Hurrah! - At last!

We've done it! After months....years even, Jim and I have finished the renovations on the cottage and it is on the market! The agent came round yesterday and it will be marketed today.

We worked so hard yesterday to get everything finished and poor Jim even had to stick his arm down a smelly drain to unblock it - the things we do for love. But it's done and I can't tell you how good it feels.

Selling it is a completely different stressful process, but it will be so worth it.

Another step towards our dream.

Happy Wednesday, I hope you are having a great week!

5/52 - A quick sketch

As it's not been much of a creative week, I decided to take a photo of a sketch in my sketch book. I did this a while ago, but I just love the fact that when I did this, I wasn't worrying about the outcome, as it was after all, just a sketch.

I have just finished reading 'The Painter of Shanghai' which is based on a true story of the painter Pan Yuliang and how she transformed her life from being a prostitute to becoming a painter and how she challenged the culture of that era with her nude self portraits.

It was a fascinating read and at the end of the book there was a quote by Henri Matisse which I completely understood. The quote is:

Another word for creativity is courage

I completely agree.

Have a wonderful weekend and enjoy every precious moment xx