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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
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In between the gales and the rainstorms, I try to paint my NARROWBOAT Art whilst moored along the towpath. Does it go to plan? You'll have to watch and see? Sit back, relax and enjoy- take care🌻🦋
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O do please send us some rain we appreciate it very much. I love the sound crickets make at night. Very nice area that place you were moored i have been around the severn so i have an idea give a hug to zephr and take care o by the way right now its about 45 celsius
🌬💧💧💧 Sending you a cool breeze and some rain! Thank you for your lovely comment. Stay safe and hydrated out there. Take care🦋🌻
I love when dogs have a mad moment and get all excited, they don’t ask for much in life… your talents are endless when it comes to drawing and painting… and the knowledge around wildlife and insects is incredible, thank you for sharing… 😊
I love dog mad moments too!🤭🐾🐾 Thank you so much for such a kind comment😊 Have a super weekend, take care🌻🦋
This whole vlog was fantastic as always and your artwork is beautiful, looking forward to seeing the finished butterfly. Do you mind me asking what you teach online?
Thank you for your lovely comment. I am so pleased that you enjoyed the vlog. I am a primary school teacher so I offer all subjects at that level, but I have students at the moment that are learning English as a second language which is also something that I can do. 👍 Have a super weekend, take care🦋🌻
@@themindfulnarrowboat Ah, that's great, you're very talented. If you ever thought about doing a sketch school that would be cool. Have a lovely weekend too 💜
Don't know what you call it in the UK, but in the US when a dog tears around like that, we say she has the zoomies, Zeph is such a beautiful dog! And confident! Loved your assessment of that in her. Beautiful butterfly on the boat. Love that you're sad when your cricket found his way out! Thanks for bringing us along.
Hi Deb, yes we call it the zoomies too; it's ever so entertaining to watch isn't it and quite contagious as I find that I start zooming around with her too.🤪🤭 Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Have a super weekend, take care🌻🦋
Yep zoomers I call them !
So funny
If you are still there do pay a visit to the Docker's Club - up the hill on the other side of the old arm of the marina. Historical photos of the docks in their heyday and of the M.S. Vindicatrix, friendly people, many of whom work(ed) in the docks - and good food. If you are thinking of going down the Severn to Portishead and the K & A you can get good advice and probably find others there with whom you can go down in convoy for safety. Facilities are at the bottom end of the arm where you can see the original dock gates and the terminal for the Waverley paddle steamer. Glad you enjoyed my neck of the woods !
Hi Roy, thank you so much for your lovely comment. I made a quick trip to the Docker's Club for a drink and some chips- such a great place to visit! We are not going to cross over to the K&A this time as we want to go to the River Avon, but we do plan to do that crossing in a few years time. Have a super weekend, take care🌻🦋
@@themindfulnarrowboat My pleasure to pass on tips from years of boating in that area. On your return I would suggest a stop at Frampton-on-Severn which has the largest village green in England. To see cricket being played there (Saturdays I think) always reminds me of a scene from the mid 20th century. On the Avon look out for the dreaded hexagonal lock at Wyre on Piddle :>)
when you said you liked that Zephyr just acted like she knew where she was going, I sort of saw a thought bubble coming from Zeph where she was saying how much she liked that you always acted like you knew where you were going when you went on walks together in a new place 😂She certainly was full of beans today and reminds me how much time young animals need from us for play...and we always come off better for putting in that time 🙂
I often think about what Zephyr must be thinking too, your interpretation made me laugh because you're probably right😂 Thank you for your lovely comment, Mary. Have a super weekend, take care🌻🦋
I like the paint colour, your butterfly is beautiful. Really enjoyed Sharpness. Another
meaningful vlog xx
I'm so pleased that you like the paint colour and butterfly. Thank you for your lovely comment. Have a great weekend, take care🌻🦋
Hello Mindful Narrowboater. I've just finished watching vlog 156: I think it's wonderful that you have chosen a subject that most people would either swat or spray with insecticide and that you have immortalised an insect using poetry and visual imagery; that little creature will live one for years to come because of you.
Thank you for opening my eyes to the small things around me. Pete Glyde
Hi Pete, that is such a kind comment; thank you so much. Have a super rest of the weekend, take care🌻🦋
Tranquil and peaceful again, many thanks.
