HalloWeenie Beach Party !

 

ominous beach scene

Welcome to my HalloWeenie beach party

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Jackooooo got lost

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Who the bats am I kidding ?

When we just arrived at the beach....

I love Halloween, I love everything about it, the colours, the decorations, the fun stuff, the creepy stuff....... I didn't grow up in a HalloWeenie kinda country though, but still it was Northern Hemisphere and fall and all and the feeling was right. Now I have been here on the Southern half of the globe for quite some time now and eventhough I dress up the kids and we go trick or treating with some friends and some people actually do celebrate Halloween, it's soooo different in summer weather.

So this year already, I had a hard time getting into the groove so to speak, also I had (have) a little artistic block feeling and I started to make some guardian Angels and I love the Angels at the moment, so who am I really kiddin' here ? Trying to make myself go all Halloweenie this year doesn't feel "on the menu" Today I went to the beach to try and find more nice driftwood for my Angels, I did take little Jackooooo with me though and set him down in the dunes......He didn't look too happy, so I built him a haunted cave structure

 

.......still not too pleased. I went looking for some friends for him....and I did find some beaut bones and potential creeps among the driftwood

Before we got to know them.....

 just lookie here: I think he enjoyed that last little bit of the party the best...... I contemplated leaving him behind as a sort of abandoned art project, but his face just yelled out at me ! There's always next year !! Keep me, we'll make some great celebrations then ! So ok he went home with me again and I will add him to the other orange decorations in the house ;)

Happy Halloween y'all !!!!

 

see them creeps I found ?

Of course we have to guide you to the other party makers in this amazing Halloween 2012 Party scheme

Do pay them a visit as well, there's a whole list,  just follow the link here

- be careful not to get too dizzy ;) -

and thanks so much Vanessa of "a Faciful Twist" for organising this event again


 

Sunshine makes things better

Rapanui - Shag Rock

So yesterday was a beautiful sunny day and that makes things so much better.
It was Mothersday and eventhough I don't go crazy for those kind of made-up special days, I did enjoy the breakfast the kids brought me in bed (the one and only day it's not me out first) and we also took a long walk along the beach and had an iceblock before going back home. It certainly cleared my mind. I should go for walks more often.
So today, I am going to clean up the rooms and then I'll be painting, yeah !!

Where do I belong ?

One of the journal entries...

While I was starting to draw something over the gesso layer that I had painted over my text,

I suddenly had to think about the little hermit crab with its house on its back, that little hermit crab belongs wherever it is, because it's got its house with him.

A comfy thought....