Short Hair is Fun.

Short hair is fun, short purple hair is even fun-er

Speaking of purple, this happened in 2021

and then this 

How amazing are the colours? The red is called an Illawarra Flame Tree. Just so beautiful.

For Christmas, a friend brought over a box of Christmas themed doughnuts, this was my “thank you” text -

To end 2021 off, and start 2022 on a good note, this sign appeared in Petersham and I think it’s just about perfect. 

I’m glad to be posting this, I’m also pretty sure that absolutely no one ever sees it….but that’s ok because…nope I can’t think of anything profound or altruistic to say except that, yeah, this was fun.

Till next time 

Enjoy yourself 

xöx Secret Squirrel xöx 🐿

Copyright © E Jennings 2022.

Classic

I wish Mary Beard was my mum
That’s it, that’s all I wanted to say.


Copyright © E Jennings 2019

Blah Blah Blah Something About Family Guy.

Missing you.

Just for the record

Just for the record:

My bicycle head light is waterproof to a depth of 50 meters.
This was one of the selling points that the sales guy helpfully pointed out.
This was the clincher, this was the feature that made me buy the light there and then.
As I cycle to work I can now go via Sydney harbour and my bike light will STILL work!!
So handy considering the vast amount of underwater cycling I do.

Awesome.

xox eve xox 
Copyright © E Jennings 2014

I cut all my head hair off

Hey beautiful people (you know who you are) long time no see.
Lots has happened since we last spoke. 2012/13 was a crappy year for me, it kinda went like this:
July August - relationship ends
December - I'm told my employment will cease as of 1 February
4 February my father dies 
and so began 2013, I was a total mess and to be honest, I'm only just finding my feet.
Anyway, I now have a great new job with an amazing group of people doing good things for others. I've just started an IT course (the text book for one subject is $300.00AUD!!).
Oh, and....I cut all my hair off and I'm loving it.

xox eve xox


Copyright © E Jennings 2014

New Painting - Two Cars 2011

New painting - Two Cars 2011 (detail)

I'm bored, I'm the chairman of the board...

I am at work, I am sitting at my desk and I am plotting how I can get out of here and head home in order to snatch some quality rest time before I have to 'hit the gym' tonight.

OK so maybe that sentence was just a way for me to sound all fit and healthy and stuff (which I am not) or maybe it was a chance for me to sound like other, normal people. Like I am doing things that normal people do....is there a point? Well, yes, yes there is but it is hidden so deeply in the subtext and my subconscious that I dare not let it see the light of day let alone the Internet...but I digress, what was I saying?

I am bored yes, but also excited to be able to post. I sent the IT department an email saying that there was something wrong with my computer, that I could not access web sites and that some of the links were blocked etc etc. I even went so far as to say that I could not access facebook (one of our departments has a facebook page so it was a legitimate request).

I received a nice email a few days later telling me that they had fixed the problem and could I please check to see that it was all fixed. My cunning plan had succeeded! My thinking was that if they allowed me to access facebook then everything else would become accessible too. So here I am.

Previously, when I went to my blog site I could not see any of the side bar info and could not sign-in to create a new post. Basically, I'm a genius.

On that note I will bid you adieu.

xox eve xox

Copyright © E Jennings 2011.

I had a dream

In February 2010 I awoke and immediately began looking for my sketch book and a pencil. I drew the image I had seen in my dream, I made notes on the materials used and included every detail I had seen. I then proceeded to talk about it for days, weeks afterwards.

I sought out the materials needed. That beautiful origami paper received as part of a Christmas gift, an A3 piece of thick black card, a white chalk pencil, glue and other bits and bobs.

All these things I placed in a plastic bag, stored them in a dresser draw and promtly proceeded to procrastinate about getting around to actually creating the dream picture.

That is of course until today. Today I fished out the plastic bag and my sketches and did it. It's a strange image. It reminds me of slave ship pictures you see in history books and on documentaries except with a comic book/Japanese/zombie twist....if you know what I mean.

I forgot to take a photo of it prior to framing it so the image above is not that great - although you do get quite a good view of my self portrait reflected in the glass - I'll take a better picture soon and add it here another day, just for the record.

Well that's my news. Oh, except to say that I found an app that let's me blog and add images all from my eye-phone, how's that for sweet?

xox eve xox

I'm baaaaaaaa-ack!

Hey there people of the interwebnetsphere, how have you all been? Yes, it has been a whole year since I have posted anything new and for that I appologise. I have been busy. Since last October I have been working in local government, doing a job that I really love with some of the finest people I have ever met. I am learning everyday, about my community and about myself too. I have missed this blog terribly and all the friends I made along the way. I still keep in touch with at least one of you over at bookface - you know who you are - but I have often wondered what became of you all. With no Internet at home and a workplace Internet policy that either won't allow me to see your sites or sign into my own, I have finally resorted to typing this post up on my iPhone. Even then I am having to type it in the 'edit HTML' section and it seems I am unable to upload images, but hey, at least I'm here now and I'll try in future to add something at least once a month....at least.

Well, that just sucks. I tried once again to add an image and it won't let me - boo blogger! Boo I say.



Well, now that the inconvenient store across the road has nice shiney 'puters, I will wait till another day and attempt to add some more "visual content" for your viewing pleasure. See how I used the inverted commas just then? That was highlight how...how um - I'm trying to think of a word that is universally understood, but the best word I can think of is 'wanky' which has a similar meaning to tosser when used in its non-literal sense - look it up if you are not sure but trust me it was 'wanky'.



Till next time whence we meet again I must bid you all farewell. But know this, I love you all incredibly deeply so deeply that if I could visit each one of you even for a moment, or better still a cup of coffee then I would. I really really would. So, until that day stay safe and have fun (cause it's all fun and games until somebody looses an eye and we wouldn't want that now would we).



Lots of love



xox eve xox



Copyright © E Jennings 2011

Houses, Bowls and Eggs

Love and hugs

xox eve xox

Copyright © E Jennings 2010.

Pat Tudor

Pat died. She was friends with my mum and dad and she knew me from the day I was born. She was born in Australia but lived in London for most of her life. Every summer from as early as I can remember Pat stayed with us in Sydney. Escaping the London winter she would arrive and fill our house with her beautiful spirit.

When I was in fourth class she helped me to colour in some pictures I had drawn for a social studies project. I watched as she carefully sharpened the pencil and then licked it before she started colouring. She explained that licking the pencil made the colour more vivid, I thought that she was the best colour-in-er-ra I had ever seen.

We would swim in the pool and drive to the beach, afterwards we would shower and we would stand in front of the bathroom mirror and apply moisturiser to our skin and she would comb my hair. She showed me all the exciting bottles and jars that dwelled within her toiletries bag, she sprayed me with perfume and put my hair in french plaits.

She was beautiful, glamorous and exotic and almost six feet tall with long blonde hair and a fantastic smile. I was a lonely child. When she was around, Pat was my friend, she listened to me and talked with me. She would reach out as I walked by and pull me in for a squeeze.

Last month Pat was in Australia and we had dinner together and talked about her friend, my mother, who had recently died. She comforted me and we laughed and shared stories and memories.

Pat died. She fell down the stairs of her home in London. She hit her head and there was nothing they could do to save her. I will miss her. Even though she lived so very far away, I will miss her. Pat brought happiness into my life, into every summer of my childhood.





xox eve xox


Copyright © E Jennings 2010.