Well my last post was all about my aims for this month which were:
- Knit a square for the knitted blanket (still not started)
- Give away or knit an item from my stash (I may start on that tomorrow)
- Paint a watercolour for January (done!)
- Sew some napkins (sort of done)
- Read Stephen Kings' 11.22.63; Listen to Kate Atkinson Life After Life (started)
- Write book reviews for the above
- Do 4 Yoga sessions, 4 swimming sessions and get out walking (1 walk and 1 swim done)
Today I painted a watercolour based on a photo we took whilst on holiday in Pembrokeshire. I'm quite impressed with myself as I even managed to sketch it out first and I can not draw. Anyhoo the original photograph was this...
It definitely reflects the stormy, dark skies of this January but the hope that spring and blue skies are not far away. I think I made the grass too bright and think I should have done an entire back wash in dark grey but hey that's why I'm learning to paint.
The next part of the to do was sew some napkins which ok I've cheated. I was in Tesco and they had a pack of four white napkins for £4, so I just got them BUT they could do with jazzing up and I think a nice silvery grey strip or ribbon would look lovely.
I've also had an email from the Reading group and the next read is Susan Hills' The Small Hand so I need to add that to my reading list and get going. Oh and I set myself a challenge on Goodreads, read 25 books in 2014. I thought if I read 12 books with the book group I could read/listen to (I'm counting my audible books) an additional 12...wish me luck! I can't wait for my underwater MP3 player charger to arrive so I can get some audio books on their for my swimming. I went swimming on Friday (6pm is a good time to go) and did miss having something to distract me/ keep me going!
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