I was asked for a closer look at the picture that was seen in the third photo of THIS post. Here it is for your delight and delectation. It's a print of an original by Judy Boyes that I bought just before I met Alan.
It's called My Old Fireplace.
I had been going out with another guy, and on one of our first dates he bought himself something very similar by the same artist for his old cottage in Cumbria. I loved that it had the two cats pictured in it that I had at the time ... Pepper and Ginger (my Ginger, not the current Ginger who came to us already named as a foster cat).
We parted company not long after, and I thought sod him and his mean ways, and I travelled back to the original shop up in the Lakes and bought myself this one. I tend to do this after a failed relationship, I have a tattoo on my arm of a gecko, he's called Freddie Freedom and he came to live on me after my divorce was finalised.
The picture is almost as permanent and has travelled with me through many addresses. And of course this can be passed on to one of my sons, whereas a slice of my skin can't!! 😁
Yes I have a strange sense of humour ... but then you knew that didn't you. 😉
Sue xx
Ah, a real open fire...
ReplyDeleteI know!! It's the season for lovely open fires isn't it. 😀
DeleteWhat a delightful picture. I would be at home there.
ReplyDeleteSo would I. ❤️
DeleteI love your humour. Greetings from Susan in France
ReplyDeleteI'm glad ... I'm not on everyone's wavelength. 😄😄
DeleteThe picture is lovely, but I'm just thinking how dusty that place would be - a pain to keep clean!!
ReplyDeleteI guess with lamps and dark corners you'd get away with not dusting too often. 😄
DeleteIt is similar to my parents’ 300 year old cottage in Wales, though they had a stove fitted. It was lovely to see the fire.
ReplyDeleteI bet that was gorgeous. I do miss our huge logburner at the Welsh house. 😞
DeleteI had to smile at your post because I used to compensate a failed relationship with a gift to myself and after my divorce, I bought a picture which was more than I could afford but I loved it and nearly 40 years on I still have it!
ReplyDeleteIt's always nice to treat yourself, and sometimes swapping something that you love for someone that you don't, is a very good idea. 😄
DeleteI love it that you treated yourself in that way, and the picture is so cosy.
ReplyDeleteAlison in Devon x
I deserved it. 😄
DeleteI like the painting - I would sit and gaze at that for hours. Something good came from your failed relationship, quite apart from the end of it, that is. 😟
ReplyDeleteIt's directly behind my laptop when I'm writing a blog post, so if inspiration dries up, I have something nice to look at. 😄
DeleteA lovely painting, Sue, but I think you were brave having the tattoo, far too painful 😱
ReplyDeleteAngie
Not at all, you get used to it after a minute or so. I have two. 😀
DeleteWow, you little devil! :)
DeleteJudy Boyes is a favourite artist of mine, we have a couple of her prints, along with prints from Graham Carver and Alan Ingham. Not artists that one sees much of these days though?
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