Folk Art

I won tickets to the local folk festival last weekend

http://www.illawarrafolkclub.org.au/...tival_home.php

And I am glad I did because my father writes and performs "Bush Poetry"
(anecdotes set in rhyme) at such events, and the tickets to such festivals
are usually more than I can afford. It was the first time I had seen my
father perform his poems in front of an audience rather than just the
family. And yes one day I'll get my father's poems up on a web page.

There were many stalls there with folk art, music, etc etc, as any good folk
festival should have, a vegetarian food stall run by the local Hare Krisnas
(lovely vegetarian curry, but I didn't need that half hour conversation
about Krishna to go with it). Bu there was one stall I could have spent all
my money and then some on the artwork presented there. Thankfully they have
a web page, and thougth I'd share it with you folk.

http://www.redwhisper.com.au/

But I was on a very tight budget, so I only got one print. It wouldn't
surprise anyone who knows me what it was. Yup, it was the cat.

http://redwhisper.com.au/shop/produc...cat=276&page=1

I have no commerical interest in their studio, just thought I'd share.

Yowie

On Jan 31, 4:08 pm, "Yowie" wrote:
I won tickets to the local folk festival last weekend

http://www.illawarrafolkclub.org.au/...tival_home.php

And I am glad I did because my father writes and performs "Bush Poetry"
(anecdotes set in rhyme) at such events, and the tickets to such festivals
are usually more than I can afford. It was the first time I had seen my
father perform his poems in front of an audience rather than just the
family. And yes one day I'll get my father's poems up on a web page.

There were many stalls there with folk art, music, etc etc, as any good folk
festival should have, a vegetarian food stall run by the local Hare Krisnas
(lovely vegetarian curry, but I didn't need that half hour conversation
about Krishna to go with it). Bu there was one stall I could have spent all
my money and then some on the artwork presented there. Thankfully they have
a web page, and thougth I'd share it with you folk.

http://www.redwhisper.com.au/

But I was on a very tight budget, so I only got one print. It wouldn't
surprise anyone who knows me what it was. Yup, it was the cat.

http://redwhisper.com.au/shop/produc...cat=276&page=1

I have no commerical interest in their studio, just thought I'd share.

Yowie

I really do like those paintings and prints. The cat print you chose
is very nice, I also like the sleeping cats etching too. I've been
wanting to buy or get art work for a while, but have never been able
to bring myself to spend the money.

My sister is very good at painting and does really cute and colourful
paintings of cats and other animals which I love. I guess logically I
should ask her to paint me something and pay her instead. However it
will probably take her six months to get it done and a whole heap of
nagging before I get to hang something on the wall.

Dewi

That is WAY cool!

"Yowie" wrote in message
...
I won tickets to the local folk festival last weekend

http://www.illawarrafolkclub.org.au/...tival_home.php

And I am glad I did because my father writes and performs "Bush Poetry"
(anecdotes set in rhyme) at such events, and the tickets to such festivals
are usually more than I can afford. It was the first time I had seen my
father perform his poems in front of an audience rather than just the
family. And yes one day I'll get my father's poems up on a web page.

There were many stalls there with folk art, music, etc etc, as any good
folk
festival should have, a vegetarian food stall run by the local Hare
Krisnas
(lovely vegetarian curry, but I didn't need that half hour conversation
about Krishna to go with it). Bu there was one stall I could have spent
all
my money and then some on the artwork presented there. Thankfully they
have
a web page, and thougth I'd share it with you folk.

http://www.redwhisper.com.au/

But I was on a very tight budget, so I only got one print. It wouldn't
surprise anyone who knows me what it was. Yup, it was the cat.

http://redwhisper.com.au/shop/produc...cat=276&page=1

I have no commerical interest in their studio, just thought I'd share.

Yowie

It must have been a thrill to see your Dad perform before an audiance.

