After a long absence from DA, due to unforeseen and not so unforeseen circumstances that kept me busy, I am returning to my deviant roots. I have not done any art for a long while now and am a little out of touch, but hopefully the creative side of me will kick in soon.

Well, what kept me so busy, you might ask?

There is work, but most of all I met a new man, fell hopelessly for him and yes, he broke my heart. I guess my physical looks attracted him more than my soul and I got burnt to the core. But, I am a tough lady and I am standing up again to face the world head on. I just hate being the fool in the end.

I have a lot of catching up to do here on DA, so I better get used to sitting in front of my pc with no disturbances from any man. Yeah, I feel a bit sorry for myself. Life can sometimes be so cruel.

Stay blessed and keep those creative juices flowing! See ya soon, dear friends!

PS: Thank you all for the continuous support you are giving my by ing my art and for adding me to your . It means so much to me. I would love to respond to each and everyone of you, but I'm afraid then I will not have time for anything else , but just know - I APPRECIATE YOUR CONTINUOUS SUPPORT OF MY ART. I YOU ALL!

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Hmmm ... I should rather call myself a stranger to this site.

I miss you guys, I miss my art and just everything that used to resemble a normal flow of an everyday life.

I am currently sitting in my hotel room at Sun City, we are here on a 4 day health conference. Just came back from a lovely 2 and a half hour game drive which was absolutely wonderful as I've seen animals such as elephants (close-up), a couple of giraffes (also close-up), warthogs, and a lot of bucks - all kinds. I took a couple of pictures with my cell phone which I will post as soon as I get back home and am able to do it. Silly me did not take her camera with and therefore I had to use myself cell phone. But I did not know that we will be going on a game drive. Anyway, it was a lot of fun but now I want to go home, I am homesick. I miss my cat so much, he must think that I have abandoned him. I miss my family and I miss everything that does not have to do with work.

Tonight we have a black tie event and I am really not in the mood of going. So I've decided to sit this one out. Not sure who is going the fret about it, but that is their worries and not mine.

Well, this was just to complain and let you know that I am still alive if ever you were wondering what happened to the little alley cat. Fortunately, tomorrow after lunch I will be taking the long drive home, I can't wait ...

May you have an awesome week and maybe next time, I will have something worthy to share with you.

Chau my deviant friends.

Stay blssed and keep those creative juices flowing!

PS: Thank you all for the continuous support you are giving my by ing my art and for adding me to your . It means so much to me. I would love to respond to each and everyone of you, but I'm afraid then I will not have time for anything else , but just know - I APPRECIATE YOUR CONTINUOUS SUPPORT OF MY ART. I YOU ALL!

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What a very strange but excellent week this was.

It started with a slow puncture in my car tyre and ending up in ... Are you sitting down? ... The buying of a new car. I did not intend this at all. A new car was just a dream for quite a while now, but Monday was really a screwed up day as I could not get my tyre (slow puncture) fixed over the weekend and knowing I had a meeting to attend on Tuesday and still have a long distance to travel to be able to attend that meeting, I was very frustrated and actually to the point of shedding some tears when speaking to the Peugeot Assist guy and him telling me they have to toe in my car and drill out the lock nut because I, clever madam, thought the previous Peugeot Assist guy who assisted me in fixing a previous puncture, "stole" my wheel spanner. He drove off with it. Gmpf! What a silly notion that was. They, of course found the spanner neatly tucked away from where I would never have found it in the first place!

Hmmm, so there I was, a bit embarrassed because of my little oversight, walking the floor of the showroom while the dealer fixed my wheel. And the next moment you know, I showed interest in the raunchy Peugeot 207 1.4 XR VTi,and when I finally had time to breathe, I was sort of closing the deal - just to see for now. And today I got the approval. I'm getting my new car next week! It is amazing!

I also had some excellent news with regard to my job at our new company starting 1 January 2010, but it is information which I was sworn to secrecy until all is revealed with the rest of our Management Team by my new boss this coming Friday 14 August. My current boss also told me sweetly that I can go ahead and register for my studies in 2010. Now, how cool is that!? I am looking so forward to that! It seems my hard work was definitely not for nothing.

