Wet, cold and miserable!

Its raining! And its cold! If I had a gas fire I would have lit it! I need to curl up in a big armchair and read a book in front of a fire. Well I can do two out of those three things and I will later. It has been one of those days where nothing grabs the attention. I went into town this morning as I do most Saturdays and had a good time with my friend Sue. I found a really bright pink pair of trousers which I will wear at home but may not have the courage to wear outside where I might be seen. I love them! Pink is my most favourite colour, especially this hot fuchsia pink. We were lucky....it didn't rain on us but when I got home it poured. I can't think of anything I want to do! Poor pitiful me. I am feeling so sorry for myself!

I dyed fabric last night and I think I'm having withdrawal symptoms by not dyeing today. I usually dye on a Saturday afternoon and I think this is the problem. I am really pleased with the pieces I dyed. They have turned out to be sugar almonds colours. Not too pale but that sugary soft look of sugared almonds. Certainly not as wishy washy as I expected them to be. In fact I like them even though they are not the brights I usually dye. These are half metre lengths and there is a lot of tonal changes down the length of the fabric. Some are stripey and some not so stripey but all have interesting changes in the colours. I shall do this again but try and find a longer board to work on. My acrylic piece is only 5ft and I need something 6ft or even 7ft long.

This one on the left is reminiscent of sea on a summer's day or of a Monet pond. The one on the right is like a sunset with very faint tones of aqua in amongst the pink and the yellow. They need to be looked at sideways on!

These photos just don't show the colours as I would like. I think it is because being such a grey day I had to take them indoors with a flash. And also to get the whole piece in I was some way from the fabric. Whatever it wasn't the best photo session. Another reason to feel low!

I didn't make a list today as I knew I wouldn't do any of the things on it. Later I might go and muse in the workroom and that hopefully will cheer me up. Especially if I look into boxes and pull things out from underneath the cupboards. Who knows I might find treasures! I had three photos on the page but one has disappeared. If it turns up it is of the last piece where I used up all the oddments of dye. A real mixture but again in sugared almond colours.

And the time is now half an hour off!