Ann

--
read Sam's blog at http://kittens-3.blogspot.com/
see pictures of Sam at http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/ann791/my_photos
"Yowie" wrote in message
...
I won tickets to the local folk festival last weekend

http://www.illawarrafolkclub.org.au/...tival_home.php

And I am glad I did because my father writes and performs "Bush Poetry"
(anecdotes set in rhyme) at such events, and the tickets to such festivals
are usually more than I can afford. It was the first time I had seen my
father perform his poems in front of an audience rather than just the
family. And yes one day I'll get my father's poems up on a web page.

There were many stalls there with folk art, music, etc etc, as any good
folk
festival should have, a vegetarian food stall run by the local Hare
Krisnas
(lovely vegetarian curry, but I didn't need that half hour conversation
about Krishna to go with it). Bu there was one stall I could have spent
all
my money and then some on the artwork presented there. Thankfully they
have
a web page, and thougth I'd share it with you folk.

http://www.redwhisper.com.au/

But I was on a very tight budget, so I only got one print. It wouldn't
surprise anyone who knows me what it was. Yup, it was the cat.

http://redwhisper.com.au/shop/produc...cat=276&page=1

I have no commerical interest in their studio, just thought I'd share.

Yowie

It was... clearly he was in his element.

Such festivals tend to be sit (or lie) down, put your feet up, and chill out
type festivals, and would usually bejust hte sort of thing I'd really enjoy
on a day off. Unfortunatley a feisty two year old is the antithesis of
'chill out' and kept running around the whole time. The books that say
"Although children will run around, they'll not go beyond where they can see
their parents" are so so wrong! He raced off out of sight immediately and
kept going and going and goign without once looking back. Thank goodness the
area was realtively safe, but sheesh! The amount of running I did that day
to retrieve him from wherver he got to! As consequence I didn't actually
get to see any act do a complete performance, not even my Dad, and hte
work-mate that came with me has sworn of having children for like *ever*!
LOL

Yowie


"Ann" wrote in message
...
It must have been a thrill to see your Dad perform before an audiance.

Ann

--
read Sam's blog at http://kittens-3.blogspot.com/
see pictures of Sam at http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/ann791/my_photos
"Yowie" wrote in message
...
I won tickets to the local folk festival last weekend

http://www.illawarrafolkclub.org.au/...tival_home.php

And I am glad I did because my father writes and performs "Bush Poetry"
(anecdotes set in rhyme) at such events, and the tickets to such
festivals
are usually more than I can afford. It was the first time I had seen my
father perform his poems in front of an audience rather than just the
family. And yes one day I'll get my father's poems up on a web page.

There were many stalls there with folk art, music, etc etc, as any good
folk
festival should have, a vegetarian food stall run by the local Hare
Krisnas
(lovely vegetarian curry, but I didn't need that half hour conversation
about Krishna to go with it). Bu there was one stall I could have spent
all
my money and then some on the artwork presented there. Thankfully they
have
a web page, and thougth I'd share it with you folk.

http://www.redwhisper.com.au/

But I was on a very tight budget, so I only got one print. It wouldn't
surprise anyone who knows me what it was. Yup, it was the cat.

http://redwhisper.com.au/shop/produc...cat=276&page=1

I have no commerical interest in their studio, just thought I'd share.

Yowie

Yowie wrote:
It was... clearly he was in his element.

Such festivals tend to be sit (or lie) down, put your feet up, and
chill out type festivals, and would usually bejust hte sort of thing
I'd really enjoy on a day off. Unfortunatley a feisty two year old is
the antithesis of 'chill out' and kept running around the whole time.
The books that say "Although children will run around, they'll not go
beyond where they can see their parents" are so so wrong! He raced
off out of sight immediately and kept going and going and goign
without once looking back. Thank goodness the area was realtively
safe, but sheesh! The amount of running I did that day to retrieve
him from wherver he got to! As consequence I didn't actually get to
see any act do a complete performance, not even my Dad, and hte
work-mate that came with me has sworn of having children for like
*ever*! LOL

Yowie

Cary sounds like the Duracell bunny. ;-)
--
Adrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera)
Cats leave pawprints on your heart.
http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk

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Adrian A purred:
Yowie wrote:
It was... clearly he was in his element.

