Pampered Feet

Pampered Feet with a foot spa

My daughter always gifts something awesome for my birthday and Christmas. 2 of the gifts that I really love are the  Foot Spa and Pedicure set.

So this morning I thought I should bring out the spa and pamper my feet. I highly recommend a foot spa. My feet feel refreshed and oh so clean.  

I haven't tried the pedicure set yet, Will have to read the instructions before I attempt it. 

This week I also tried a new painting technique using plastic wrap (better known as Glad wrap here in NZ). Followed this video by Cat Hand. It was fun even though the results weren't as good as Cat's.

with the plastic wrap on 

final result - first try. the colours weren't so vivid as I expected them to be.

final result - second try. could've been better but this was good enough.

In my younger days I would have persisted until I got the perfect picture, but that would have taken a lot of time and effort for what may have been minuscule improvements. But now with a different perspective on things, the definition of perfection changes.

More often than not, imperfect is perfect.

And now I will have to find something to paint on top of this perfect background.

It's been a hectic but peaceful week.

Wishing you all a peaceful week too.

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Some things "N"

Nice new leaves - a pleasant surprise

On Friday as I waited for the bus I noticed some new leaves on an old tree. They've probably been there for sometime but I just noticed them on Friday.  I was really happy to see new leaves growing as I recalled I was quite sad when a whole big branch of the tree was chopped down.

And this morning as I walked around my garden I noticed my Pohutakawa that I thought was dying, had some new leaves. Not many, but some is better than none. Thrilled to see that.

 And now onto the other N things

My painting of the Nanga Parbat - the 9th highest mountain in the world. Something about this mountain endears me to it.

My fragments from the week

Reached a major milestone for my project. Now looking forward to the next new phase.

I finally finished reading I Can See Clearly Now by Wayne Dyer. Interesting and inspirational in parts. It's got me wanting to read the 81 verses of the Tao Te Ching by Lao Tsu.

I love boxes and yesterday while browsing the 2 Dollar shop with a friend, I came across this one that I just had to buy.  I needed a box for all my paints and crafty things and this was perfect.  So I got myself a set of 2.

Hope you had a great week.

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Art

Art - my new passion for 2016

At the end of last year I took up watercolour painting and I am loving it.  Art is so relaxing. I was between jobs and thought I would try my hand at it.

So here is my impression of Uluru or Ayer's Rock in Australia. Looks pretty easy to paint, but trust me it is not.

The Aboriginal people believe that Uluru was created at the beginning of time by Spirit people and is hence considered a sacred or spiritual place.

I've never been to Uluru but would  love to visit. Somehow I've always felt it was a place of significance though I don't know what that significance is. Perhaps that will be clear when I get there someday.

This week I went back to work - same place I finished up at in September so I am thrilled to be back there as I love it there.

My son got accepted into the Architecture Master's programme so I am thrilled about that and so proud of my boy.

Been reading Beyond Past Lives by Mira Kelley - an interesting read though some parts of it I did not resonate with. But then that is what books are all about - you take what feels right and discard what doesn't. Her book raised a lot of questions so I guess from that perspective that's good.  Will have to meditate on the answers.

I hope you all had a good week.


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