I have been playing about with words and shapes using my calligraphy ink pen. I hope you like the result, written in a shaped poem! ...
The seaside inspiration continues! Happy Friday - YAY! End of a week... start of a weekend. ...
It's Roald Dahl's birthday today and if he were still alive he would be 100. It was through my daughter as she was growing up that I discovered Roald Dahl. It is hard to pick a favourite quote but two I like are: "Somewhere inside all of us is the power to change the world" and Happy Birthday Roald where ever you are...
Going to the seaside reminded me of this watercolour I created when I wanted some blue on a wall at home. The room that needed blue had been redecorated, with fresh paint on the walls, and I was really happy with the colour but some instinct was telling me that to finish the room off a blue painting was required. I decided to...
The sun was shining and the sea was calling but where to go. I'd always wanted to see Dungeness, so off we went. It was very windy and quite extraordinary. Edward Hopper's paintings came to mind as there was an odd stillness, despite the wind, coupled with a sort of uneasy silence and a hint of tension. "The Zombie Apocolypse" L said - clearly it...
It's that time of the week again - it comes round so quick. Hurrah for Friday or should I say 'YAY"! The hedgerows are still full of blackberries hence the bramble inspired friyay... have a fabulous weekend! ...
Bramble jelly batch number three just potted up. Batch number one was so good we went back to pick more blackberries, much to Monty's delight! The jelly making had taken over! The old 'Good Housekeeping' recipe book said: Next stage, carefully (this stuff stains!) pour into a jelly cloth and leave it hanging... The following day the jars are getting ready and the strained...
I found my calligraphy fountain pen, filled it up with ink and after a bit of practise, without too much ink being spilt, here is a FRIYAY ... have a great weekend! ...
September. Where did August go?! Did you go away... by car, by plane, by boat? Stay in a hotel, a villa, a lodge, a tent, a hut, a cabin, a caravan or motorhome... the options and choices are endless these days. We opted for a staycation this August. If England is going to have a summer surely it would be in August. And...
On our usual dog walk there is a hedgerow where, tangled amongst the weeds and grasses, blackberry bushes grow. Over the past couple of weeks these have been continuously ripening from green to red to a delicious juicy purple. As a child I remember scrambling, large tupperware in hand, into brambles to pick for my mother's delicious apple and blackberry pies and bramble...
A Friyay in watercolours that continues with the sunflower theme as it has been another hot and sunny day - hurrah! Have a fantastic Bank Holiday Weekend! ...
What's not to love about Scotney Castle? Stories of Elizabethan smugglers, murders and priest holes combined with the oh so romantic charm of an old moated ruin at the bottom of a beautiful garden. I discovered that 'Yanks' with Richard Gere was filmed there and Margaret Thatcher rented a flat from the mid 70s, using it as a bolt hole from Westminster. Leaving...
