Saturday, 1 October 2011

1 October 2011


A warm day in October is like a free lunch and everyone was making the most of it. The early morning coastal mist lifted so we went to Aldeburgh for a swim in the sea and ice-cream. There'll be snow before the month's out. 

Sunrise over Kessingland beach

Sunday, 12 June 2011

Work in Progress

I'm not happy with this yet but I like the road it's on.
It feels like I've turned  into Surrey Hills.
I haven't got the flow right just yet.
The lines need to be thicker and more confident.
I did enjoy letting the blue run, it felt like a rainy day in Sydney. 

Sunday, 22 May 2011

Berghapton Sculpture trail 2011 - Journey

Berghapton Sculpture Trail takes place every three years in a beautiful corner of Norfolk. Art, gardens, musicians, magic and Parravanis ice-cream - perfect.








You see a thing for the first time only once.

Sunday, 20 March 2011

Days out in London

Spring is here at last, time to come out of hibenation.

Greenwich Mean Time
Greenwich Park on a sunny Saturday morning in Spring. Views, joggers, children and daffodils. Greenwich market is well worth a rummage, especially if you are peckish. The Royal Maritime Museum is free and fabulous. There is ample and cheap parking nearby.

Midday, 18 March at the Royal Observatory

20 minutes away in Nunhead is one of the Capital's great cemeteries. Park free at the front gates. The grounds are maintained but in a very unfussed way. This is Gothic Central as nature and masonry engage in a century-long battle for domination. 


Such a cliche, I couldn't help snapping it.


The Red House at Bexleyheath was designed by Philip Webb for William Morris. It is an Arts and Crafts sampler of a house. We've wanted to visit since it opened to the public in the 90s. Morris' ambiance is still strong in the house. A sense of his melancholy fills many of the spaces. May Morris scratched her name in a window pane and Janey shared her affections.


You can imagine Rossetti climbing standing atop the settle recounting poetry and nonsense.

The design is aesthetically perfect. Airy, high ceilings, big windows, homely and full of such tasteful decoration.





Sunday, 13 March 2011

Covehithe

The stump used to be on dry land. We haven't visited this windswept disappearing corner of Suffolk for many years. The pigs have been moved back from the cliff and we kept our distance too. 

Thursday, 30 December 2010

Q&A

I love The Guardian Magazine's Q&A page because I'm nosey. I had a go at answering the questions myself and realised it wasn't all that easy. When I got friends and family to join in I discovered things about people I never knew - or would guess.