is there life outside of making art?

the short answer is no.

when a deadline of a exhibition is coming up there is no time for almost anything else. my other favorite things to do - ride my bike, make yummy food, hang with borris, sew, garden - they all fall to the side and become things i think of doing if i ever had any time to do anything else but make art.



somehow this is all i can recall making food wise for weeks. a quinoa salad with feta herbs and tomatoes, it was really yummy.

i dehydrated some peaches from my friend's tree, also very good, i might like them more than the fresh ones- although the fresh ones are really good too.

and finally this is one of six purple cabbages that i have growing in the garden that desperately needs to be harvested and enjoyed before they are past their best.

not that making art is bad, but i miss my hobbies, and wish i could find a bit of a better balance. still 2 months til my show opens, so much more to do so i doubt it will change much anytime soon, but that is just how these things are.

food dehydrator

the other weekend borris and i found ourselves out in the hills for a drive and stopping off at an apple orchard stand on the side of the road. i bought a kilo of granny smiths and a kilo of bonza apples. they are so yummy and crisp. this was unplanned of course, and when i got home i realised that this is a lot of apples for two people. but then i also realised it was the prefect opportunity to give my new food dehydrator (thanks family) its first test run!



borris helped me lay out the apples onto the stackable trays. we dehydrated them au-natural but after speaking to a friend next time i might give them a presoak in some pineapple and lime juice.

then we set it on. one surprising thing was how loud it was. it kind of sounds like a hair drier just left running. in the end the noise was a bit too much so we put the dehydrator in the bathroom to let is do its work and muffle the noise a bit.

but it was worth it, voila 10 hours later some yummy dehydrated apples to eat.

first time a success, i can't wait to try it out on mangoes, and maybe even cherries this summer!