Thank you so much for such a lovely comment.😊 Have a super weekend, take care🌻🦋
Your talent now’s no bounds.Have a great weekend
You are so kind, Michael- thank you so much! 😊Have a great weekend, take care🦋🌻
What a fantastic vlog, it’s a rare thing to see you cruising in rain. Zephyr was so funny when she took a liking to your paint tray, you did a lovely job with the butterfly, you are so talented! Take care you 3
Zephyr has such a cheeky side to her but she caught me by surprise with the whole paint tray thing! 🤭🐾🐾 Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Have a super weekend, take care🌻🦋
Yes send us in British Columbia some of your rain! ☔️ 🌧️ Wow, your painting skills are amazing!
I hope you are finding a place to stay cool; I've sent some cool rain over via carrier pigeon- let's hope it arrives soon!🤞💧 Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Have a super weekend, take care🦋🌻
your empathy with the smallest things is emotional. Thank you.
Thank you so much for your kind words. I find insects fascinating and when they decide to join me on the boat, well it is a very exciting event! 🦋🕷🦗🪰🪳🐜 Have a wonderful weekend, take care🦋🌻
Yay, tomatoes . In the wind and rain.
Yay!!!!🤩🍅🍅💨💧💧💧 Have a great weekend, take care🌻🦋
Hello Vanessa thank u again for a wonderful vlog this week 😊 u did look a bit wind swept at the beginning of ur cruise thankfully u were able to shelter inside the pram cover for most of the cruise. I can't believe how long it's been since u painted the daisy, but the butterfly 🦋 will make a nice additional piece of art work on Alice Grace 👍. U definitely looked the part of a artist with ur glasses and ur assistant Zephyr 😂 l can't wait to see the final result. Have a lovely weekend or shall l say take ur bolly with u at all times 😊 take care.🐕🪳
Hi Simon, I'm not sure where I would have been without my painting assistant, Zephyr!🤭🐾🐾 Thank you so much for your lovely comment. I just need for a break in the rain now to finish the painting. Happy boating! Take care🌻🦋
Dear Vanessa , please do not drink water from the refrigerated plastic bottles , I meant to write this in the last episode . Japanese did some medical studies ( breast cancer) . Actually avoid plastic bottles if you can .Love from an island in Croatia .
That is such good advice and I will bear it in mind, but I am just not sure what we can drink out of though? I'm going to give this some serious thought now that you have mentioned it. Have a super weekend, take care🌻🦋
Always a pleasure to watch someone else creat a work of art.l painted a Red Admiral with sign writing enamels and varnished(ordinary)and it has stayed on my black plastic water container .lucky or what 😊
I bet it looks beautiful! Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Have a super weekend, take care🌻🦋
Very enjoyable episode. Nice to see lots of Zephyr. I loved your drawing of the cricket.
Thank you so much for your lovely comment, Zephyr was very keen to be involved this week🐾🐾🤭 Have a super weekend, take care🌻🦋
Love the sequence with the cricket and the charming poetry it inspired. How ever did you manage to paint your butterfly in the rain with water colours!?
Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Luckily, the sun was so hot that the paint dried really quickly. Have a super week, take care🦋🌻
Lovely vlog has usual Zeph trying to take the paint try so funny I am reading a page a day of the journal (which hubby David sorted for me ) slow has my eyes not great waiting to see if hospital can help 31st 🙏been waiting four years love the butterfly painting tc all the oldies 🤗👍
Zephyr made me laugh too🤭🐾🐾 I am so pleased that you are reading the journal; my writing is small so I don't think that helps either. Have a super weekend, take care🌻🦋
Oh dear good luck with getting the tape off. I used some when I was painting in my house. I didn't realise that you had to take it off as soon as possible. Eight years later it's still there as it ripped the wall board coating when I tried to get it off. Loved the cricket, they are a beautiful creature. Take care =-)
Oh the take was a nightmare, lorraine! 😱 Luckily, it is off now and so I can paint the border when it stops raining...if it stops raining! Thank you for your lovely comment. Have a super weekend, take care🌻🦋
Thank you… I hadn’t looked so closely at insects in my past. Just a huge Thanks!
