Basic drawing apps

I have been having fun doing a doodle a day on the iPhone.

These are some of the results.

Louise Parker illustrations

I have just seen one of Louise's pictures published in a magazine and I am so excited about seeing the next one in April.

I love the stylized figures and the detail. It is also has gentle humour.

This is a very small sample of her work. I hope you enjoyed it.

Mary Sarah

Heidelburg & the Vaal Dam

Heidelburg is a pleasant town south of Springs in Gauteng. Since I now live in the East Rand this is the area I'll explore first. We were looking for a charming coffee shop to have a leisurely breakfast Saturday morning. Instead we found this cake shop next to the local crafts and gifts shop in a lovely old house. We bought pies ( I had rib pie) and other homemade treats and took a drive to the Vaal Dam.

We had a picnic under the shade of a tree on the grassy banks of the dam. What a beautiful afternoon, very relaxing.

There was only one sluice gate open that day but two days later they had four open. The river was running strong.

The cattle just walk across the road with no warning. I like it. This was in the village of Denyssville on the dam. Looks a great retirement place.

Along the river on both sides are bunches of small holdings with large houses. One side is in the Free State and the other in Gauteng. If anyone owns one of these, please invite me for a holiday for a week!! Along the road were tiny ponies and this little donkey and it's parents. Mama immediately came to investigate me taking pictures of her foal.

Johnny Clegg - Spirit is the Journey

We went to see Johnny Clegg - Spirit is the Journey last night. What a fantastic way to start the holidays. The worst part about the show is that there were too many seats. How are you supposed to sit and enjoy a Johnny Clegg show? The music is so infectious, I had to get up a lot to dance or sway or groove. It is so uplifting. It took me back to the 80's (in a good way!! :-) The 80's and early 90's in South Africa was such an exciting time.

The world is full of strange behaviour

Every man has to be his own saviour

I know I can make it on my own if I try

But I'm searching for a Great Heart to stand me by

Underneath the African sky

A Great Heart to stand me by

Chorus:

I'm searching for the spirit of the Great Heart

To hold and stand me by

I'm searching for the spirit of the Great Heart

Under African sky

I'm searching for the spirit of the Great Heart

I see the fire in your eyes

I'm searching for the spirit of the Great Heart

That beats my name inside

Sometimes I feel that you really know me

Sometimes there's much you can show me

There's a highway of stars across the heavens

The whispering song of the wind in the grass

There's the rolling thunder across the savanna

A hope and dream at the edge of the sky

And your life is a story like the wind

Your life is a story like the wind

Chorus

Guka 'mzimba (body grow old)

Sala 'nhliziyo (but heart remain behind)

I LOVE CAPE TOWN

I LOVE CAPE TOWN

I LOVE CAPE TOWN

I LOVE CAPE TOWN

Tori Stowe

I am always excited to find talented south African artists and this one is really wow. Invoking envy rapidly :-) as I browse through her blog.

I really need to learn how to make a proper link for this but this should work anyway:

http://www.toristowe.com/index.php?p=22