post-6154826689986907182022-04-20T14:55:00.001+01:002022-04-20T14:55:32.435+01:00Update<p style="text-align: center;"> Hello there... How are you?</p><div style="text-align: center;">I'm so sorry I haven't been visiting you and I don't have any cards to share yet but I wanted to give you an update on things. DH has got over his heart attack, though he remains anxious but is doing fine really. He's 9 years older than me so I still have quite a bit to deal with as he doesn't always cope with things. </div><div style="text-align: center;">As for me, I've now lost the sensation in my left hand, though thankfully unlike the right arm hand and neck, it doesn't cause me much pain.<br /></div><p style="text-align: center;">Well this morning I had my first appointment at the neuro centre and with Mikey alongside of me we listened to what the doctor had to say. I had hoped that with surgery, I would regain the feeling etc., in my hands, something similar to the lower spine surgery I had. Sadly this is not the case. Whilst there may be a small chance it will improve, it's more likely the damage to the nerves is permanent. Surgery can only halt the progression. It wasn't what I wanted or expected to hear...<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">I couldn't bear the thought of not being able to use my hands at all and do all the things that I love and as the doctor said, better to do what I love badly than never be able to do it at all. Even badly is frustrating for me but I continue to try. So I have opted for surgery I am now waiting to see a consultant in the forth coming weeks. </p><p style="text-align: center;">In the meantime I have continued trying to sew - even got hubby to thread the needles and hold things. I get brain fog a lot and that doesn't help. I've also had to resort to having help around the house and Sue (the neice of my BF Beryl who passed away a few years ago) comes over once a week. She needs the money and I need the help so it's a win win, plus we get to chat a lot. I managed to make 5 bunny bags for 5 of her 6 granddaughters for Easter..</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9e5ZR930_HR5ZiQioDT2f6r2vy2UN6yByC_I5wYMNlxmR8zIhNHfYabRiM06ApZPXi3ZvBM826jstNrwj3Cy2fEJin1PjIgHjJaNKMq64zhIv3W7_lT9Y-zHnSgw9GpUJfMBncxoethKQgvRn3NJimnYsONjPxNjdK_Ls7hEq0BohRyWICT8Dow/s3379/18.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3379" data-original-width="2642" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9e5ZR930_HR5ZiQioDT2f6r2vy2UN6yByC_I5wYMNlxmR8zIhNHfYabRiM06ApZPXi3ZvBM826jstNrwj3Cy2fEJin1PjIgHjJaNKMq64zhIv3W7_lT9Y-zHnSgw9GpUJfMBncxoethKQgvRn3NJimnYsONjPxNjdK_Ls7hEq0BohRyWICT8Dow/w500-h640/18.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">As a surprise I also made her a little black bag that she wanted and though my sewing is far from perfect and it takes me a long time, she was thrilled with it</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXDGpEu8iFQ91ghcqKbVafqbASR9kMspjRKA0TgcKTYCnDcx3pu_meu-6juKejWOOYc6usKv8njeie1U0orighM5h23JprMikaSh8506R91d-X3kvrekpwtwVmbCbo4fFv-igrwjuk7r-AVq9OMhpoVsA-eAA5ub3N39T5_dC9-Amu9Qd7cQicsQ/s2707/17.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2707" data-original-width="1859" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXDGpEu8iFQ91ghcqKbVafqbASR9kMspjRKA0TgcKTYCnDcx3pu_meu-6juKejWOOYc6usKv8njeie1U0orighM5h23JprMikaSh8506R91d-X3kvrekpwtwVmbCbo4fFv-igrwjuk7r-AVq9OMhpoVsA-eAA5ub3N39T5_dC9-Amu9Qd7cQicsQ/w440-h640/17.jpg" width="440" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">I won't give up and I am even going to attempt some painting again, even if it is badly Lol! </p><p style="text-align: center;">Friends have been amazing and thank you all for the lovely cards and wishes. I got to go to lunch twice last week. A monthly meet with my 2 GF's and the keep fit class also had a belated get together lunch which was held at my DH's golf club so he had a word before hand with the staff who kindly helped me so I didn't have to struggle carrying anything.</p><p style="text-align: center;">I know there are worse things going on in the world and I am so lucky to have my friends here and in blogland to encourage me and allow me to share.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Sending hugs to you all</p><p style="text-align: center;">~ Ros ~<br /></p>Ros Crawfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02496399533122068299noreply@blogger.com16