The world of insects fascinates me! Take care🌻🦋
Have you sold out on your journals? I could only see cards on the Etsy shop. Love your vlogs very calming
Thank you so much for your lovely comment, Eleanor. I have sold out of my journals but more will be arriving in the next couple of weeks. Have a super weekend, take care🌻🦋
Zephyr really made me giggle...Your Artwork & Journal is Utterly Breath Taking 🦋🐕
That is so kind of you! Zephyr makes me laugh every day, she is such a character😂🐾🐾Thank you for your lovely comment- have a super week, take care🦋🌻
Oh what a beautiful and clever piece of poetry Vanessa, and the stunning art. Are you using Aquarelle pencils by chance? x
I use Derwent water colour pencils. I really like them. I haven't tried Aquarelle before. Thank you for your comment, take care🌻🦋
Zeph's ears blowing in the breeze at the end, bless her.
Well done giving the cricket a lift & a way out, hubby came in the house last week with a lovely green grasshopper (like we saw hundreds of when we were kids) sitting on his shoulder.
That is so adorable that the cricket was sitting on his shoulder! Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Have a super week, take care🌻🦋🦗
Thanks for the Bush Cricket, I'd never seen one before. Don't think we have them up here in the north of Scotland.
Ah, but you have eagles where you are!🤩 Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Have a great weekend, take care🌻🦋
Lovely vlog Vanessa. I love the wonderful variety of insects that you meet on your travels. Love to you, Zephyr and Mr M❤️🕊️🙏🦉🐄🫏🐕🦺🦆🐝🐴🐫🦢
Thank you so much for your lovely comment. I am always honoured to meet an insect on or near our boat and the cricket was such a well behaved guest that it can come back anytime!🤭 Have a super weekend, take care🌻🦋
@@themindfulnarrowboat yes I loved his face😊❤️
Once again you have made my Friday so much better. Its one thing to see peoples artwork displayed all over the internet but quite another to watch them create their masterpieces in front of you so to speak. I love your history lessons especially the one about the bridge. And the close up of the cricket was great. You are one of the kindest people I know the way you care for even the smallest of God’s creatures not that it’s unpresented. There was Jimminy Cricket in the story of Pinocchio and in the movie The Last Emperor he had a pet cricket he kept with him all his life. The start of your butterfly was great can’t wait to see the finished product and also can’t wait to get your book in the mail. Have a great week see you next Friday Steve
Hi Steve, what a kind and thoughtful comment, thank you so much!😊 I can totally see why the cricket has been represented like that in other stories, it has such a wonderful character about it. I hope your book arrives soon🤞 Have a super weekend, take care🦋🌻
Hi Vanessa: I love your butterfly! 🦋 Did you paint it from a photo or memory? What kind of butterfly is it? It's beautiful! It complements your flower on the opposite side of Alice Grace. It was true plein air painting with the wind and rain, as well as Zephyr gnawing playfully on your paint tray. Jenny
Hi Jenny, it is a female orange-tip butterfly and I'll explain why I've chosen it when I finish the artwork- there is a little story about that, but at the moment it is non-stop rain and I can't do any outside painting. I took photos of it and designed it from looking at those. Thank you for your lovely comment. Have a super weekend, take care🌻🦋
@@themindfulnarrowboat I can't wait to see it when it is done. Hopefully the rain stops (feel free to send any rain to the West and Pacific NW). Jenny
Hope your paint is waterproof. Terrific, looks great. Are you going to publish? your colourful journal sometime, i am sure it would sell well with all your anecdotes and artwork.
Thank you so much for your lovely comment. The paint is, fortunately waterproof and it hasn't stopped raining yet so the test of its waterproof effectiveness is ongoing! I have printed my 2022 nature journal which I am having reprinted so I can restock it in my Etsy shop. I am so delighted with how well it sold as I never intended to sell the journals that I keep. Have a super weekend, take care🦋🌻
Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Fortunately the paint is waterproof😅 Have a super weekend, take care🦋🌻
Beautiful decoration Vanessa, I love the Daisy and how amazing is your butterfly 🦋 ❤ … I have enrolled myself onto a couple of painting with acrylics a contre-jour and painting skies and reflections by a wonderful artist Carol Baker who has her studio near me in Shropshire. It was down to you that partly inspired me to do this after seeing all of your beautiful painting.
