I think this day we were doing some serious cleaning after our cat had a little accident…I won’t got into details…so I decided to sketch some of the cleaning materials. This sketch is done in a new sketchbook made from a block of Jackson’s 300 gsm 8 x 10 inches hot pressed acid free Watercolour paper. It’s beautifully smooth and so far I am really enjoying it…though it’s pity it comes in such an odd size!
Wed-30-Sep-2026
This is some catnip spray that we bought in the UK to try and revive a few cat toys and attract our cats to scratch something other than our couch (which is looking hairy and battered). However they seem totally uninterested in the smell! We also bought some cat “off” – to deter them from scratching everything – we haven’t tried that yet.
Fri-28-Aug-2026
On this day we drove down to Hove – after saying goodbye to my mum in Suffolk. I sketched this when we arrived at my daughters house in the evening.
Mon-27-Jul-2026
Somehow I still had the energy to sketch this on the day I got back to the Philippines. As soon as I arrived we went straight to the mall and I picked up my new glasses and bought this too – as my old blue one finally gave up (with the lid not tightening up anymore).
Sat-11-Jul-2026
Often the simplest things are most satisfying to sketch. I enjoyed getting the texture of the chopping board in this one and the contrast with the colour of the cup.
Fri-15-May-2026
We bought an extra tank of LPG last week (and found a space to keep it in our tiny apartment), just in case (because of this foolish and dreadful war) cooking gas becomes too scarce and expensive. God know when the current crisis will end and the world comes to its senses.
Tue-31-Mar-2026
We bought this Asahi kettle last year. It’s rather fancy in that it’s glass and has settings for different temperatures and coloured lights to indicate what it’s up to. Unfortunately one of darling our cats knocked it off the worktop soon after we got it the plastic at the bottom cracked. It still works but leaks a little…and my attempt at sealing the hole did not work.
Wed-25-Mar-2026
We have been waiting, nagging, reminding, complaining and following up with our ISP (Converge), for a router upgrade that we started paying for in September 2025. Then out of the blue we suddenly had a visit from their engineers and they installed the new device. Of course the speed of our internet connection didn’t improve much! Included in the package was a little box that connects to the TV and gives us local channels…so we now have four remote controls to lose down the side of the couch!
Fri-20-Mar-2026
Here are some keys accidentally left behind by our daughter’s partner when they went back to the UK. I was thinking of sketching some keys but this key ring is a lot more interesting than mine …with lots of dangly little tags and pouches, several of which, I think, were recently bought from the ArtWork store in Market Market!
Mon-9-Mar-2026