a relaxing getaway...

partridge in a pear tree

this is one of my Christmas cards this year.

i painted it in the relaxing free time i had yesterday.

we have been on school holidays the past couple of weeks. 

i decided to have a holiday of my own, alone, with no-one.

it was great.

i booked myself into a hotel in the city. 

only 20minutes from my house,
but it could have been another city in another country.

i had a king bed.
i could lie on it reach out in star-fashion and not touch the edges.

it had a big spa, that my whole family could have fit in.
but they were not there.

and a big telly. room service.
fluffy white towels & robe. 

i was there only 19hours, yet it felt like days. 

i relaxed in rose scented bubbles.

drank tonnes of herbal tea.

painted.

and slept.

i was not called Mum once.

no one burst into my space or time to find something for them or to feed them.

i say to all you people who know what i am talking about  "do it".

i went on this site to find a discounted price, so it was even a bargain.

the best part was i wanted to run home.

i missed my family.

i look forward to being called, needed and of service to those i hold dearest in my heart.

i needed the reminder, that to have my family makes me so very blessed.

i am recharged to paint another day.

sparkle & twirl 

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