15:38 Edward Elgar … another wonderful composer … ruclips.net/video/hKgUxqXoc9M/видео.html here is Lux Aeterna (Nimrod from the variations). It is performed by Voces8, I may have seen them at one point in the past. What is beautiful is the control of the voices throughout but at the diminuendo (not sure if that is the correct name) section at the end, the lady who sings the main part is so talented. Very much worth a watch if you get a signal that is. So glad you were able to deliver your lessons successfully.
Thank you once again for this wonderful mindful journey, my regards and best wishes to Mr M and hope you both and the beautiful Zephyr have a wonderful week. Take care xx❤
I hope you enjoy your painting course; it sounds like a wonderful idea! Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Have a super weekend, take care🌻🦋
@@themindfulnarrowboat thank you Vanessa it’s been a long time coming. You and mr M look after yourselves and take care xx
Lovely and peaceful vlog.
Thank you so much, James!😊 Have a super weekend, take care🌻🦋
We get green bush crickets down my way. I think they're females. Love the butterfly artwork . I also wanted to say how much I love my copy of my journal. I remember all the entries from watching your vlog ! Have a lovely week ahead 😊 xx
Green bush crickets are so pretty aren't they? The speckled bush cricket is green and I remember having one of them on board when we were on the River Great Ouse. I am so pleased that you like your journal, Lydia- thank you so much for buying it. Have a great weekend, take care🌻🦋
This reminds me of living here.
I'm so pleased. Thank you, Nanci!🦋🌻
Fun with Zeph and a cricket visitor :) I so enjoy the info about industrial sites that of course we depend upon, no matter how ugly they seem amidst the glories of nature. Canals were built for industry of course or as here in Canada, a the Rideau canals in Ontario were built for defense purposes to thwart a second suspected attempt by the US to invade what was then Upper Canada...now it serves pleasure boaters and skaters:) I love the new art work on Alice Gray ! Happy cruising Vanessa. Keep well, Wendy
Thank you so much for your lovely comment, Wendy. It seems the canals all over bring a great deal of happiness to all those who use them. Have a super weekend, take care🌻🦋
You had the weather against you this week but still come up with an interesting vlog. What a talented lady you are, I adore that butterfly. 😎
Thank you so much for such a lovely comment, Jack! I think we might well have a few more rainy cruises ahead of us yet. Have a super weekend, take care🌻🦋
Just need to add… that i am delighted to be a recognized patron.
Well, I am delighted that you are a Patron- thank you so much. Have a super weekend, take care🦋🌻
Hello Vanessa - greetings from Poland. It's Friday evening at 7pm and today is the first in many days when we haven't had any rain. Like your video, we've been deluged with heavy downpours day and night.
A lovely cruise despite the rain. Sharpness is a fascinating place with so much railway history I recommend you take a look at the vlog that Ron of Parkinsons Walks did of the docks and the work by the preservation society are doing to reopen the railway.
Loved the cricket. Never seen one before.
Thank you so much, Michael. I am glad that you have had a break from the deluge. Our forecast is that there is still loads more on the way! I shall give the RUclips channel that you are recommending a watch. Have a super week, take care🦋🌻
Thank you so much for your lovely comment, Michael. I am glad to hear that you have had a slight reprieve from the rain. I'll give that channel a watch! Have a great weekend, take care🌻🦋
Very talented
That is a very kind thing to say, thank you so much. Have a wonderful weekend, take care🌻🦋
good see you cranking it on the cut thanks lee
Thanks, Lee! Have a great weekend, take care🦋🌻
Lovely!
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Alice Grace getting some tatoos! Beautiful butterfly!
