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A few more Journal pages
Peacock, in our Guinea fowl flock. The African Wild Cat, while pruning. Sweet Violets and the Roman Alphabet. -
New Art Journal
Coffee mug, squirrel and birds. 
Bloemfontein, Amici Caffe Bar, scene to paint. 
Sunday morning drive, views and wildlife. 
Sheep in the land, Blue Cranes & Ducks 
Sheep flock. Early morning photo shoot. -
EDM. Every Day in May challenge, 2018
Robin eating cheese, Cape robin-chat, Cossypha caffra 
Silvermere farm road after rain 
Blue flowers in my garden. Lavender, Plumbago & Rosemary. 
Mountain Reedbuck, (Redunca Fulvorufula) on a misty & rainy day on Buffelskloof Nature Reserve, Mpumalanga. 
Tree by the roadside. Acacia Sieberiana. 
Portrait of John on his Birthday 
Grey Crowned Crane, Balearica regulorum, 
Gate on the Hill 
Autumn fruits and leaves. Tomatoes, Chillis, Rose-hips & Leaves of the Virginia Creeper. 
Lone sheep in Karoo Veld 
Buffelskloof Pine Forest. Mpumalanga 
Remembering dear Uncle Tony Fitt 
Mum’s Blue Tea-set, Mother’s Day. 
Silvermere Sunset and puddles after rain 
Chloë and John’s Birthday Portrait. Grand daughter and Grandpa sharing a tender moment. 
Expectant Ewe, lambing season, Silvermere. 
Secretary Bird, Sagittarius serpentarius 
Farm Road with Gumtree shadows 
Mana & Rufus, my brother’s cats. 
The Doves of Pentecost 
Karoo, Road through Veld to the Windmill. 
Sketchbook, Old Farm Boots 
Commemorating Chelsea Flower Show 2018. Floral wallpaper. On homemade paper. 
Hansie Lambs, Orphans. 
The forgotten houses on Buitekant St. Burgersdorp 
White-breasted Cormorant, drying his wings, Loch Logan, Bloemfontein. 
Sunset over Farm Dam. Silvermere 
Windmill Repairs, on Silvermere 
Feeding Guinea Fowl 
Clown-faced cow and calf 
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My 2018 Sheep Painting Challenge, no 2
This is the second of my sheep challenge compositions. A group of our Afrino sheep, with a view of our farm beyond, and the Freestate hills in the distance.
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My 2018 sheep painting challenge. No. 1
Since acquiring a few canvases at a sale at the art shop in November, I have decided to do a few paintings of sheep, in oil. Here is the first one.
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Three Holiday Sketches.
During the Christmas holidays, 2017, I did these three little sketches with my son, John,
A little corner of my garden 
Old Dead Tree, Excelsior. 
Gariep Dam, view. New Year’s Eve 2017 -
Christmas 2017, final paintings, – maybe !
Little Lamb Christmas Card. May our dear Lord bless your Christmas and guide you through the New Year. Lots of love to all my Family and Friends who visit this site.
“Come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the Lord our Maker. For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture, the sheep under His care. ” Psalm 95, 6 & 7
Christmas guinea-fowl This was painted for a client who is decorating his office with Guinea Fowl artwork. He already bought 2 others that were available in the bird gallery.
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Mini Journal
Even though I have been keeping journals always, I have started using small ones. One is in my handbag for on-the-road, and one is for short entries, when time is limited. Here is a selection from October. It is great fun keeping these, with some small sketches and a few quotes or notes from the day. I used the Paperblank journal
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Lambert’s Bay holiday. 2017
In April 2017 John and I travelled across the karoo to the west coast of South Africa, to Lambert’s Bay. Over the years we have been to different parts of the East coast, but never the West coast. So it was wonderful to experience the wild wild sea of the west coast for the first time. It is such a different coastal town with extraordinary bird life and breathtaking sunsets every evening. Our only disappointment was the lack of fresh fish in the restaurants. Perhaps all those seabirds have eaten them all? These are the sketches that I did while we were there and later in the May challenge.
Boat repairs, Lambert’s Bay 
Last Sunset, Lambert’s Bay holiday 
Kelp Gulls, and Sacred Ibis, Lambert’s Bay. SA 
Lambert’s Bay Harbour 
Cape Gannets, Lambert’s Bay, South Africa -
Another farm scenery order.
Soon after the Shearing shed painting, I had this order for two farm scenes, from the Eastern Cape beyond Cradock.
Aloes on the hill, Eastern Cape. SA 
Bakkie ride -
Shearing Shed
The EDM, mentioned in the last post, came to an end halfway through May due to this big commission. It took several weeks to complete, but it seems that the client was happy with the depiction of his shearing shed.
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Every Day in May challenge, 2017.
For the last two years I have managed to take up the EDM, The Every Day in May Challenge. It has been quite enjoyable if rather time consuming, and difficult to fit in on busy days. However, this year, I had an important big commission to start, so only completed half of the daily painting challenge. So here are the 15 paintings, it ended with the very personal sketch of my husband, John and his Grand daughter, Chloë, who share a 15th May Birthday. In April we travelled to Lambert’s Bay so several of these are inspired by scenery on that trip. The paintings appear in order of the days, from the first picture of the ewe and lamb, painted on the 1st May up till the last one, the portrait of Grandpa and Grand-daughter, on the 15th May.
Ewe & lamb resting Cape Gannets, Lambert’s Bay, South Africa 
Dry Karoo near Canarvon. Lambert’s Bay Harbour Kelp Gulls, and Sacred Ibis, Lambert’s Bay. SA 
Ewe’s portrait. 
Old shed and windmill near Williston. 
Tails-up ! Warthogs. 
Pyracantha Augustifolia. Yellow Firethorn. 
Meercat Portrait. 
Silvermere scene of Agaves and Windmill. 
Old cottage in Canarvon. 
Red Grass, Themeda Triandra. Rooigras. 
The Lord Bless You and Keep You…. ( Lily Pond ) 
Grandpa, Chloë & the tortoise.