Friday, October 3, 2008

Snapshots from Toad Hall


My two absolutely adorable grandchildren....Campbell and Scarlett. We had lots of fun, drawing chalk towns, making pirate maps, reading stories, having breakfast on the deck, catching grasshoppers and taking the dogs for lots of walks.....oh for those carefree days of childhood....it's simply delightful reliving them again through my grandchildren's eyes!



At Toad Hall we are up pretty early talking Sirius for a walk, so we often get to see some pretty spectacular sunrises over the Pacific Ocean. Over the past week we have also been looking after my mums Hungarian Pulli, 'Zelle', and my daughter Brooke's Italian Lagotto 'Guiseppi'...it has been a whole lot of fun walking 3 dogs on our 98 acres, 'seppi' loves water so he dives in for an early morning swim, with sirius on his heals, Zelle enjoys running after the two boys, but does not like to get wet!



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  1. donna maloneOctober 10, 2008 at 1:52 PM

    hi peta, thanks for your comments, all true.
    what does a LAGOTTA dog look like? i know what a PULLI looks like. have you got a photo of the 3 dogs?
    after babies and kids, dogs are my favourite people.
    give Sirius a pat from me,
    and hi to Bruce.
    it would be great to see you, maybe in the holidays.

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  2. PetaOctober 10, 2008 at 9:07 PM

    Donna, I agree with you about kids, babies and dogs....I do have a photo of the Lagotto, when he was a puppy...it is an Italian breed of dog, they have been bred to sniff out and dig up truffles....which I've never tasted.....I'll put up a post with the Lagotto photo....just for you! It would be fun to catch up again, yes maybe in the Christmas hols......

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Changes to "The Postcard Collaborations" :)

Hello to all collaborators,
Firstly apologies for this email However, better a little late than never!
I have heard from just about all of you over the past few weeks/months, Thankyou for your emails and phone calls and in some cases face to face conversations! Your feedback about the postcard collab has been thoughtful and in a positive vein.... I now have a fair idea about which group you each want to be involved in....below is what I understand you are each wanting, please check the lists, if you are listed as doing what you want, that's great..no need to contact me, however if you are not where you want to be please let me know, asap.
List A - Artists who want to continue with the postcards
  1. Olley Bath - who will continue to coordinate
  2. Gwen Evetts - who is a friend of Olleys and a new member
  3. Jude Roberts - originally from Olleys group
  4. Rochelle Jekot - originally from My group
  5. Jenelle Wood - Originally from my group
  6. Kym Simms - Originally from my group
Group B - Altered Book
  1. Peta Lloyd - to be coordinator of this group
  2. Donna Malone - originally coordinator of a postcard group
  3. Shelly Neave - originally from Donna's group
  4. Tamara Allen - " " " "
  5. JacQ Ware - " " " "
  6. Nanette Balchin - Originally from Olleys group
  7. Kristin Mountjoy - Originally from my group
  8. Lindesay Dresdon - " " " "
  9. Tracey Hewitt - " " " "
Group C - Those who were undecided - Please let me know which group you would like to be in!
  1. Susan Joyce - originally Donna's group
  2. Terri Shackley - " " "
Group D - Those who have decided to take a break from collaborating at the moment
  1. Pam Shipman - originally Donna's group
  2. Natalie Johnson - " Olley's Group
  3. Mel Gower - " " "
  4. Amanda Lowjen - " " "
Phew!!! I think that's it!!
I would like to take this opportunity to thank each and every one of you for your participation, creative idea's and wonderful art works. For those of you who are having a break, or continuing with the postcards, please stay in touch, I have certainly enjoyed you all being a part of this collaboration. I hope at some point that we may all be able to come together to share our books and postcards with each other!
For those continuing with the postcards, I believe that Olley has already communicated with you about how you will be continuing with this great project.
For everyone, please if you can, complete the postcards you have in your possession, if this is not possible then simply return to the originating artist as is.
For those who have chosen to change to the Altered Book Collaboration I will send out a group email within the next week to outline the details.
Kym, I would like to thankyou for your wonderful efforts of setting up the blog and continuing to maintain it, it has been a valuable opportunity to share thoughts and art with others and to be able to connect with other collaborators across the country and the oceans - THANKS!!!
To Donna and Olley, a big thankyou to you both for so capably and gently encouraging your respective group members participation - THANKS!!!
Once again......THANKS!!! to all of YOU for your enthusiasm, participation and collaboration!!!
Cheers,
Peta