Saturday Art Club

I receive emails from the Council and they often have what look like fun art activities in the half terms but of course those are for children. In a recent email however they had some for adults. Some of the things were rather expensive but ‘The Art Club for Adults’ sessions at the Art Gallery… Read More Saturday Art Club

20 June 2022 Rainbow Junkie4 Comments

More Colouring

I am getting on well with my latest blanket but it is not yet completed and I am still leaving the more tricky sewing for the rainbow baby coat so I decided to share this with you. Still feeling below par, I have been finding that doing a bit of colouring in the afternoon has… Read More More Colouring

15 April 201915 April 2019 Rainbow Junkie5 Comments

Colouring in!

Over a year ago now my younger daughter bought me a colouring book. At the time I wasn’t sure if colouring in pictures was a good idea because of the arthritis in my wrists. However with time the pain is much less and recently I went through a period of being crazily anxious and I… Read More Colouring in!

27 March 2019 Rainbow Junkie8 Comments

Four Exhibitions

Ashmoleon Museum A few weeks ago I was in Oxford, the day I delivered the slippers, and I decided to spend some time in the Ashmolean Museum. At the time they had three Free Exhibitions and I went and looked at each of them. But first I went up to the roof terrace and had… Read More Four Exhibitions

16 July 2018 Rainbow Junkie4 Comments

Mandalas

Having seen a recent post by Wild Daffodil on drawn mandals, I thought that I would share ones I have made over the years. I used to have them on a blog I had years ago with a selection of my poems. The first mandal I ever drew was when I was part of an… Read More Mandalas

6 August 201514 April 2019 Rainbow Junkie16 Comments

An explosion of Rhinos

I know! a bigger gap between posts and all I can come up with is a load of rhinos!! Well the last couple of weeks moving my son into one flat and helping clean up the old one has left me quite exhausted and with very little time for crochet, knitting or anything else. But… Read More An explosion of Rhinos

18 July 201325 January 2016 Rainbow Junkie10 Comments

the blue jumper

Several weeks ago I turned up at my knit and natter group – ‘a crafty coffee’ to find that something unusual was happening. A local artist called Sarah Fulmer had brought her art project that she describes as “an ongoing community knitting project” and was asking us to participate. At the time I didn’t think… Read More the blue jumper

30 September 201225 January 2016 Rainbow Junkie6 Comments