February 2019 – Creativity Everyday

Today, I have been mostly making …

Posted on 25 February, 201925 February, 2019 by David Meredith

Paper Roses! Well, I bought Christine a little origami rose in the English Market in Cork at the weekend. Curious, I looked up how to make origami roses. Woah! Difficult. A bit beyond me, even at my most optimistic. So...Read More

Spiral Experiment

Posted on 21 February, 201921 February, 2019 by David Meredith

This is a bit rough and ready but I did it in about an hour just to see if it would work. I found a picture in Pinterest yesterday that showed how to draw spirals on an egg shell. It...Read More

This Didn’t Really Work

Posted on 20 February, 201920 February, 2019 by David Meredith

There’s a limit to what you can do with pistachio shells to make a face. Maybe I should say that there’s a limit to what I can do with pistachio shells to make a face. I had a go at...Read More

Nuts

Posted on 19 February, 201919 February, 2019 by David Meredith

Trying to work out whether or not this is creepy. Just coming up to 8 am. I have a bit of a muscle spasm in my back, the result of a 12 hour adjudicating day on Saturday, not enough sleep...Read More

Panda on a Pebble

Posted on 18 February, 201918 February, 2019 by David Meredith

This is what I wanted to do this evening. So I did it. I love pandas.

Ladybirds

Posted on 17 February, 201917 February, 2019 by David Meredith

About 20 years ago, the older lad and I did a mini tour of bits of England and Wales. Mainly because I loved the John Fowles novel, The French Lieutenant's Woman, we visited Lyme Regis in Dorset. We couldn't find...Read More

The North West

Posted on 15 February, 201915 February, 2019 by David Meredith

My work often takes me to the north west. Last week it was Derry. This weekend it’s Letterkenny. It usually takes about three and a half hours to drive up: M50, M1, across to Ardee, N2, Monaghan, Aughnacloy, Omagh, Strabane,...Read More

Love Pebble

Posted on 14 February, 201914 February, 2019 by David Meredith

For the day that’s in it.

Pistachio Shells

Posted on 12 February, 201912 February, 2019 by David Meredith

This evening, I had a go at painting on these. Challenging.

Moving on

Posted on 11 February, 201912 February, 2019 by David Meredith

I found a can of white spray paint and sprayed the egg in which I had drilled holes. In the process, I knocked the egg off the bench I was working on. And it broke. Anyway, some of it survived....Read More

A Derry Breakfast

Posted on 10 February, 201910 February, 2019 by David Meredith

I was in Derry last week, and stayed in the Bishop's Gate Hotel. I blogged about one of my breakfasts. Read the blog here ...

Eggsploration

Posted on 9 February, 20199 February, 2019 by David Meredith

Today is my birthday and I've been feeling the love of family and friends. Texts, messages, a cooked breakfast, gifts, hugs, kisses, cake. What more could a man want? The week has been disruptive. I was in Derry and there...Read More