She did didn’t she! 😂🤩 Thank you for watching. Take care🌻🦋
Full of goodness x
Thank you😊 Take care🌻🦋
You KNOW what would have been 'really good' ?? .... You replicating some of the pages from your journal on the sides of your narrowboat ..... Just a thought 😀🤔
That is such a good idea, Pete! I aim to paint every panel on the boat, so I might use my journal to do that, but I must paint ducks on the duck hatch that goes without saying!🦆🦆Thank you for your lovely comment. Have a super weekend, take care🌻🦋
Good evening Vanessa & the cute Zeph 🦮 I live in a lorry 🚛 all week that’s similar to boat cruising 😊 That butterfly 🦋 was beautiful just like you both 😍 I’m a railway fan so it was really good seeing the old Sharpness dock and railway xxx
It must be a similar life being in a lorry. Thank you for your lovely comment, take care🌻🦋
Such a beautiful vlog Mrs M. Soothing scenery, wonderful wildlife, great artwork & lots of Zephyr... which we all love to see.
It's my mum's 86th birthday tomorrow (Sat), and she is going to be thrilled to bits when she unwraps one of her presents to find your journal in her hands! Thank you so much for sharing your talent with us all. Have a great week ahead.
Thank you so much for your lovely comment, Mastercraft!😊 A very Happy 86th Birthday to your Mum for tomorrow! I hope she has a wonderful day and that she likes her journal🤞 Have a super weekend, take care🦋🌻
Zeph is such a good girl. The butterfly looks great. In a couple of videos now you have mentioned teaching. Just wondered what you teach. We have 40c here today ( tho this is 6 months after your video ). Thoroughly enjoying your travel log. The English country side is just beautiful 😊😊
Hi Barbara, I teach Primary age children the primary curriculum and English as a second Language. I hope it cools down a bit for you soon.Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Have a super weekend, take care🦋🌻
I've just come across your vlog in the wee small hours and it's just what I needed something to take my imagination elsewhere. Your art book with it's beautiful drawings and writing should be published! it's defiantly something I would buy. Stay safe young lady.🐕🐕🐕
I hope you slept well? Thank you so much for your lovely comment and for stumbling across my channel too. Have a super Friday and weekend ahead, take care🦋🌻
I see You've sold out of your journal on Etsy ... Have you thought of replicating it on amazon KDP??
Hi Pete, I have been amazed at how my journal sold, so I have more being printed which should be in the shop next week or the week after, but soon. I hadn't thought about amazon KDP, so I'll look into it. 👍 Thank you so much, take care🌻🦋
Excellent priorities, tea and chocolate 😊. Lovely to see your walk and Zeph enjoying herself esp. the windsock ears!
Tea and chocolate is always a winner with me!😁 Thank you for your lovely comment. Have a super weekend, take care🦋🌻
A hair dryer helps to get sticky tape off everything, in case you need a suggestion! Love the butterfly!
Great advice!Thank you so much for watching. Take care 🦋🌻
Thanks Vanessa, for taking us along on this lovely cruise and walk with you and Zephyr to the shop, the Butterfly looks wonderful. I'm playing catch-up after being away on holiday. Take care and all the best. Stevie
How lovely that you are playing catch-up! I hope that you had a super holiday? Thank you for your kind comment, take care🌻🦋
Thank you so much for the relaxing,,,,,,and cool looking video. The temperature where we live in Japan is in the high 30s and so humid!!! Love the art....my Japanese wife especially. She too paints - several styles, but is so talented in the traditional styles of ukiyoe - she is a fan of Hokusai as am I,,,and along with my sons art, we have hers dotted all around our home....Along with the art, the journal and travels etc,,,,,,, That dog of yours is a star bless her, she reminds me of my springers I had when I lived in the UK - 23 years ago now. Thank you once again and all the best of luck, from us in Japan,
Your wife and son's artwork sounds amazing! Doing something creative is so good for you. I hope your temperature cools down. Thank you for your lovely comment. Sending you a cool, gentle breeze and some refreshing rain, take care🌬💧💧💧🦋🌻
Loved the Cricket poem xx
Thank you!😊 Take care🦋🌻
@@themindfulnarrowboat where are you on Monday?
Another lovely video, i made it to Gloucester! Also went and got my car, if you see nb foxy doxy give us a wave. Stu and mom/Carol. Happily jump in with us for a “big shop” if it helps you.
