The end of January! Eeek! Time seems to be flying by. Unfortunately my garden isn't going well. The broad beans have been decimated by black fly (this mild weather seems good for them) and the wet. My broccoli is looking a little sorry for itself and my garlic is struggling. Oh well, if they don't survive I can always plant more.
This weekend the Su+2 household went to the theatre. We bought the Teen tickets to see Hetty Feather at the Chichester Festival Theatre for Christmas. So yesterday we spent an afternoon in Chichester enjoying the sunny but cold weather, having a late lunch in ASK and spending some money in Lush before heading to watch the performance.
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| The Teen enjoying the programme |
I've not read Hetty Feather but the Teen has been a Jacqueline Wilson fan for many years and was eager to see the show. The whole performance was wonderful as the cast members played multiple roles and also played some of the musical instruments. Everything was so very well choreographed; you had to use your imagination a bit as they couldn't really get 4 horses and an elephant onto the stage, let alone a bustling London street. I think, however, that if you were to ask some of the younger members of the audience in 5 years time what they remember, they may well remember seeing real horses and a real oak tree and hundreds of people in Hyde park.
Once we got home the Teen was inspired to get out all her Jacqueline Wilson books to re-read them. She's acquired quite a number over the years from birthdays, Christmases and also from charity shops.
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| A brilliant show (these are just 3 of the Teens Jacqueline Wilson books) |
Late last year the Engineer bought me an orchid from a supermarket; it was the last one, languishing at the back of a shelf as it had one black leaf, but he thought the markings were interesting and that I might like to draw it. I did my usual sketching:
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| Thumbnails at the top of the page |
Then I did a line drawing:
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| A complicated flower |
Well, I started on this back on the 21st of October 2015. Then started it again a week later. I haven't worked on it every day since then but I have spent
many, many hours on it. Luckily the plant itself hasn't changed too much except for the fact the buds are now flowers.
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| I learnt a lot. |
So what's next now I have finished (I think) the orchid?
Well, as spring is approaching I am looking at daffodils, putting a few in a sketch book just to see how the colours look.
