Thinking... YESSSSSS!! We just won the football match against Turkey!
At first it was crap, then suddenly it got real good. Kept me on the edge of my seat till the last second.

** that is football, not Am. football.

Thank you, and yes, for me as well, hihi.


OT - Well, that's it for today. I'm shattered!!

Got fabric around the bamboo wingframes now, and managed to get 1 sleeve done. Trust me when I say that wasn't easy!

Then there are silver armbands and shirt. There will be a white loose top/tunica over that so the silver will just show a tad.
Which is why the silver mess on the belly area isn't a prob, it'll be covered up later on :)

Now I forgot to do the 2nd & finishing wrapping of the hands before doing the armbands, doh...



I've put a rolled up piece of plastic in the sleeve to have it dry in the shape I want.
Paverpol doesn't adhere to plastic so I should be able to remove that later on.
Should... Fingers crossed!

PS The wings will likely be the last thing I do so I don't damage them whilst working on the clothes and hair.h
I intend to make the wings mother of pearl white. I've got powder for that to mix through the white Paverpol.

I've started with the next project: a statue of Archangel Christiel.

I want one in the garden where I've made a portal for Unicorns & Lyra but since AA Christiel is less known you cannot find a statue anywhere.
So I decided to make one myself from Paverpol (textile hardener).

Didn't have much time this week and making the 'body/frame' was a helluva lot of work.
Just now I've begun to dress it up, but only a few thingies.

The first beginning. I bought a torso and an egg for the head:




It's got arms (cut them from styropor then wrapped them in papertape), gave him a nose.

Today I changed the stand and attached the wing frames.
I put the 'skin' on the face, arms and hands (hands will get another layer).

In the meantime I've also done some silver accents, will post a photo of that later.

Can't continue now with the rest of the clothes as the silver parts will have to dry first.
And I'm actually quite tired. Was a lot of work today, even though there isn't much to show for yet, hihi.
The sleeves have already been cut though!




It's 70cm tall :D

I watched "Expedition Bigfoot" a while back.
They had discovered that Bigfoot does not stay in one location, they move around depending on (I can't recall, deuh, haha).
But they based their expedition on that, knowing exactly what their timeframe was to find bigfoot. And knew where to go next after that.
It did work as they did find evidence, IR footage, footprints, hair samples and so on.
They also experienced that Bigfoot uses infrasound.
At various points during their expedition all of them were exposed to it and suffered side-effects. One so severely he had to be taken to hospital.

Also scientific proof that Patty, the Patterson-Gimlin, video is not a fake but a real creature, aka Bigfoot.
They even managed to calculate her height.

They also had scientific proof that it is quite easy to make yourself invisible. That's not Sci-Fi anymore and it stands to reason that a species has the ability to do that.
That would explain the footage of shadows while there was nothing to be seen. But clearly something is moving and casting the shadow.

They caught something humanoid with Lidar a few times while there was nothing to be seen with the human eyes. Although once you could see something with your own 2 eyes...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTyKPiz4e7Y


Another one on handheld Lidar of which they showed more angles in the episode than in this short clip, but alas.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTMA_TqMoIc


They also captured it plural times on IR, at one point in a hotspot one of the team was surrounded by at least 9 tall humanoid shapes!!
The other were elsewhere around the lake, one told her she had to get the hell out of there as it wasn't safe.

People saying there isn't real proof... watch the show.
And what more proof do you need? Seeing one slaughtered and dissected?
To me it's more than enough proof.
If you need scientific proof, plenty of that around. I mean, IR, Lidar, sounds, infrasound, all either recorded or checked out by experts, IS proof. Incl. the hair samples. It's scientific.

Plus what Rock said: all indigenous people around the world know a version of bigfoot. In Australia, Asia, US, and so on.

Thank you, really sweet! I haven't been very active on here of late, hihi. But it's nice to be back and see all you regulars again :)

Sounds wonderful, seeing your girlies again, and how exciting to move to an entirely different country!!
Although I can imagine you're also a bit sad to leave your pupils behind.
And a long visit with Mark, wow!
Things are looking up.
Wishing you a wonderful summer time!

Yes, she's such a cute li'l thing, isn't she?!
10 days to go, then she's here with me!

Thinking... Is DM permanently going back to the US?
Or is it a holiday?


Also thinking... it's going to be a crap summer with this kind of weather. And doesn't seem t change in the foreseeable future...

Thank you, Slim!

Thank you, Merry!

Thank you, Julie :D

Now it's wait and see if they'll actually use it...
They know it's there, but habit may make them decide to go for the space under the conifer hedge after all...

I took a lot of cat hair from their baskets and put that in the straw. Hopefully that will deter any mouse from going near the cathouse, let alone inside it!

Thank you so much!

Currently not painting.
When spring arrived there was a ton of work to do in the garden.
And I had an inflamed ankle that to the wind out of me for 2 months as I could barely walk. Had to sit with my foot up all the time, so couldn't paint either.

It'll come :)
As it is I've got some other create things done like making a cathouse and next is making a 70cm tall Archangel statue for the garden :D

A while back I decided I wanted a cathouse for my cats so they have their own place to go when it rains and I'm not at home.

I have two sliding doors at the back, making it difficult to have a catflap. They need me to open the door.

I loosely followed the design of one you can buy on Amazon, but made mine a tad larger.


The very first beginning. I was so proud to have that done, hihi.