I'll keep an eye out for you, to give you a wave👋👋 Thank you for your kind offer too! Enjoy the rest of your week, take care🌻🦋
You're so talented. The butterfly is lovely but the cricket is amazing. Am I wrong but I thought there was a 4mph speed limit on canals. If so, and assuming the footage wasn't sped up, surely the floating hotel was going so fast that the wash would damage the bank? Sorry if I'm having a grumble.
Thank you for your lovely comment. I’m not sure that there is a 4mph speed limit on this canal as it is so wide and deep and much more like a river. I’ll have to check that. Enjoy the rest of your weekend, take care🦋🌻
Delightful, as always. And oh, that last image of the spotted butterfly on that gorgeous pink and purple, almost neon-bright flowerhead! I'm all cheered up now.
The six-spot burnet is a special looking insect isn't it? I love them!😍 Thank you for your lovely comment. Have a super weekend, take care🌻🦋
Glad to see you exploring down Sharpnes. Not many do but yes so much recent history 60/70 witch some may remember thanks for your prompting, Loving your new art work
Hi Trevor, Sharpness is such an interesting place and had a really wild feel about it with the River Severn’s incredible tides. Thank you for watching and commenting, take care🦋🌻
Looks like you are dressed for winter. So depressing this rain and cold. Keep warm. The wind sounds most unpleasant. You are so funny Vanessa. Nothing seems to stop you doing what you love and Zephyr is so funny, your little friend. Your butterfly looks so good. Drawing of Zephyr is so good. Take care. x
Hi Vanessa, thank you so much for your lovely comment. Hopefully we will have some sun tomorrow- at least I'm not having to water my plants at the moment🤭 Have a super weekend, take care🦋🌻
Lovely! I must say, I was very surprised to observe Zephyr chewing on the paint pan. I guess I don't really know her after-all.
Zephyr has such a cheeky side to her which she tries to hide from the camera- I just so happened to catch her on camera in full cheeky mode this week!🐾🐾🤭 Thank you for your lovely comment, John. Have a super weekend, take care🌻🦋
Thanks for a lovely trip to the UK.
You are welcome, Nanci!😊🌻🦋
Hope you are keeping dry in all the rain! That bush cricket is absolutely amazing I could watch him for hours scurrying along with those long back legs - just looks like he has his boots on for the rain! 👢 And the butterfly you painted looks just great 🦋 Take care 🙏
Hi Margaret, the cricket did look like he had his rain boots on didn’t he!😂 Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Enjoy the rest of your weekend, take care🦋🌻
Learning so much from your knowledge of all things that move and live amongst the riverway....I always enjoy your poetry and sketching at the end which only adds more magic in these already enchanting videos. You're a talented lady indeed. Thanks for sharing your adventures.
It’s so lovely to know that you are enjoying the vlogs. Thank you so much 😊 Take care 🦋🌻
I live in a small village in Kent,my internet is only two! I don't mind, I manage to get your vlogs , that's all I need. I only found you just a week ago and I'm enjoying every minute of them., I did that my presea training at Sharpness many many years ago
I am so pleased that your internet can still play my videos! Sharpness must hold a lot of memories for you.Thank you for your lovely comment. Have a super rest of the week, take care🌻🦋
Wonderful episode! Loved the artwork, Zephyr seems like a real gem of a pet, and appreciated getting a chance to see what canal boating is like during a downpour. Really wish I could take you up on your offer of cool rain, too! Best wishes!
Hi Chris, the carrier pigeon is bringing you a gentle breeze and some cool rain as we speak🐦🌬💧💧I hope it gets there soon🤞 Thank you for your lovely comment. Have a super weekend, take care🦋🌻
Is that the marbled butterfly you're painting on your boat? How pretty! I've never seen a black and white butterfly before, really striking. Zephyr looked to be quite full of herself in the video today, lots of fun!
Hi Debba, I hope you are well. Thank you for your lovely comment. The butterfly that I am painting is an orange-tip female and I will share the story about why I have chosen it when I get to finish the painting which is taking time at the moment as it still hasn't stopped raining!😁 Have a super weekend, take care🌻🦋
Clever lady, butterfly looking amazing, nother grand video, do like the walks where we shall never get to. Thank you for taking us. I know i've sed but just to mention again book is brilliant. All the best Gary n Irene
Hi Gary and Irene, I am so pleased that you enjoyed the vlog and visiting Sharpness with me. Thank you so much for your lovely words about my journal too. Have a super weekend, take care🦋🌻
Hi Vanessa another brilliant video endless beauty,the butterfly is handsome I think. Have great week😊
Thank you so much, Sandy! Have a wonderful week, take care🌻🦋
You are supremely talented, and a kind soul.