Such festivals tend to be sit (or lie) down, put your feet up, and
chill out type festivals, and would usually bejust hte sort of thing
I'd really enjoy on a day off. Unfortunatley a feisty two year old is
the antithesis of 'chill out' and kept running around the whole time.
The books that say "Although children will run around, they'll not go
beyond where they can see their parents" are so so wrong! He raced
off out of sight immediately and kept going and going and goign
without once looking back. Thank goodness the area was realtively
safe, but sheesh! The amount of running I did that day to retrieve
him from wherver he got to! As consequence I didn't actually get to
see any act do a complete performance, not even my Dad, and hte
work-mate that came with me has sworn of having children for like
*ever*! LOL

Yowie

Cary sounds like the Duracell bunny. ;-)

You mean Energizer, don't you?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_QACZr60LU

Yowie, Have you thought of using a child harness for Cary. It looks like the
type a climber would use only it doesn't go between the legs and has a leash
( for lack of a better word) on it.

When my sister was his age we couldn't keep track of her if we went out and
Mom would use one.

Some people think it's terrible to use one but, it lets the child run around
and not get lost.

--
read Sam's blog at http://kittens-3.blogspot.com/
see pictures of Sam at http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/ann791/my_photos
"Yowie" wrote in message
...
It was... clearly he was in his element.

Such festivals tend to be sit (or lie) down, put your feet up, and chill
out
type festivals, and would usually bejust hte sort of thing I'd really
enjoy
on a day off. Unfortunatley a feisty two year old is the antithesis of
'chill out' and kept running around the whole time. The books that say
"Although children will run around, they'll not go beyond where they can
see
their parents" are so so wrong! He raced off out of sight immediately and
kept going and going and goign without once looking back. Thank goodness
the
area was realtively safe, but sheesh! The amount of running I did that day
to retrieve him from wherver he got to! As consequence I didn't actually
get to see any act do a complete performance, not even my Dad, and hte
work-mate that came with me has sworn of having children for like *ever*!
LOL

Yowie


"Ann" wrote in message
...
It must have been a thrill to see your Dad perform before an audiance.

Ann

--
read Sam's blog at http://kittens-3.blogspot.com/
see pictures of Sam at http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/ann791/my_photos
"Yowie" wrote in message
...
I won tickets to the local folk festival last weekend

http://www.illawarrafolkclub.org.au/...tival_home.php

And I am glad I did because my father writes and performs "Bush Poetry"
(anecdotes set in rhyme) at such events, and the tickets to such
festivals
are usually more than I can afford. It was the first time I had seen my
father perform his poems in front of an audience rather than just the
family. And yes one day I'll get my father's poems up on a web page.

There were many stalls there with folk art, music, etc etc, as any good
folk
festival should have, a vegetarian food stall run by the local Hare
Krisnas
(lovely vegetarian curry, but I didn't need that half hour conversation
about Krishna to go with it). Bu there was one stall I could have spent
all
my money and then some on the artwork presented there. Thankfully they
have
a web page, and thougth I'd share it with you folk.

http://www.redwhisper.com.au/

But I was on a very tight budget, so I only got one print. It wouldn't
surprise anyone who knows me what it was. Yup, it was the cat.

http://redwhisper.com.au/shop/produc...cat=276&page=1

I have no commerical interest in their studio, just thought I'd share.