Apart from the new studies for 2010, I also want to do my GA course, the current enrollment I canceled due to the college being very evasive about my study material and it took them ages to post it to me. They had all types of excuses, so I canceled and got my money back. Which maybe was a godsend because I am currently so busy that I cannot spend much time on studying anything. So, maybe next year, depending on how busy I will be with my other studies, I might and want to also enroll for my GA course, this time I will not make the same mistake again. Here's holding a big fat thumb on that one.

Wow! I am still spinning with all of this. But one thing I know for certain is that this weekend, come hell or high water I am going to spend time on my art. Monday is a holiday (Woman's Day) and therefore I am going to make good use of it.

Have a blessed weekend all and keep those creative juices flowing!

PS: Thank you all for the continuous support you are giving my by ing my art and for adding me to your . It means so much to me. I would love to respond to each and everyone of you, but I'm afraid then I will not have time for anything else , but just know - I APPRECIATE YOUR CONTINUOUS SUPPORT OF MY ART. I YOU ALL!

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Wow! Going through some of the uploaded works of art in the Painting & Airbrusing or Drawing genre, I came upon a couple of amazing paintings.
This artist is extremely talented, I can only wish to one day be as good as .

Please visit her gallery, it is simply amazing:









Have a blessed weekend all and keep those creative juices flowing!

PS: Thank you all for the continuous support you are giving my by ing my art and for adding me to your . It means so much to me. I would love to respond to each and everyone of you, but I'm afraid then I will not have time for anything else , but just know - I APPRECIATE YOUR CONTINUOUS SUPPORT OF MY ART. I YOU ALL!

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It does not seem to be slowing down ...

Work that is. Working late hours, getting up early, going to bed very late feeling like a washed out dust cloth at the end of the day.

I guess I should stop complaining? I've got a work so, yeah, I better shut up. Hmmmm ... now you must think this woman is either seeking some kind of sympathy or she is just a babble mouth that wants her voice heard?

What can I say? Work is hectic and once again, it does not seem to slow down. Yesterday I tried to define a critical path on my project through the software program I'm using and nope, the little bugger does not want to work with me. I must be doing something wrong. Tuesday I have a meeting with the top notches and I need to do a presentation on the progress of our project and of course, the bloody critical path needs to be there for all to see. What am I to do? I'm completely frustrated about this.

Oh well, I guess stressing about it is not going to get me anywhere. What I need to do now is clean my home, which looks as if a tornado hit it. Yeah, I don't even get time to pay attention to the very important stuff in my life. Maybe I should get some help, a cleaning lady, but then again, I am very weary of them. They break my stuff, rob me blind, does not do the work you ask them to do while paying them a lot of money. And when you ask them to do a chore, they blow up like bull frogs and stare at you as if you have done them very wrong.

*Sigh* So, it is back to me and cleaning my home today. But I don't mind, it is some form of exercise and the sooner I start with the cleaning, the sooner I can get back to drawing and painting. It is such a lovely rainy day today and I am inspired to draw something, no reference this time. I haven't done something without using references for a very long time - the last time I remember was when I have sketched and painted a landscape traditionally. Yeah, I can do those too, but you know me, I love drawing people. But I am tired of using celebrities and the likes of them. I want to draw something of my own.

So, let's see what I come up with, but first I need to clean my home and then get down to the real business of art. You see, gone is the stress about the critical path. I guess come Tuesday, it will sort itself out and the presentation will go well. I'm not going to stress any longer.

Have a blessed weekend all and keep those creative juices flowing!

PS: Thank you all for the continuous support you are giving my by ing my art and for adding me to your . It means so much to me. I would love to respond to each and everyone of you, but I'm afraid then I will not have time for anything else , but just know - I APPRECIATE YOUR CONTINUOUS SUPPORT OF MY ART. I YOU ALL!

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