I just love your channel !! 🙂
That is such a kind comment- thank you so much. I really appreciate it. Have a super rest of the week, take care🦋🌻
No fresh water for drinking and sailing without rain.
But 50 degrees Celsius is not healthy as in southern Eropa.
The railway bridge is certainly a beautiful construction.
Zephyr also likes to paint.
A beautiful cabbage butterfly, make you happy.
Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Have a super weekend, take care🌻🦋
A chance encounter in my feed brought me to your channel and this video.
I just wanted to add my own praise for the many talents you display but especially your remarkable artistry in the journal you keep.
Well, I am so pleased that your chance encounter brought you here! Welcome to the channel, Geoff!👋👋 Thank you for such a lovely and kind comment too. Have a super weekend, take care🌻🦋
Love zephyr ears blowing in the wind thank you for a beautiful vlog xx
Zephyr's ears are a great way of telling the direction of the wind!🐾🐾🤭 Thank you for your lovely comment. Have a super week, take care🦋🌻
Sigh I was going to treat myself with your journal for an early Christmas present but alas all sold out. Will you be getting any more printed? =-(
Hi Lorraine, there should be some more journals in my shop in the next couple of weeks; they are being reprinted at the moment. I'll put out a post when they are in. Thank you so much for your interest. Take care🌻🦋
Next time you cruise in the rain with the hood up
Try cutting a potatoe in half and rub the potatoe on the outside of the clear vynal window.
It will prevent the rain beading and improve visibility !
🤩 What an amazing trick; I can't wait for it to rain again so that I can try it out! Thank you.👍 Take care🦋🌻
I can see what your problem is with reception. It's that you are on 3. They have good coverage inside big towns and cities but not great anywhere else. I live in a pretty big town in the midlands and I get 0 signal in my home and I get 1 bar outside.
Switch to EE. Its a bit more expensive but it is so worth it.
I will probably have to do that; thank you for the advice. Enjoy the rest of your week, take care🌻🦋
Brilliant video Vanessa and you weren’t the wrong way round!! Last week amazing colours in the sun, but this week the same in the rain!! Looking forward to seeing the final design! Take care, have a good week 👍
Yay, we weren’t the wrong way round this week! I think we might be again though.😂 Thank you for your lovely comment. Have a super rest of the weekend, take care🦋🌻
❤😊 Always amazing 😊 just beautiful as always . Thank you xx
Thank you so much😊🤗 Have a super weekend, take care🌻🦋
What will protect the water-based paint from being washed off in the rain?
It cures when dries so it doesn't wash off. It also dries really quickly. Since then, a friend of mine has given me a link to a website which does a wide range of water based colours that are suitable for steel. Thank you for watching, have a great weekend, take care🦋🌻
love your dog rolling on his or her back looking at the camera. and i have to say the artwork is stunning cant wait to see the finished article
Thank you so much for your lovely comment; Zephyr made me laugh when I turned around and she was upside down pulling her funny face🐾🐾🤪 Have a super weekend, take care🦋🌻
hi vanessa i know you already know this but your art work is fantastic :)
I have got more confident since I started drawing once a week; my artwork is getting better as it was truly awful at the beginning, but there is still a long, long way to go. Thank you so much for your kind words; I really appreciate it. Take care🌻🦋
we recived the cool breeze you sent and also a lil rain nice to see zephyr full of beans artwork is looking fine have a great week
I am so pleased the cool breeze and rain arrived! Thank you for your lovely comment. Have a super weekend, take care🦋🌻
Another lovely vlog thank you so restful & interesting
Thank you so much, Sue!😊 Have a super weekend, take care🌻🦋
I thought I was watching art attack but with a much nicer presenter ❤️
😂 It definitely became an art attack when it took me over an hour to get the tape off! Thank you for your lovely comment, take care🦋🌻
Beautiful as always, in its entirety & you & Seph of course.