Yowie

Yes, we have a child harness ('reins'), and use it regularly. But having a
15kg exceptionally determined child pulling in one direction whilst you want
to go in another (often when other hand is carrying something like a plate
of food, or coffee, or something spillable/breakable) can quickly render
said harness more of a hinderance than a help. Also hurts the back and
shoulders. Its like walking with a completley untrained rottweiler on a
leash that has fully embraced the Ghandi philosophy of passive resistance
(ie, if you force me to go in any other direction than the one I want to go
in, I'll go all floppy.):-)

Best if I just accept the inevitable, and not take him to such events in the
first place.

Yowie


"Ann" wrote in message
...
Yowie, Have you thought of using a child harness for Cary. It looks like
the
type a climber would use only it doesn't go between the legs and has a
leash
( for lack of a better word) on it.

When my sister was his age we couldn't keep track of her if we went out
and
Mom would use one.

Some people think it's terrible to use one but, it lets the child run
around
and not get lost.

--
read Sam's blog at http://kittens-3.blogspot.com/
see pictures of Sam at http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/ann791/my_photos
"Yowie" wrote in message
...
It was... clearly he was in his element.

Such festivals tend to be sit (or lie) down, put your feet up, and chill
out
type festivals, and would usually bejust hte sort of thing I'd really
enjoy
on a day off. Unfortunatley a feisty two year old is the antithesis of
'chill out' and kept running around the whole time. The books that say
"Although children will run around, they'll not go beyond where they can
see
their parents" are so so wrong! He raced off out of sight immediately
and
kept going and going and goign without once looking back. Thank goodness
the
area was realtively safe, but sheesh! The amount of running I did that
day
to retrieve him from wherver he got to! As consequence I didn't
actually
get to see any act do a complete performance, not even my Dad, and hte
work-mate that came with me has sworn of having children for like
*ever*!
LOL

Yowie


"Ann" wrote in message
...
It must have been a thrill to see your Dad perform before an audiance.

Ann

--
read Sam's blog at http://kittens-3.blogspot.com/
see pictures of Sam at http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/ann791/my_photos
"Yowie" wrote in message
...
I won tickets to the local folk festival last weekend

http://www.illawarrafolkclub.org.au/...tival_home.php

And I am glad I did because my father writes and performs "Bush
Poetry"
(anecdotes set in rhyme) at such events, and the tickets to such
festivals
are usually more than I can afford. It was the first time I had seen
my
father perform his poems in front of an audience rather than just the
family. And yes one day I'll get my father's poems up on a web page.

There were many stalls there with folk art, music, etc etc, as any
good
folk
festival should have, a vegetarian food stall run by the local Hare
Krisnas
(lovely vegetarian curry, but I didn't need that half hour
conversation
about Krishna to go with it). Bu there was one stall I could have
spent
all
my money and then some on the artwork presented there. Thankfully
they
have
a web page, and thougth I'd share it with you folk.

http://www.redwhisper.com.au/

But I was on a very tight budget, so I only got one print. It
wouldn't
surprise anyone who knows me what it was. Yup, it was the cat.


http://redwhisper.com.au/shop/produc...cat=276&page=1

I have no commerical interest in their studio, just thought I'd
share.

Yowie

"Yowie" wrote in message
...
Yes, we have a child harness ('reins'), and use it regularly. But having a
15kg exceptionally determined child pulling in one direction whilst you
want
to go in another (often when other hand is carrying something like a plate
of food, or coffee, or something spillable/breakable) can quickly render
said harness more of a hinderance than a help. Also hurts the back and
shoulders. Its like walking with a completley untrained rottweiler on a
leash that has fully embraced the Ghandi philosophy of passive resistance
(ie, if you force me to go in any other direction than the one I want to
go
in, I'll go all floppy.):-)

Best if I just accept the inevitable, and not take him to such events in
the
first place.

Yowie


Remember when he gets a little older and you can take him places like that,
it doesn't matter so much that he is wearing something that looks nice as it
does he is wearing something you can spot from a long way off. My kids now
wonder why they are wearing such bright clothes in our vacation home movies.

Jo