ROCKING YOUR WORLD FRIDAY - 21ST OF 2025

Morning all tis Friday time for

So last Saturday we had our second book club, we had read the second in the Dream Harbour series (which I've read before), my niece had completed it as had I, my sister hadn't managed the second read through and my daughter-in-law had been exceptionally busy at work and hadn't finished but was a good way in.  Most of us seemed to enjoy it, although my d-i-law prefers a good old fashioned romance rather than this spicier type book. 

This month they've decided on The Handmaid, a psychological thriller so far removed from my normal genre that I may struggle but we will see. 

I did however enjoy the art journal session that we had, which for me just ended up a painting session if I'm honest. 

This was my painting linked with the book club but as everyone was running late I'd almost completed it by the time they got to mine. 

So then I diverted my attention to a couple of different paintings inspired by things I'd seen online. 

I fought with this one, it was on a pre-prepared page and initially I commenced it with watercolours (on top of acrylic paints, not the wisest of moves), before I hit the acrylics and got it more solid in colour. 

I finished it with some acrylic paint pens which are proving fun to play with. 

I'd also done paintings on holiday which I've not shared, one painting for each full day we were there.  All of them watercolour in a book from Typo that laid flat, which was good when I was sat on a sunbed balancing paints. 

The only downside, a slight bleed through from one of the other paintings on this one of the snack bar light fittings. 

The windmills in Rhodes Old Town

The harbour entrance (don't look too closely at the statues, one definitely is more dog than doe). 

I fought with this as the photo had a lot of shade which I couldn't see when it was sunny day on the sunbeds, thankfully I had a little time one evening to give a little detail at the bottom.

The pirate ship that turned up one sunset

The architectural detail of a building in the old town, I had mislaid my pencil so had to sketch in permanent pen, but I think it adds to the picture and actually turned out to be my favourite. 

We had eye tests on Sunday, no change for mine but hubby needs new as he has been struggling with his reading prescription. 

Busy work week but that is to be expected, however, we've dropped lucky a few times this week.  

I've also moved offices, twice (long story) but there was a positive from the desk move. I found my missing leather glove.  These were a pair of gloves my Mum bought me so they hold sentimental value for me and I lost one of them during the winter, I searched everywhere at home, through every bag, coat pocket, both cars to no avail.  But my sister told me to keep hold as she said if it was destined to come back it would, so I did.  I even spotted the lonely one in the drawer the other week and considered binning it but remembered what my sister said and to be honest, I did think I would eventually find it, even though I kept wondering if I'd dropped it whilst it had been on my lap and I'd got out the car and not heard it fall to the ground.  Overjoyed when I found it had got trapped at the back of the drawer I keep my bag in at work! 

Tuesday night tickets became available to see Our House at the local theatre, it was a young person's stage production and was really good. 

Then last night I found some 'cheaper' tickets to see Earnest, which is based on Oscar Wilde's 'The Importance of Being Earnest' play, not that we've ever seen in but we know this production was a bit of a farce (without realising that the original is too).  This one included audience participation with one person taking over the role of the key character, so we were relieved when a gentleman named Prav was pulled from the audience.  However, what we didn't know was that by the end of the third act every 'actor' in the play would be played by a member of the audience, including a man with a beard ended up dressed in a beautiful purple dress.  It made us laugh which is always good for the soul. 

Prav next to his portrait at the end of the play. 

and finally whilst I know most of the people that read this have already seen this on my Facebook profile, this is a photo of our son and my daughter-in-law with the scan pictures as they have gone public on the news that they are going to be parents in November.  Overjoyed for both of them, I'm still deciding on what I will be called, but definitely leaning towards Nannan at the moment, in hour of my Mum who was the best Nannan. 

I've not had chance to proof read this, so apologies for types etc.  

Have a grand week. 

Hugs