Life Lesson #1

It sounds so obvious (I mean, we'd be dead if we forgot to do this for ages) but it's amazing what a long walk and some time to focus on the super basic things in life can do for the brain...

My sister always says that running makes her feel like she can deal with anything. My walk led me to a quiet place where I could do some chalking... 

This final photo has nothing to do with walking or breathing... 

I bought the plant from the Bluecoat garden yesterday when I was feeling a bit grumpy, and I wanted to share it with you because I think it's cute. 

(I can't face growing anything in the bulldozed yard yet... *see dinosaur post*)

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Cardiff, UK: Being a rascal at Printhaus

This week, I invaded my sister's studio at Printhaus in Cardiff.

(That's my mum. She likes to invite herself to the Printhaus studios too.

In this photo, she's pretending to be some sort of elf helper, drying and ironing tea towels)

I LOVE the Printhaus

Not only because it has a comfy living room area with yellow paintings on the windows and an endless supply of tea, but it also has:

A garden full of vegetables 

Ace graffiti on the walls...

...and an outside bar that looks like this!

'this is a bar'

And look!

'This is God'

So cool.

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Sefton Park, Liverpool: Walking to stop Joe's arm falling off

(He fell off his bike and has been told to walk to help his arms/legs/everything heal)

Zoo?

Kind of looks like it...

(Joe wanted to chalk this but I don't trust him not to draw rude things)

Look, it's a face on a tree!

(Were you looking for something rude?)

:)

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MEDIA CITY, Salford, UK: Art is Everywhere

Hi everyone,

If you're awake right now (like me), you should tune in to BBC 6Music and listen to the first of our special art-themed radio shows 'Art is Everywhere'. Heaps of amazing guests are involved (Jeremy Deller, Pete Fowler, Mira Calix, Will Gompertz), and we have lots of ace music to play, too.

If you're up at this ungodly hour, I do not believe you can be doing anything good.

Plus, I ran over to the tram line in the dark to chalk up this message especially for you...

Click >  http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03k224p

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Cardiff, Wales: It comes at a price...

On Monday, I visited Morgan Arcades in Cardiff to annoy my big sister Cathryn...

'Guess who's back'

'Back again...'

'Guesswho'sbacktellafriendetc'

...to water this plant immediately.

It's a bin

It's also been ages...

...since I last found

...somewhere good to chalk.

It comes at a price though...

(No, I didn't fall through this floor that that looks like it was made to end the lives of all intrepid explorers)

But right after I took this photo, my foot slid out in front of me, and I nearly dropped my sister's ipad on the floor.

Yep.

Also...

...when I got back to see my sister Win...

(for entertainment, tea, giggles and that kind of thing)

Lenny...

(yes, that's me)

...had been set homework.

Hm.

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San Francisco, California: My friends are in California and I am not.

As I sit in work at 7.43 on a Sunday morning, my friends are stood on Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.

I would be jealous, but they have kindly sent me a chalked out message for my blog.

THANK YOU!

Nowdon'tforgetmenexttimewillyou.

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London, UK: Chalking all over my friend's house...

I stayed at my friend's house in London this weekend and discovered some cool things in her kitchen...

 

A chart about moustache types, framed neatly above the table...

 

 

A cup collection to rival my own... (this shelf goes on and on)

 

 

Nice pictures from faraway places on the fridge...

 

 And...

 

OH MY GIDDY AUNT.

 

A massive, smassive chalkboard.

 

 

Dear Sophie,

Please give me this massive chalkboard.

Love,

Helen

x

 

Please?

 

 

I'll take these too x

 

(Imagine the mess they would make if someone knocked them off that ledge?)

 

And while I'm here...

 

 

Let's see if I've grown...

My height is the lower end of that wonky line...

 

Have you decided whether I can take it yet, Soph?

 

I mean...

 

With front doors like this...

 

And phone boxes on your street that look like this...

 

I'm not really sure that you need more cool stuff down here in London...

 

 

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