Film : Humanus

Posted on December 18, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Feature film, Film, Fun, Funny, Humanus, Humour, Inter theatre community company, Theatre, ZombiesLeave a comment

_20191218_212707

_20191218_212816

Just got back from seeing a film we were in as extras. It was actually shown at a proper cinema which was great. The cast, writers, singers and crew are members of Inter theatre a community theatre company. This is a group of disabled actors who have come together to make a feature film. Featuring Nello (Neil Baldwin) who was portrayed by Toby Jones in Marvellous, a film about his life. It was funny, included a tragic romance, singing, zombies the waiting room for heaven and hell and horrific murders. Directed by Steve Mitchell, it is ground breaking because it stars and includes many people who are disabled but who show just how they can be involved in things like this. It may have a premiere in London (fingers crossed) and also may get put on one of the streaming networks.

Wish it luck x.

Christmas cards…

Posted on December 18, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Addresses, Christmas, Christmas cards, Forgot, Life, Memory, Post, Stamps, TimeLeave a comment

That time of year again, close to the last posting day for cards, and I’ve lost my address book!

Cue frantic call to my sister, texted her too. I might think I know the addresses but I can’t remember them fully. The postcodes have foxed me. I also can’t remember the name of the husband of one of my sisters, or my aunts surname. That’s scary!

I shall go and delve in a cupboard. Wish me luck.

Industrial archeology

Posted on December 17, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Black Country museum, History, Industrial archaeology, Life, Middleport pottery, Pottery, Renovation, Reusing, StaffordshireLeave a comment

IMG_20180831_140912

Photo of Middleport pottery. The walls are stained with pottery clay. These buildings are now artisan studios. Make do and mend. Reusing old buildings rather than knocking them down. But it costs money to do that. Historical buildings are getting demolished, history is being destroyed. Old buildings that could be refurbished are sometimes left to rot. There is a place in Dudley, in the West Midlands, called the black Country museum. They have demolished old buildings, then rebuilt them on the site. Maybe my city should do the same. X

Dalek

Posted on December 17, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Childhood memories, Dalek, Froghall, Fun, Memories, Poem, Poetry, Remembering, Sci fi, StaffordshireLeave a comment

IMG_20130101_000120 when I was a child

I watched Dr Who

I hid behind the settee,

I was scared of Daleks

Monsters scared me

The Icemen

The cybermen

Fighting in space

And on Earth..

Dr Who

Sci fi hero…!

This model Dalek was at Froghall Station a couple of years ago, if not more. It was wonderful to see. It was radio controlled. In the original series they were operated by men pedalling inside them and moving the weapons by hand. Nowadays they can climb steps in the modern series by hovering above them. But not in the 1960’s. I watched this classic TV series from the start. I wish I could time travel back then.

Rook or Crow

Posted on December 17, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, Bird, Fun, Matchbox sized, Painting, Tiny paintings2 Comments

IMG_20191127_024920_352

I painted this tiny picture about a year ago. I think I copied an old illustration. He just seems to have such a cheeky character. With his great beak, ready to sever your fingers if you are not careful. I think of him planning and plotting, soaring high above his roosting site while he is getting ready to settle down to sleep, or joining his group in the nearby fields. I don’t remember what a group of crows are called, but I think rooks are a “murder”, but I might be misremembering.

So that’s this tiny painting, if he had a name? Reginald…..

Nature

Posted on December 17, 2019December 17, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Creative writing, Life, Mystery, Myth, Nature, Short story, Spring, Trees, Very short story, WinterLeave a comment

FB_IMG_1574734112283

Walking through the snow she came across some peculiar shaped trees, each one in flower with cherry blossom. In mid winter?! Was that a face? How could this be, what spirit of nature could have created this?

The trees seemed to breathe mist into the cold, crisp air. The frost turning it to tiny ice crystals. Sound reverberated from the mist. A whisper but so loud it shook her body.

“I AM SPRING”….

Life is here, waiting in the ground, waiting for water.. Now you are here this will be your place. You will not leave, you will nurture us with your body.

She realised she could not move, she could feel her feet lengthening, pushing into the soil, her arms were rising in supplication. Twisting and growing longer. Her eyes became knots in the wood, her body a trunk. No she would never leave here….. And she silently screamed as she transformed.

Green view

Posted on December 16, 2019December 16, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Animals, Autumn, Blogging, Cats, Garden, Gardening, Ivy, Life, Plants, Wild birdsLeave a comment

IMG_20190303_152420

Cold, wet and windy, but still a bit green where the ivy is growing up trees in the garden. Really it needs cutting back. I don’t want it strangling them. There are bird feeders out there, but there seem to be less birds than normal. Perhaps they have enough food, we haven’t seen evidence of them being predated by cats thankfully. I want to get out there and cut back the buddliea bushes. They need pruning.

The pond is OK, it’s hidden below the cherry tree. It has only frozen a couple of times and only thinly this autumn / winter. We hope to have tadpoles in the spring.

Calling this finished

Posted on December 16, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, Clooney, Commission, Comparison, Finished, Life, Painting, PortraitLeave a comment

IMG_20191216_172929

Just did a few more adjustments. Painting on the texture of canvas is difficult when you try and brush paint on it. I half feel like I ought to paint a thick layer first so I could paint on a rough surface. But it’s not bad. I could see where I need to make changes, it’s sometimes difficult to force the paint into the nooks and crannies of the canvas. Phew.

Moon behind tree

Posted on December 15, 2019December 15, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Blurred, Fuzzy, Layout app, Moon, Morning, Pattern, Photo, Setting moonLeave a comment

IMG_20191215_231816

At least that’s what this is based on. The moon was setting behind the hill above our kitchen window. I could not see it as I’m too short. My hubby got me a stool to stand on so I could see the moon and the tree. I took a fuzzy photo, the quality of it was poor even though I tried to zoom in on the subject, the branches of the tree have a white glow around them but you can’t see the face of the moon.

So, a bit disappointed, but then I decided to play with the image. I ended up with this mozaic of images, including the wall and roof of the neighbours house…..

Stone carving

Posted on December 15, 2019December 15, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Antique, Art, Beauty, Life, Photo, Rock carving, Sculpture, Summer, Wish4 Comments

I can just about make pottery, and I’ve played with making metal work, but I would love to be able to sculpt stone. Just being able to work out how to produce things in three dimensions would be a difficult challenge.

I can only say I truly admire artists who can do this sort of thing.

Mallaband-Brown

Category: Uncategorized