You may remember that last week I had my Covid booster and winter flu jab, at the same time.  Well, below is how I felt that evening and for the next couple of days.  Not ill, but every joint and muscle from head to toe was sore!  How I managed to do the morning after drawing, I now cannot tell.

I suppose that after my inoculations the following chicken-scratch of a sketch was inevitable!

Then, there was a day out to the coast and everywhere I looked among the drumlins of County Down, there was a ploughed field.  It’s a scene I love: neatly ploughed fields after harvest time, showing the beautiful brown earth.

Here are some more patterns.  Perhaps I’m expressing an inner textile designer.  Too late to consider that career now.

Finally, Saturday arrived and I paid a visit to the green woodworking club that I belong to.  It’s been a couple of months since I last attended, so it was a great morning of socialising around a big camp fire.  I took another batch of books to pass on, no charge, and I only returned home with one unwanted book.  That I’ll add to another boxful to take to a charity shop.

Whilst there, I discussed how to do some spiral carving, hence my final drawings.  I have a couple of walking sticks I made that I want to put some carving on.  I like the idea of a spiral hand grip on a staff.  There were some new members at the club and one of them was making a longbow!  That sparked a conversation that took me back to my days as an archer.  Making bows and arrows was my thing for many years, although only one longbow was a success.  Scratch the surface and I’m still a toxopholite!

Here’s hoping I can keep up with my drawing.  Little and often is how I’m approaching it.  I don’t want to frighten the creative drive away as has happened before.  I have no plans to paint a masterpiece just yet.

Have a great week.

Ashley