Guttering

Posted on February 4, 2025 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged 20 years, drip, Grass, guttering, ivy leaves, Overgrown, Raining, Roof, Tiles, Time, work manLeave a comment

My guttering around the house has been dripping on me. When I finally looked up I could see grass protruding from the gutter above the front door. Every time I went out in the rain I got wet.

Luckily the neighbours recommend a workman who would clean it out. He came today to do the work, it literally took 10 minutes, including putting the ladder up to the roof, but it’s worth having it done. He bought down a bucket full of moss, leaves and grass. Hopefully it is now sorted out. He asked me how long it’s been since I’ve had the guttering cleared and I had to admit it must be over twenty years. That means the cost was a few pence for every year I have lived here!

Moss ‘n’ grass

Posted on March 3, 2024March 3, 2024 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Environment, Grass, Group, Life, Moss, moss appreciation, Nature, Photo, soil, Time, TreeLeave a comment

Green moss spreads over tree roots, a grass seed must have blown in or washed there. It’s nestled in a small pocket of soil in the hollow of two roots. Good to see green when the world is mainly grey and brown.

We were on a walk on a dry day, but moisture from the previous days rain had enhanced the luminous colour of the moss, it was almost lime green in contrast to the darker grass. A real hint of the coming Spring.

I only took the photo because I joined a moss appreciation group on Facebook. Along with other groups, it makes you look differently and more closely at the world.

Bench

Posted on June 5, 2023 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Bench, Black, Blue, Car park, Fence, forlorn, Grass, Life, Magpie, Old buildings, pied wagtail, Red2 Comments

On my walk this morning I found this forlorn bench. It was just on a path on a patch of grass. I didn’t take a photo of its view, because it overlooks a car park and then some old buildings.

I did notice a Magpie (hello Mr magpie, how’s your wife is a saying to dispel sorrow caused by a single Magpie) and a little pied wagtail nearer the fence. I wish the street furniture was a different colour. The bench, bin and fence look somber in black, although that matches the birds. Maybe a nice shade of blue or red? Who knows….

Hay-fever

Posted on June 26, 2022June 26, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, fields, Grass, growing up, Hay, Life, Nose, Pollen, running eyes, School, sneezingLeave a comment

Today is dry and windy. I might go out later but the pollen count is very high. I’m allergic to grass pollen. It started when I was a child, I would wake up with ‘sleep in my eyes’ gunged up with mucus. Then I did a painting in situ in the school playing fields, I was drawing and painting a van dumped on the field. In the week it was there I sat and drew it most lunchtimes. By the end of that week I had full blown hay-fever! I think it was because the grass was really tall and was distributing pollen.

Nowadays there are much better antihistamines, eye drops and nasal sprays. Thank goodness, the situation without them would be horrible. I walked past a garden full of overgrown grass a few years ago and I could not breathe! Sneezing, running eyes, all of the symptoms. I had to buy hay-fever tablets straight away to calm it down.

Is it a ship?

Posted on January 9, 2022January 9, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Fence, Grass, Hidden, Mirrored, Pathway, Photo, Poem, Poetry, railings, Sunset, the CroftLeave a comment

Is it a fence?

Yes it’s a fence…

Sunset scene,

Sky and clouds,

Metal railings

Holds us out.

Grass is green

The weather, clear

A place to walk,

But only accessed

By those that know

The way in,

Where to go?

An alleyway

Or footpath, so

Take a step

And find your way.

Enjoy the ending

Of the day.

WIP dog continued

Posted on July 15, 2021 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Colours, Dog, Fine Art, Grass, Green, Painting, Pet, Wip, Work in progress4 Comments

Grass painted and coat underpainted, need to work on the colour and details now. His coat is a bit greyer and I want to get more of the fine fur details.

Work in progress

Posted on June 26, 2021 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, Dog, fur, Grass, Green, Life, Painting, Pet portrait, Work in progress2 Comments

So while I forgot to enter the open art exhibition I did at least work on this portrait of a dog. I’ve decided to paint it sitting on a lawn. The original photo had it sitting on a bright blue blanket which in turn sat on a block paving path. I hope it’s owner will like it when I’ve done it.l

Lots of details to add. I need to get the fur shading and colours right, and the thickness of the fur right. The same with the blades of grass. A few more hours work needed.

View through

Posted on June 24, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Capability Brown, Garden, Grass, lawns, Life, Photo, Poem, Poetry, Trees, Trentham Gardens, ViewLeave a comment

A pleasant view

Seeing green lawns

Milky and blue

skies

An English summer.

Strong stones

Arch over the path

Steps up a curved seat.

Rest here in the shade

Sit for a while

Remember other summers

Long gone.

Stately homes visited

Capability in gardens.

Yellow flower

Posted on September 19, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Colour, Daisy, Dying, Flower, Gardening, Glowing, Grass, Photo, Plants, Poem, Poetry, Seed head, Yellow2 Comments

Yellow petals

Flag in grass

Filigree of leaves

A spidery web of filaments.

Daisy reflections

Crumpled and dying

Leaving the world

With less colour

Seed head to come

Holding yellow inside it

Hoping to grow

And glow

Year.

Neddy

Posted on July 25, 2020 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Drawing, Fine liner pen, Grass, Horse, Life, Mane, Misty landscape, Permanent markers, Picture, Pony, Sketch, Watercolour background, Watercolours2 Comments

‘Neddy’ named by my hubby. Used the watercolour background I’d created and found an image of a horse or pony with a long mane.

I used fine black nib marker pens to draw him, then permanent markers to add some colour to him and to the tall grass around him (fading the colours as it went higher to give a feeling of depth). I then used a 6B graphite pencil to soften the strength of the marker pens. I drew this because I liked the overgrown mane. If the pony ran it would flow out backwards like a billowing curtain or long ribbons.

I did this today because I didn’t have a prompt from stoke urban sketchers so I thought I would still draw something to keep going.

Mallaband-Brown

Tag: Grass