A new blog is about to join the family -- 12 Old Masters is quite well described as 'sticking your head into 12 pictures and having a good listen to any conversations that might being going on'. I will publish one piece a week on Wednesdays, starting on 2 May. The address will be announced shortly.
1. Having ivy leaves printed up and down my arms to celebrate Beltane.
2. Sitting in the sun on the edge of the cricket pitch playing along on my whistle with the drumming circle.
3. When I want to present my work to the public, all I have to do is click 'publish' (or if I'm feeling particularly daring, pack a submission into a brown envelope and send it off to a magazine). Oli the musician has to stand up in front of a crowded pub and sing.
Shelter, arisen and pub.
1. We are sheltered under the garden centre's great barn roof. There is a rush of sound and air as the rain comes down. 2. A mushroom, c...
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1. Stirring the brewing coffee to break the floating crust and bring up the crema. 2. We have donuts to give the children at teatime. 3. Th...
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1. An enormous fat bumble bee at work. She is so bulky that she can knock dead blossoms out of the way as she gets right in to the new jasmi...
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1. The shortest night and the longest day. I was up at Wellington Rocks with Anna, Paul and Jason. We couldn't see the sun through the m...