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The pleasure of learning
I started a short course on mixed media and photo-transfer this week, having no real background in painting or mixed media beyond the little dabble with artists’ books. It took me back to school days, scrabbling round at the last … Continue reading
Posted in Artsy, Photography
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Feeling crabby?
It’s been a while since I did anything vaguely foodie, partly as I’ve been on an awkward exclusion diet (low FODMAP) for a while. All bets were off in Lisbon last week though! I am now back on the wagon … Continue reading
Childhood
It is an ever-recurring pleasure to relive vicariously the discoveries, joys and little triumphs of early childhood, whenever I see their glow shining in Ava’s eyes.
Posted in People, Poetry
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Disappeared…
Looking through some Yorkshire directories on a genealogy hunt last night I found two wonderful, if rather niche, job categories – Strickle Makers and Scribbling and Fulling Millers. It set me off, not least as I think my last job … Continue reading
Signs
Sparse, icy winds slink away under the banishing warmth of the sun’s stern glare, surrendering to the nascent spring song.
Posted in Photography, Poetry
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Winter into spring
A tad optimistic, perhaps, as I’m sure winter has more to surprise us with, but spring has been advancing of late. A few phone snaps from a couple of meanders in the last few days, at Worcester Woods and my … Continue reading
Posted in Locality, Photography, Seasonal
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Entmoot
A wayside stop last summer in rural France (in the Brenne). The tree circle looked like an Entmoot…
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