Melbourne

Ol' girl painted this years ago. One of my faves.

Painted by my maternal grandmother (passed away ~25 years ago). View from their beachside Queenslander, looking past their old frangipani across Deception Bay to Bribie Island, QLD.

Doing this tech support for old people really goes to show how hard phones and apps actually are to use.

Features are hidden behind things like long taps. Tapping on someone's profile photo brings up stories instead of their profile. A person's Facebook profile looms different to their messenger profile.

And maybe it's because I've never owned an iphone but I don't find them initiative at all. There are times I can't figure out how to exit out of something or how to bring a screen back up compared to all the android phones I've had

My favourite painting in the house. It was a gift and I can’t really read the artist signature so I know nothing about it and that’s fine by me.

My great-grandmother, Reta Sullivan, painted this in 1998. It's a shack on Brighton Beach (as she wrote on the back of it).

I got this when she passed away and we were deciding where her belongings should go. I also got one of her camphor wood chests, which is where I store my linen and towels now.

Brighton

Posting in response to the proposed art thread that CEO and UMG were discussing below :)

Edit: spelles her name wrong, fuck me

No painters in my family but my great aunt did this tapestry which now hangs on my study wall:

Picture

I can't remember which building it is.

There is a fleet of hot air balloons with ads on them flying over my house. Can't even enjoy the morning sky without being sold stuff

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This is a study of ‘Young Woman Braiding Her Hair’ by Renoir.

I ran out of time for her clothes and earring (plus the last few details) so you’re getting a tasteful unfinished nude.

The original

My MIL started painting this the day she retired

This doesn't look like much but it's sentimental. My FIL was also quite the artist and he was working on this when he died and never got to finish it. It was of a man with an umbrella and a small boy on a very windy day

The majority of guitar content online is advertising.

Consumerism has left a wound in music making.

Edit: It's my last weekend before going back to work and I refuse to go to bed till 4am.

not really artistic but something interesting I've had for a long time, a hand painted framed tile

it very much uses the same symbology as soviet posters and every single idea in this pic is a lie . I look at it every now and then and think about it. I wonder if the soviets believed it.

pretty sure 1985 was during the Soviet Afghan War

So my dad's got Parkinson's and I thought I'd set up Assistive Access on his iPhone as he's currently struggling to use the basic functions on his phone, eg. Messaging, email, phone etc.... Man. It sucks absolute balls. Crashing randomly, scroll stuttering like it's 2010....worst implementation of accessibility I've seen. If he had an Android I could just set up a custom launcher to do all this with no issue.... daaaaaaaaaaaaaah

Starting planting stuff out in the nu-bed.

So far marigolds, geraniums, poppies (flanders red), petunias, dietes, some sort of daisy. so good to not have to weed it (until next week probably heh). Personally I'd prefer more random placement (not in distinct rows), but I got my way with doing a bunch of different stuff instead of mass planting so we'll take it.

I'm pleased to announce that TheStench™️ seems to have disappeared, or at least subsided enough as to just be non noticeable

My bathroom now just smells like shampoo with an undertone Glen 20 and body wash. Hallelujah!

Why am I awake at 6am on a weekend. I would like to sleep more.

Morning everyone.

I feel like a wrung out face washer

Fun fact: posts from 2023 now show up as "2 years ago", because of upwards rounding, I guess.

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We've all been here for 2 year numbers now! Rexxit happened almost 2 years ago!! Cri.key.

The photo is one I took, and the painting belonged to my mum. It’s one of my favourites

Youse were all good sports with "show me your drawers" yesterday. It goes to show the cutlery drawer can be organised but that other one with the kitchen gadgets is a lot harder due to the different shaped shit in there.

No artists in my family, but I grabbed this for my 35th birthday

Sorry for the bad photo.

I’ll post one more, this is the work of Emma Sheldrake, I’m not sure where she is based but I think we discovered her art at Manyung gallery many years ago.

I bought this when I was 17. It’s done by a Native American artist who I can’t remember the name of but I want to say she was Navajo?

I kind of regret framing it, because the texture was so nice…

As requested. Set of anniversary cards

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Just been freaked out with some loud noises on or in the roof.

Hope it only on top. I’ve had enough of possums invading the roof in the past.

Just had a shower and headed outside and I'm dripping with sweat straight away. It's hottttt and humidddd yuck

This painting was purchased at a community event about 25 years ago. The local painting group was raising money for something. The old lady who painted it was rapped my husband bought it.

Something small I bought at the Vic markets about 20 years ago.

Edit: 2nd picture was part of a bunch of fantasy stuff that I purchased with my first pay check.

Dragon

2nd picture.

And i ended up dreaming about music software. Back to bed lol

This is gonna sound odd but I don't care. Whenever I start a new book I like to match it to the seasons. For example, if the book is set in a hot climate then I'll read it in summer. Cold climate book then I'll read it in winter.

so warm and cat has been attacking my toes

Had a lovely day at the beach in Torquay today with some friends. Got a good dose of sun and pummelling waves, great dinner afterwards and watched the sunset before driving home. Content but I’m exhausted.

Ok guys. Show me your artwork or something interesting that's on your wall.

This is on my garage door

Having a guitar is like having a weighted blanket. It makes me feel comforted for some reason.

talking about tech stuff.

So I have a stereo I like to connect to with bluetooth so I can play videos and stuff on my PC through it.

After about 3 hours the stereo starts to stutter. Since the issue was only after a few hours of use I reckoned it was the device cache so would restart to clear the cache and that works. But I thought it must be something i'm doing wrong, I have the settings wrong, etc.

Nope, after much reading of instructions it's the cache.

I might not be expert but I try to be competent. 👍

I'm getting older I guess, and should be more active - pinching achey pain in my right shoulder. Yesterday, I got off the couch to show my partner something on my phone, was totally fine, when I went to go back to the couch, my shoulder was fucked. Didn't lift anything, not even myself with it, and now I'm stressed I've somehow torn my rotator cuff. Slept on it like an idiot (toss and turn in my sleep), and it's worse today, of course. Doesn't hurt when my arm is straight and I raise it to the side, but it canes when I bend my elbow so my forearm is down, and lift it so my upper arm is flush with my shoulder. So pulling up my undies and pants is very painful.

I'm prolly just overreacting. Been doing slow stretches as I thought it could be a pinched nerve. But I've freaked myself out with Dr Google I think 😅😅 if it doesn't go away I'll go to my GP - need to anyway for ✨mental health✨

Just a little venty-vent