The Golden Fish

"Staring over the water, gazing into the sky,

determination sparkled vaguely in her eyes. 

Confidence and belief entered her being, 

now was the time to go out 

and catch the coveted Golden Fish"

 

I made this yesterday on watercolour paper. It tells a little story (at least it does to me) I am busy trying to design a new life for myself, one I love and will be proud of and that can support my kids, my family and that they can be proud of as well. Scared but also pretty determined, confident that it can succeed. I mean, if I pour my heart and soul into it it can only succeed, right ? So when I mindlessly sketched and started playing with watercolour paint this started to form and started to talk to me and it showed me determination and that it is about time to catch the golden fish, time to succeed. I think it told me to take another plunge, another leap. Trust the universe and just go for it. Crossing my fingers just in case....

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A Halloween Party with a twist - or - "The Witch and the Quest for Jack"

A Halloween Party with a twist 

or

"The Witch and the Quest for Jack"

 

One late Halloween's Eve the witch was at her stove busy stirring and brewing her creams and potions. Smoke was emitting form under the lids and steam was puffing all around her, she had tears in her eyes.

Her black cat BOO sat in the corner, 

She knew her witch was crying because she had found a rusty box that morning filled with photographs and postcards from her grand old granny MegsieMae. 

 She'd been looking for batwings, dragonskins and toadeyes. 

 

She'd read about a traditional celebration called "Ol' Hallows" or "Halloween" or something on one of the postcards. And there'd been photos of fields of pumpkins and toadstools and Jack-O-Lanterns (or whatever they're called) and Witches Gatherings! Oh she'd want to go to one of those....

Now you have to understand that this witch was all alone in her neck of the woods and no pumpkins grew this time of year, so she'd decided to brew this concoction to change her broom into a time traveling vehicle as described in one of Grannies recipes (flying broomsticks, ha, what would they be thinking of next ?) She'd go back in time to Gran's time and go to one of them gatherings, yeah.

The potion  was ready now and she conjured up the spell, but it backfired and next to the sweep appeared a dragon to her surprise? Ah well, ever the adapting witch she decided to ride the beast instead. So she gave him a spoonful of the other potion and took a sip herself and *Swish*~~~~ next minute she found herself in a cold dark damp swamp at the foot of a deserted castle, this must have been Gran's swamp ! There were pumpkins to be found 

 

and she quickly picked her Jack and set off to find the gathering of Witches to finally have a real Halloween herself !

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Thank you Vanessa for hosting this spooky feast 

<;)

Teaser

teaser for something I am working on....

The Frog Prince

The first of the Fairy Tales

We all have a Story

Mixed Media on Pine 8x12 inch

The gold framed quote/text in her hair reads:

"...some ideas come from flamboyant

and subconscious places,

others are quite literal..."