parenthood
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Happy new year, another year.
First day of the year. This is the first time for a while I am alone in the house without my kiddies so I am going to write a quick post before they come back. It has been a very busy year for us. We have decided to move back to Darlington, put the house… Continue reading
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What to do now? (weekly roundup)
I have been cutting down my time on instagram and Facebook. Deleted the apps and only check when there’s a couple specific things to look up. Am I happier? I don’t know, but the urge to post daily and check if anyone like or comment my posts are gone. Less likely to check on comments… Continue reading
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Shopping with toddler.
I have used my new ultramarine Rawlinsonend.com and the watercolour paint from artful watercolour box in these two drawings. This is how we normally go out. As we are living in a hilly area, and pushing the buggy uphill kills my shoulders, I usually only take my sling to go out with Juno. She loves… Continue reading
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Getting dressed and other chores (weekly round up)
The days are very long. Kids get up early and not able to go to sleep until 10. And the younger one hasn’t slept enough. She is grumpy all day, every day, until evening. All day I have been so busy I rarely have time to sit down. Yet I am insanely bored. Last night… Continue reading
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The Boy and the dog
A little practice. Drawing from photo of son when he was 5 and the dog when it was still a pup. Lazy day, Juno’s nap was brief. Continue reading
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Weekly round-up
So, as I said, I was busy with my homework and went to London last weekend. So things have been slow. But I have still done plenty of drawings. Here are a few: I have started this a while ago, its a mixed media on marker paper work. This is typical scene in my house… Continue reading
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A day like this
If you are looking for advice, you are at the wrong place. I write this blog not because I am an expert of parenting, but because I haven’t a clue, because I am so busy yet so bored. Don’t take this as a hint and tell me what I should do, what I should try,… Continue reading
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Happy new year
不知不覺已經是2022年! (非常cliché) 新的一年我沒有什麼大志，一年到尾每天也要湊仔，洗衫煮飯陪玩陪瞓，lego火車執完又執，到晚上兩個小朋友睡了我才開始catch up大學的功課，然後又嘗試早兩個小時起身繼續做功課，還有時間沖涼已很有ambition，所以我真的有心無力keep up with the social media game。在2021年下半年我完成了一本sketch journal，那是我很自豪的一件事。其他的，隨緣了。 這張畫是今年第一張在新的sketchbook畫起的畫，是一天早上我看到bertie 早起床還有半小時才要換衫上學的放空時間，看他的關於宇宙的書， 那一頁的標題是《The Life Cycle of Stars》。juno看著窗外太陽升起陽光照在小鎮的教堂外牆。太陽是恒星，相比起渺小的我們，和我們的悲喜，是永恒的，;教堂大概百年前在這裡，百年後仍屹立此地，但相對他們這個年紀，胖胖的臉龐，甚麼也笑大半天的幼稚氣，就像影射在教堂的日光，在各種家務和沉悶煩鎖事匆匆忙忙中，一轉身就不會再見了。 It’s 2022 before you know it! (What a cliché) I am not able to have much new year resolutions, every day is the same: same old laundry, cooking, breastfeeding the 2-year-old, changing nappies, teaching my 8-year-old everyday,… Continue reading
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Growth Spurt
I made this drawing when my baby was still tiny, about 5 months old. Now he is 19 months. Still a baby, but a lot bigger and stronger. He is going through another growth spurt this week. He seems to eat quite a lot and nurse most of the time. He was not interested in… Continue reading
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One of the few things we have learnt as parents 1
This is one of the drawings I did when I was pregnant. I am sure there is no quicker way to grow up than being parents. In retrospective, my husband and I seem to have turned into two completely different people after having Bertie. Like every new parent, we had a lot of false assumptions… Continue reading
Daphne Bennett 