Wednesday, 23 April 2025

Organised!!

A literal line full of washing out on the line before breakfast....car down to the garage for MoT not long after 9am....the shepherds ready for ironing when I walked back up.the hill.

As usual, housework gets done right after breakfast...then I can relax!!

Today's work, done in short stretches ..was to cut the " heron " block...  



And here it is...I'm not used to colour, but I think that it is ok 

And the car passed its test .. relief!!

17 comments:

JayCee said...

Love that heron. It's beautifully done.
Washing done, housework done, car passed muster. A satisfying day.

Debra She Who Seeks said...

Love the heron!

Anonymous said...

Beautiful bird, and I like the blue!
What ink brand do you use?
—Fresca

smartcat said...

((o))

Red said...

I always wondered about the tools you use for carving blocks. Now I know. Inuit used soapstone for their blocks and still do.

gz said...

Oil based usually Hawthorn..I've got some Loxley which is reasonable. Not entirely impressed by Speedball.
There was another which I thought I'd got a tube to try but I can't find it!!
At present I'm using stamp pads...it usually dries quickly, especially the black

Jeanie said...

I'm such a sucker for herons so of course I'm loving your new block! Wonderful!

Susan said...

The heron is really nicely done.
Knowing the car is in good working order means reliability and that's always important.

Anonymous said...

Thanks. Do you ink the stamp pads with the oil-based inks? That sounds like an interesting option…
—Fresca

Catalyst said...

The heron is beautiful . . as it should be.

angela said...

Beautiful work. Very talented indeed.
I’m like you. Mornings are for what I have to do, and then the rest of the day I do what I want to do

gz said...

The stamp pads come infused with ink. I wouldn't add any ink to them

MELODY JACOB said...

There’s something so rewarding about ticking off all those tasks, and the heron block turned out beautifully—colour and all. And congrats on the car passing the test! A little relief goes a long way.

Anonymous said...

Thanks! —Fresca

Susan Heather said...

"The shepherds ready for ironing" - is a shepherd an ironing board?

gz said...

Sheets!! I'm getting fed up of my words being changed as I hit Publish 😕

Debby said...

I love your birds. But I admit to not getting the reference to the 'dum dum dum dum diddly dum' (or whatever it was...). I even googled it.