Creative freedom

My latest art pieces speak for themselves in that they show I've allowed myself more designing freedom and trusted my creative voice more than before and that just overjoys me! Ta daa!:

The big day of the bike virgin! :))

After possibly four years of procrastination, I finally christened my very own bike, I cycled it yesterday for the very first time (like a bike virgin - as Paul said it! lol )
A few years ago, we went to Rutland Water, hired two bikes and it was the first time for me since childhood, when I got back on a bicycle.
Then, we knew what we were getting each other for that Christmas, and we did! Only that unlike Paul, who finds cycling like walking (piece of pudding), I wanted a bike to re-discover cycling and become a confident bike-rider.
And NOW, four! years later, I am using my 4-year old brand new bike (does that make any sense?) for the first time!!!!
I've finally blessed it and it was a blessing for me as I loved it!! (not talking about the monkey bum aches I currently have, it's part of the fun). I do have a picture to prove my achievement! I was bike-brave yesterday!
It may sound hilarious to others, but it was an ACHIEVEMENT to me and a big progress! And now that it's my new passtime I'm very keen to do it again! I did what the old saying tells: Do something that scares you every day!
So if anyone out there in my town sees a plum jacket-dressed bike-freak that can't steer and and looks part of a comedy show, that's me!
Keep away and pretend you didn't see me! And certainly don't drive past me!

New musings

Guess what I found? I have been rooting for more fabric art quilting pages for a while now and here is one of the ones I'm still hoping to find as musings! It's beauuuutiful! My inspiration already feels a bit refreshed!

And there's more here.

A week of laugh / the power of words

I still have aching jaws after a 5 days' visit of our Romanian friends Mihaela, Adi and Ancuta whom we laughed with continuously, while bringing back shared funny times from many of ours and our parents' days out spent together and giggling at the silliest of things! Such a cool time we had with them!
Best things in life are indeed f r e e, and a good l a u g h is one of them!

Really love the three metal decor words on my mantle piece which say Live Laugh Love

they remind me of the power that words have, the same way as the ones in the hallway say HOME in such a cosy, happy looking pose! Captured here:

SO proud of my idea of putting up these words! They make our house talk for itself and equally tell a story about us! The same way as everything else in our home is a riddle about us: the Casa cu veverite (Squirrel house) plaque on the front, the Scottish guest bedroom, Paul's train study, my art room, the back garden with a pending Lilliput look, the rustic chalet living-room, the palm tree front. All of these whisper about who we are, what we love, and what our dreams are! And I love that!