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Category Archives: About artists.
Plate spinning.
There’s likely to be a bit of radio silence from me for a while; I am sculpting for mould making. This is one of those disciplines that takes a while on the run up. I have learned over the course … Continue reading
Oh ! Computers!
There is such a lot in the news at present about AI. When it takes over I fear I will be the first against the wall. My father bought a word processor (possibly off the back of a van) because … Continue reading
Cleanliness is next to..
I’ve just had a wonderfully frustrating few days in which I feel quite lucky to have avoided trench foot. I think I have, but it’s been a close call. I love my garden, which I have stupidly designed so there … Continue reading
Un rewilding.
If you keep a weather eye on what is happening in the world of gardening shows there is a tendency towards unfettered rewilding, which reached its nadir in some remarkably derelict gardens at Chelsea. Rewilding in the larger world is … Continue reading
Some cards.
When I’m not miniaturising, doll making, gardening or online shopping (which you should not do late at night, when tired with a credit card), (as my grandmother used to say: Don’t do what I do, do what I tell you) … Continue reading
A bit off.
Me. I am. A bit off. Pains in the guts and just a bit off. I should not be surprised. Like everyone who does regularly not enjoy good health, I dread being poorly again. I haven’t been well ever since … Continue reading
The wrong one wins.
In defiance of my sitting watching television promotes brain fog ethos, I do make a point of watching two programmes. They are: The Wrong One Wins – People and The Wrong One Wins – Places. You may know them as … Continue reading
Changing landscapes part two.
Have you found me for part two? The bloke was up the dodgy tree with what looked, from the bedroom window, like a bit of string to tie him on and a dinky little chainsaw, that didn’t look big enough … Continue reading
Changing landscapes.
There are few occurrences as unsettling as the changing of the landscape by drastic natural means. A few years ago residents of the seaside town in which I grew up, exchanged photographs across the world when the sea stack, which … Continue reading
One Third.
By the time we get to the end of this month, one third of the year will have gone. One third! Of 2023! Where does the time go? Now I am beginning to feel so much better, I realise how … Continue reading