Art and Abart

Lioness, the rose I bought last year, has  produced a last flower before winter dormancy.   She has not flowered a lot, but the flowers she ...

NSW had elections last weekend. The vote has not been completely finalised but there has been a change of government. Labor has the most sea...

Roses don't last long in Sydney's hot humid  weather so I've been picking them when they flower and  painting small canvases of ...

Bathroom shelves are often a place where we keep collected memories. A friend just posted a picture of her bathroom window sill with collect...

My lovely local organic grocery supplier had a special this week. With every box of mixed veges/fruit (that they chose) they...

It has been heartbreaking watching the livestream of the Royal Commission into the 'Robodebt" today. I knew the system ...

Our Sydney weatherman loves records and our weather is providing him with plenty to talk about. In late 2022 it was all about rain, how much...

I have my easel out again after a winter hiatus. This board with sketch of cellist has been waiting patiently since autumn.  I...

My garden gets ever more colourful as Spring progresses. It is full of self seeded butterfly flowers and poppies and the cuttings of all the...

My blog has had few posts since Covid  made travel difficult but I just read my post from November last year and realised that I should be p...

I have a visitor, a cat called Prince, who was with me while his owner was on holiday for a fortnight and continues to visit while his owner...

Spring has sprung, though you'd not know it from Sydney temperatures. It is cool and wet, but the sweet peas are happy that there are no...

I watched the funeral of the Queen on TV yesterday. So much pomp and so many inherited arcane rules but the choreography was won...

In memory of Merran Esson who died prematurely last week When I applied at the National Art School in Sydney in 2010 I was asked to bring wo...

This summer has been cloudy, or rainy or stormy and after so much wet the water has nowhere to go. This morning's photo is s...

Happy New Year from Sydney. Its a lovely day at last after all the rain but the city is awash with Covid and people are staying at home if ...

  The little gum tree I planted when I arrived here two years ago has burst into flower just in time for Christmas.  May you have a year of ...

My morning walk takes me down a set of  stairs to the bottom of the hill, then around the corner and up the hill again along parallel street...

Spring has sprung and the garden is a riot of flowers, at least as much as a garden can be that is on slowly-improving soil. Thankful...

Today I went out for the first time (apart for my two vaccine shots) since May, to the post office and chemist. I have been so isolated that...