Days later.... Bottom house done, beginning the 2nd top house. As you can see there's a passage to the right at the back to go from 1 to the other. That way they can never get trapped, there's a 2nd exit.



I bought cheap cat doors on AliExpress. I hadn't planned that, so had to adapt the design.
And I got impatient, wanted to see what it'd look like in the end, so I started painting before the cathouse was done.
And those bannisters... so cute, but lot of cussing to get them in, hihi.



The larger back roof hinges... getting that done was nightmarish, but happy I did that. I can get into it to clean it or whatever.



And this is it... the brown plank will be painted English red as well.
It's on legs so it's 15cm off the ground.
There's straw inside for the cats to burrow.
Straw doesn't really absorb moisture and keeps warm when it's cold and cool when it's warm.
I'm really chuffed with it, having made this myself, but boy was I glad it was done as it was a helluva lot of work!!



Roosje was totally happy in and with the straw!

Thank you so much!!
weven though I've seen her last Friday I'm beginning to get impatient, hihi.
I want her here so I can see, hold, cuddle her every day :D
Gotta wait another 11 days... Going to get her to take her home on the 13th of July.

This was her last Friday, 6,5 weeks.





Especially in that last photo she seems quite big...
But then you see her drink with mum and then it's clear she's still a wee kitten!

To add to my last post:
I have nothing against Israelis. I feel the same way about any people that treat other human beings in a bad way.

We are all part of the Divine, god if you wish, and in that sense all equal. No race, people etc. has god's / the Divine's preference.

How is Israel related to god's chosen people?

Should we all move there? All 7-8 billion on the planet?
For we are all god's chosen people.
Quite arrogant and far from loving to say that it's only for Israelis.
Or Americans as they do the same. "God bless America" (and the rest can go to hell).

Palestines lived in what is now called Israel.
Then after the WW the allied forces decided the Jews had to go to Palestina to PEACEFULLY co-habit the country with the Palestines.
But Jews clearly didn't get 'peaceful co-habitation' as they took over, mistreated the Palestines, and that's still going on today.
They did their best to annihilate the original people of the country.

How is that 'god chosen'??

Basically the mess in that country is the result of the allied forces' decision, nothing to do with god.
It had to do with the fact that no one knew what to do with the Jews after the war and they had to go somewhere. So dump them in an area where they weren't in the way.
Well, they were, but not in the way of the west.

If the allied forces had decided differently back then there'd now be peace in today's Israel.
As it is the west has created a giant massacre, caused by the Israelis, and suffering of the people who actually lived in that country.
They're now confined by the Israelis behind a wall on a small piece of land, not allowed to do this and that and the other.

Really very sad and actually disgusting to treat other human beings that way.
And you call that god chosen children...

Holy?
The bible is more like a guide book that was needed in society in the past. Needed by men, not by god/Divine/Source.
Men decided what they wanted in the bible and what not. They left out everything that didn't suit them. No woman had a say in the matter.

So what's holy about it?
Or do you consider men with a need to manipulate to be holy?

Furthermore there are different versions of the bible, it has been translated and written time and again.
One tiny little mistake and the whole meaning could've altered.
As a matter of fact there's a joke about exactly that, one monk getting one word wrong which led to horrible things.
Too many men -again not women- have been involved in translated and re-writing.
It isn't pure, not the original info, and it it's a far cry from "holy".

Apart from that it's obsolete.
Mankind isn't stagnant, societies aren't either. We evolve and change.
That book however hasn't changed, it's still what it was thousands of years ago.
How can a book that was written by men thousands of years ago hold value to us today?
Stick it in a museum.
There are better suited guide books these days that do gel with contemporary life.

A few months ago I felt I wanted a 3rd kitten, a black one.
I used to have a black cat, he passed over last year. I couldn't handle another black cat right away, now I feel ready for it.

The road to finding her was difficult, led past 3 other ones, long story.
Then I found this one.

She's not 100% black, that's such a rare thing, certainly for a female. She has a tiny white spot on her belly and one on her chest.

Another "I am a victim, life isn't fair" rant.
And as Motown said, "Where's the white womens?"

So I guess I'm the only one who thinks that he's not offering anything special in this kind of scenario.

Many dating coaches advise women to date multiple men because women tend to attach too early, even to toxic or unavailable men, and there are tons of those out there.
Then a woman ends up being stuck and getting hurt as she's bonded to such a man who isn't intended on committing or anything serious. He just wants to string her along for as long as it pleases him.

Hence the advice to not put all your eggs in 1 basket, and to date more than 1 guy. Basically to prevent yourself from getting prematurely attached and hurt.

Men don't bond so easily so this advice does not go for men.
If a man dates several women the advice is to not date him.

Men always knee-jerk when they hear this, but simply fact is that men & women are wired differently and thus our emotions & attachment works entirely differently as well.

As for this OP and what he describes... I was already getting bored reading it.
Now there is of course a possibility that she's just taking advantage of a man like the OP not offering anything of interest, and going for a free meal.
But dating is about doing fun stuff, getting to know each other, not just meals in a restaurant. Bloody boring!
Offer to do something different. If she doesn't want that, she's not into you, but into a free meal.

It's also weird that you are okay with things not progressing, no kissing even?
Why are YOU dating someone with whom you don't even feel chemistry? That to me would be a major red flag.
Are you lonely and only looking for reasonably cheap company? Something that gets you out of the house?