Lands end

Posted on March 11, 2024March 11, 2024 Posted in Fine Art, Memories, UncategorizedTagged farthest north, farthest south West, Fine Art, Holiday, John O'groats, Lands End, Life, Painting, SeascapeLeave a comment

The end of the land, a toe dipping into the Atlantic Ocean, most South Westerly point of Mainland England. The destination or leaving point you can go to or from if you want to travel the length of Britain. The other end of the trail is John O’Groats in the very far north of mainland Scotland.

We only visited once in the 1990’s and didn’t get to the actual Lands End sign because the area had been taken over by a company and we couldn’t afford the admission fee! We went up the coast into the next bay and stopped off for a clotted cream tea before going back to out camp site. I’d like to visit again one day, although I think that’s a remote possibility, (pun intended!). This is a painting I did after the visit.

A sprinkling of snow

Posted on March 10, 2024 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged Dusting, Flour, Food, Icy, Life, Memory, Photo, Poem, Poetry, Snowy, sprinkling, Sugar, Trees, WeatherLeave a comment

A year ago

We had a sprinkling of snow

Like caster sugar

Dusted on cakes

Or a shake of flour

On a rolling pin and board.

Or icing sugar

On tasty mincepies

Just a soupcon or two

Of white, powdery, crystals

Not today

It was just wet

And grey…

Pinned down

Posted on March 10, 2024 Posted in Cat, Memories, UncategorizedTagged bed covers, Black and white cat, Cat, Fun, Life, Pinned down, Sleeping, Snoring, Tuxedo catLeave a comment

A year ago my cat had pinned me down on the bed! I didn’t usually have my phone with me but on this occasion the stars aligned and as I woke up, stuck, I decided to take her photo. Nowadays she sneaks under the covers next to me. She will maybe stay still for ten minutes, sticking her claws in me as she kneads away at my leg or side. Then, I think she must overheat, she will rush out and escape. One of the other cats sleeps above the cover and gently snores. If they see each other they sometimes hiss at each other, but generally they are chilled about things.

Sawadee Thai Taste

Posted on March 10, 2024 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged enjoyable, Food, Papaya salad, Restaurant, Sawadee Thai taste, spare ribs, sticky top rice, Stoke-on trent, TastyLeave a comment

Went with a friend to our local Thai restaurant tonight. I had some starters of spare ribs, chicken wings and battered king prawns then a papaya salad and some sticky rice.

We’d been out to my exhibition at Spode and for the first time in months I felt like visiting somewhere different. I’ve not been out for a long time but there was a friendly welcome as usual. It was good to have a laugh and relax.

Now I need a bit of a rest!

Blue bird

Posted on March 10, 2024 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged ArtRage app, blue bird, Digital drawing, Doodle, Experiment, Fun, Imagined, Life, SketchLeave a comment

A strange little doodle of a blue coloured bird, just experimental play with the Artrage app. It not exactly exciting, I just wanted to try an get an idea down of what a bird would look like. I’ve got several criticisms, the neck is probably too short, the tail too long and basically the colour is far too bright. It’s like the bird has had a can of paint poured over it! But I’ll call it done.

Cats

Posted on March 9, 2024 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Bed, Black and white cat, Cat, Humour, Life, Poem, Poetry, Shape, Sleep, Space, Tuxedo catLeave a comment

Three cats on the bed

Like a Venn diagram

Each in a space

Far enough away

Not to menace

Or chase.

It’s fine for them

Keeping warm

But what shape

Do I have to make

To sleep in the space

That’s left?

Jupiter blue

Posted on March 9, 2024 Posted in Fine Art, Memories, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Atmosphere, Blue, Clouds, Juno probe, Jupiter art, Life, Memory, Painting, SwirlsLeave a comment

One of my favourite paintings, Jupiter Blue is based on a photo of Jupiters South pole if I remember correctly. The photo was taken by the Juno probe a few years ago. Astronomers were astounded by the colour of the gas giants clouded atmosphere.

I found it incredibly difficult to paint. It was so hard to get the softness of the clouds and I still think I can see a birds head or a witchy face in the painting. It’s acrylic on canvas large painting.

Exhibition was lovely

Posted on March 8, 2024March 8, 2024 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Anxiety, Fine Art, Fun, Life, Oil on board, Painting, retrospective, Spode, thanks4 Comments

Lots of friends came to my exhibition and it was lovely to see them. I’d taken a box of wine and some orange juice and I really was scared that no one would come. It’s strange how anxiety can affect you, but I shouldn’t have worried. I think its like a performance anxiety, stage fright, having to talk about your work, explain the thought behind it. I luckily knew most of the people there so I didn’t need to panic!

The exhibition is on for another week so I should be able to show more people round during the week. X

Appointment

Posted on March 8, 2024 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Anxiety, Appointment, Illness, Life, results, Scared, Shaking, Stress, Thinking, Time, Worry5 Comments

Eek, I now have an appointment to see what’s wrong with me and I’m scared. I don’t know what to expect or what treatment I’m going to be offered. My world has been spinning now for a couple of years, so I guess resolving it is a good idea, but my anxiety levels are skyrocketing.

Trying to say calm, repeating the word calm in my mind, trying to relax, stomach is churning though. My shaking has suddenly got worse, I feel like I’m a twisting pretzel or Staffordshire knot, I don’t know how to slacken the pressure.

Standing on the edge of a precipice wondering if I will fall or fly. I think this is just going to be a talk about results, but I really am not sure if I can cope.

Why do the daily prompts say I’ve answered them?

Posted on March 8, 2024 Posted in UncategorizedTagged answering WordPress prompts, daily prompt, Glitch, Question, why is this happeningLeave a comment

I have done a few of the WordPress prompts recently, but now when I look at the question it says I’ve already answered it? I thought I’d look at it just after midnight, but it already says I’ve answered ot. And there is no way of going back into the prompt when that happens unless I just write the prompt out again. But then will anyone notice I’ve answered it because it won’t come up on the appropriate page.

Anyway I’ll try again tomorrow. Meantime has anyone also had the same problem, and have you resolved it?