Thank you so much, that is such a lovely comment😊 Have a super weekend, take care🌻🦋
Butterfly looks good, unique.
Thank you so much, Mike. Have a super week, take care🦋🌻
Hi Vanessa. When you talk about teaching, I assume you teach art. Another lovely video from my favourite boating lady. Take care x
I am a primary school teacher so I teach all of the subjects, but the funny thing is, I used to get the children in my class to demonstrate the art lessons as I was so bad at drawing! I have just taught myself by practising hard and making myself slow down and pay attention to the details. I believe that we can all draw, if we want to.Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Have a super rest of the week. Take care 🌻🦋
@@themindfulnarrowboat Do you teach online? If not, I don't know how you manage to find the time. You really are an amazing person.
What a wonderful piece !!
Thank you so much! Have a super Sunday, take care🦋🌻
Vanessa your journal is like gold dust always sold out.
I am so pleased with how it is selling; I have ordered some more for printing which should be in the shop next week some time. Thank you so much for your support. Take care🦋🌻
Can't wait to see the finished butterfly Vanessa 🦋 have a great week I'm sure you will living the life you do, much love to you all, Kay, Dave and Bubba 💗 x
Hi Kay, Dave and Bubba, thank you for your lovely comment. I am waiting for a break in the rain to finish the butterfly🤞💧 Have a wonderful week, take care🌻🦋
@@themindfulnarrowboat fingers crossed for you Vanessa x 🦋😍
Oh what a lovely trip. Its raining bit you made it enjoyable. Your dig is great she/he reminds me of our black labrador. Runs around crazy and wants to chew plastic trays. She is 18 months old . How old is your dog?.
Great to see your art work as always and your poem. Thank for those moments 🙏 ✨️
Meant dog.😅
It is in the Labrador gene to be slightly bonkers I think😂🤪🐾🐾 Thank you for your lovely comment. Have a super weekend, take care🌻🦋
Oh Vanessa, what a cool refreshing treat this was to beat the 111 F. Phoenix heat. So calming, so soothing, just what I needed. Oh, and did I spy some tomatoes growing atop Alice Grace's roof, your garden looks beautiful; although, there was one culprit who totally stole the scene, the foraging Marbled White butterfly ! And of course, the Dark Bush Cricket was a very close second, I'm so glad he was the inspiration for this weeks entry in your journal, so very captivating the way you drew him onto paper. Speaking of art, I love the way you did the background to the butterfly on Alice Grace, to me it appears as soft diffused reeds. I send you and Mr. M all my Very Best Wishes, may God Bless you in all you do. P.S. This weeks poem was exceedingly special, I thank God for your sharing your gifts with us all.
I really hope that you are all managing in that heat; I have thought about you all a lot this week which is why I couldn't complain about the rain; it is still raining but I'd rather have cool rain than oppressive temperatures. Narrowboats are not safe places to be in when you have heatwaves. I'm sending you a cool breeze and some gentle rain🌬💧💧💧 Thank you for your lovely comment. Have a super weekend, take care🌻🦋
@@themindfulnarrowboat Thank you Vanessa !
Lovely video 😊thank you
I am so pleased that you enjoyed it! Have a super weekend, take care🌻🦋
Hello mindful family. 👍👍
👋👋 Hello, Mr Will!🌻🦋
The Marbled White looks great.
Thank you! Have a super weekend, take care🦋🌻
You brighten up my day. 💚
Thank you so much, Shelia!🤗 Have a super weekend, take care🌻🦋
Really nice that Vanessa 👌 always a joy to watch
Thank you so much, Glyn. I'm so pleased that you enjoyed it. Have a super week, take care🦋🌻
What do you teach?
I am Primary School trained so I can teach all subjects at that level and then English at secondary level, but my students at the moment are learning English as a second language. Thank you for watching. Have a great weekend, take care🌻🦋
is it needed to clear coat the art work
Thank you for mentioning that, I will have to check. Take care🌻🦋
Thanks again.
You're so welcome! Thank you for your lovely comment. Have a super weekend, take care🌻🦋