The Blues and Lucy's phantom pregnancy

Unbelievable day or several days now I've had the blues and especially today can;t seem to stop crying. Could be low blood sugar in my case so I've been eating loads to see if it will stop. Also grey skies and all this heavy rain are so depressing!

But WW was excellent yesterday I should be celebrating as reshaping by 5.5 lbs in just 3 weeks is really good and I fit back into some size 12 linen trousers? But no it's not feeling so good today.

Grey's anatomy on netflix has been keeping me focused and lots of crochet- 5 more rows of the above. It also has been difficult as Lucy is not well and having a phantom pregnancy which means she;s had me up all night fussing and panting and whining and making ''nests'' in our bed and under my feet wherever I sit. ( she's there this minute) She's been seen by the vet and is on medication but meanwhile she's very attention seeking and just so not well that's it's upsetting. She wants those puppies? She's all shivery and shaky and that's so sad.

So as a distraction here's an exhibition I went to in February and which I felt I could not blog about until it moved on which was after mid April.

Details:

 http://artofthebrick.co.uk/the-exhibition

The exhibition was the Art of the Brick: SCULPTURES in Lego by Nathan Sawaya in Brick Lane in February.

 

The flat pictures were a lot less impressive then the sculptures which follow:

 I liked the more abstract texture and light and shadow patterns of these close-ups of the bricks...

 A cello?! Yes a life size cello, but not able to make music so that was kind of sad.

Creepy: a blue note singing the blues....

 Now THIS is nice, abstract, Sharp.

 Actually I feel a tad like this now.

 Ahrg! Not feeling so good. Having a break, more to come sometime.

Not now.

May Day celebrations and Blossom and Blue skies.

 A half hour Cuttlebrook walk at the end of April... such sunshine, though it was chilly and those BLUE BLUE skies: I loved it all.

 Bluebells!

 And forget-me knots.

 New leaves sprouting out...

And that amazing new green, the yellow-green of young new leaves?

 
Some dramatic vertical lines, not sure what this was, but it contrasted so well with the new growth.

 The beck flowing gently, reflecting the sky.

 THIS is my absolutely FAVOURITE hue of BLUE!

 THIS one...

 Not this one, this one is a bit too pale?

 I just love looking up to the sky and seeing the tangle of branches and the blossom.

 The white creamy blossom makes the sky even more blue?

 More new leaves, different ones.

 And another magic moment: the sun shining THROUGH the green of new leaves.
MAGIC.

 Yes, in the moment thanks to meditation, and grinning away. accidental photo.

 Masses of white blossom

 And some periwinkle.

 The abundance of pink blossom too!

 And a darker , deeper shade of  pink blossom

 There are some tiny bee orchids here I think?

 Oh my, not such a good moment, with me taking photos, Pippa launched herself into a very muddy swampy bit and Lucy joined in enthusiastically- very muddy dogs!

 Pippa in fact sank down and lay in the mud, ensuring her entire tummy was mud-covered also.

 And very reluctantly emerged having tried to drink the swamp dry.

 More new leaves, fabulously pointy and drooping through lack or turgor.

And TODAY is the FIRST OF MAY and I have been dancing at Radcliffe Square in Oxford at 6 am this morning! It was chilly but dry and sunny and we danced ourselves hot and shed layers of clothing gradually. We danced 11 dances from 6 am to 7 am to live piped music and it was tremendous fun. No photos at all , sorry, too busy dancing!
We danced:
Joie de Vivre
De'il amang the Tailors
Monymusk
Reel of the 51st Division
Duke of Atholl's Reel
Earl of Mansfield
Macdonald of the Isles
The Bees of Maggieknockater
Radcliffe Square
Mairi's Wedding- with extra twirls...
and finished with The Reel of the Royal Scots.

Awoke at 4:30 am and left home at 5 am surpised at how light it was! The sun rose majestically as seen in my rear mirror and the sky to my right coloured bright red, then pink and purple as hradually more of the sun appeared.  A red ball of a sun.
By 5:30 I'd got into Summertown in Oxford where I parked and then walked for 20-25 minutes to Radcliffe Square. It was such fun and  a great way to start the merry month of May.
And Spring of course, hence the blossoms and blue skies in this post.
Wishing you all a very Spirited Spring and a marvellously merry month of May.

Watch this and meditate.....