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Oh dear - I seem to have left the same journal here for AGES! That's actually a positive thing since it's because I've been busy, and not because of my eye 
I kept meaning to update, but didn't have enough time to write a decent journal. I'm abandoning that approach since I still don't have enough time but want you to know I'm alive & well & do check in to DA regularly to look at comments/messages/ and even some new stuff when I find a few minutes.
My eye is still bothering me in that I still have streaking lights so I have to be careful to not do too much heavy stuff. Complicates my life a lot but I'm coping, and finding more what bothers it and what doesn't.
Work keeps on going on... Things have improved a little on that front this summer so I've been able to pay some bills that were getting a bit critical. Not too many more to clear so I hope it continues like that.
Recently I've sold a little more through my facebook page www.facebook.com/JenRobinson.c… and will probably continue in that vein. I've also got a new Hippopottermiss facebook page for my hippo collecting fans www.facebook.com/pages/Hippopo… I add news on those more frequently than either on here or on my website. I'd be dilighted if you came and joined my fans. Say Hi to me if you've come from DA so I know
My other new venture is that I'm running clay modelling courses for adults and children in Plouër sur Rance (22). The classes start next week. It'll be fun & will make a change. I know an awful lot that I can pass on
It's windy today - a real autumn feel to the weather. Bye bye summer! Oh well, I've been given another wood-burning stove, so I can warm more of my house this winter. I'm about to be given a really nice computer too because someone I know has bought a new one. Aren't I a lucky lady
Bye until next time. Keep warm and happy and creating
I kept meaning to update, but didn't have enough time to write a decent journal. I'm abandoning that approach since I still don't have enough time but want you to know I'm alive & well & do check in to DA regularly to look at comments/messages/ and even some new stuff when I find a few minutes.My eye is still bothering me in that I still have streaking lights so I have to be careful to not do too much heavy stuff. Complicates my life a lot but I'm coping, and finding more what bothers it and what doesn't.
Work keeps on going on... Things have improved a little on that front this summer so I've been able to pay some bills that were getting a bit critical. Not too many more to clear so I hope it continues like that.
Recently I've sold a little more through my facebook page www.facebook.com/JenRobinson.c… and will probably continue in that vein. I've also got a new Hippopottermiss facebook page for my hippo collecting fans www.facebook.com/pages/Hippopo… I add news on those more frequently than either on here or on my website. I'd be dilighted if you came and joined my fans. Say Hi to me if you've come from DA so I know
My other new venture is that I'm running clay modelling courses for adults and children in Plouër sur Rance (22). The classes start next week. It'll be fun & will make a change. I know an awful lot that I can pass on
It's windy today - a real autumn feel to the weather. Bye bye summer! Oh well, I've been given another wood-burning stove, so I can warm more of my house this winter. I'm about to be given a really nice computer too because someone I know has bought a new one. Aren't I a lucky lady
Bye until next time. Keep warm and happy and creating
Long Time No Write!
Happy new year everyone :hug:
I made this specially for all my friends and fans, and enjoyed playing about doing it.
Here in France we wish people Happy New Year rather than Happy Christmas and we have up until the end of January to do it, which suits me fine because I'm always so busy in the run up to Christmas.
So what's been going on recently? The weather this winter hasn't been very cold but it's been wet, wet, and more wet. Yesterday the sun shone but today it's back to raining. I took a lovely photo of my neighbour Emile one morning when the road by my house was flooded. He and my dog Tila were playing in the water.
Since I bought m
New Goodies
It's about time I uploaded some photos of my latest work. I'm back to modelling a little but intermittently and not for long at a time.
The AWW! Factor
So where does the ability to incorporate that "aww" factor into my work come from? I have no idea. How come cuteness oozes from my animals? It must be something to do with my silly, naive view on the world, and my very visual brain. My world is peopled by shapes and colours, harmonies and contrasts. The small details in life can delight me more than the bigger picture. Other people can make fierce-looking warrior-like creatures but I think I would be incapable of that, and must admit to not really wanting to try. The trick lies in extracting the essential essence of an animal, and what is essential varies a lot from one species to another. On
Busy, busy, busy
Well I never! - a journal from Jen at last :)
Where have I been? Oh, nowhere in particular. I was a bit down a dark slimy hole for part of the winter and have been having difficulty crawling back up the other side. I think the rather spiteful crop-up monster that has been living at the bottom of my garden has been having fun making nasty things happen to me again :(
Two things have hit me hard:
1) My eyes have been playing up again. More black spots & streaking lights, but in the right eye this time. One episode in February then another in May. Lots of tests later the conclusion is that I have patches of retina that decide to curl up their
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sounds like things are going better for you... hoping that trend continues! stay well and keep creating