Crab Paintings and Thrift Shopping

This is the painting of the Australian crab I finished last night. I think its my favorite out of the works I've done while living down under.

Today I went to Salvos and found a few great things.

1. This watermelon spoon and fork set. I realize that they're a little broken, but nothing that sanding and care couldn't fix.

2. A beautiful patterned sundress. Also needs a little work. I've had to undo the straps from the back, and will be resewing them in an X to make them shorter.

3. I bought two books for the plane rides to Ayers Rock and back, and then the long 27 hour stint of flights and airports home to Jackson. Bridget Jones's Diary, and The Hound of Baskerville, neither of which have I read.

4. Lastly I found an art smock, with two big pockets on the front and a tie in the back. I've just washed it to get some of the sizing out of the fabric, but when its done airdrying I'll photograph it. I love it a lot. Just what I had wanted.

Packing My Bags!!

It's official, my bags are packed! Turned my room into a total wreck before rolling up my clothes for hours. I brought an extra duffel bag just in case I'd need it to bring home all the stuff I'd inevitably buy in my six months living abroad. Ended up being able to jam everything into the three suitcases I came over with. Rather impressed with myself. That feat was only possible by sorting through all my belongings I have and setting aside everything I haven't used or don't want anymore to be given to the Salvation Army, Salvos. I'm going to drop it off tomorrow.

And I discovered that I like to cut canvas fabric off of the wooden frames so I now I can take the paintings home with me that I've done in Australia. Brilliant!

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