Potteries

Posted on January 7, 2022January 7, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Ceramics, Craft, Design, Greek potter, Life, Ornaments, Pottery, Six towns, Stoke-on trent2 Comments

Burslem, Tunstall, Hanley, Stoke-upon-Trent, Fenton, Longton.

Six towns United as one city. Stoke-on-Trent.

I remember seeing this print and taking a photo of it, but I cannot remember where it’s from. So apologies for using the image and if I’m infringing copyright let me know and I will remove it. I like the style of the illustration. It’s almost grecian in style. The Potter is throwing a pot on a foot treadled wheel. The background looks a bit like a Minton tile. I did Google it and found some very similar images.

Pottery is such a wonderful craft. The things you can make out of clay. From tableware to ceramic insulators. Sanitaryware (bathrooms) to delicate ornaments. The Potteries has a great history. It’s fame is world wide. I’m proud to live here.

🌨 Snow

Posted on January 6, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Chilly, Cold, Freezing, Insulation, Keeping warm, Life, Snow, terrace, Wet snow, Winter2 Comments

Big wet flakes of snow. Its too cold to open up the back door and film it. I’m shivering and cold so I’m wrapped up. Our heating system is on but our house isn’t well insulated so it doesn’t retain heat. I would like to get it done but I don’t have the money and I can’t get a grant….. Life. We live in a small victorian end terrace house with a small extension of a kitchen and bathroom. They are the worst bit because I think they are only a single layer of bricks and the flat roof is not really insulated either. I should just shut the door, but then how would the cats get in and out? So I’m sitting watching the flakes fall. They are only starting to stick now. It’s not supposed to fall for long then it should turn to rain. Whatever happens I don’t feel like going out in it. Keep warm….

Quentin Blake

Posted on January 6, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Artist, BFG, Black and white drawing, Drawing, Fun, Illustration, Life, Portrait, Quentin Blake2 Comments

I just watched a lovely programme about the artist and illustrator Quentin Blake. He’s famous for having illustrated Roald Dahl’s books like ‘the BFG’. Also Michael Rosen’s ‘Sad Book’. His style is so free and impressionistic, his drawing lines are full of energy and expressiveness. If you haven’t seen his work Google him. My sketch was a quick portrait which tried to get an idea of not only him but one of his characters too. Ten minute sketch. X

Swan

Posted on January 5, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Fun, Lake, Life, Poem, Poetry, Short poem, Swan, Swan Lake, Water, WinterLeave a comment

Swanning around

The Swan swam

Peaceful and proud

Sheltered from the wind

On a cold lake.

Titanic cost!

Posted on January 5, 2022January 5, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged 140 editions, Cost, Expensive, issues, kit, Life, Model, Numbers, scale model, Time, titanicLeave a comment

On sale, you can build your own scale model of the Titanic. It’s being advertised at the moment on TV. Working parts and museum quality.

Sounds great? The first installment is £1.99, and there are 140 issues… So that would be around £280….expensive I know, and you have to put it together yourself…

But don’t forget to read the small print. The first issue is £1.99, the further 139 issues are £9.99 each! So that’s £9.99 x 139 + £1.99 = £1390.60! What? And if you miss one edition, or they don’t do the whole run? I think you’ve got to be very dedicated and strongly motivated to do it and spend so much!

Exposed

Posted on January 4, 2022 Posted in Cat, Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Belly rub, Black and white cat, Black ink, Cat, Drawing, Life, Sketching, Tuxedo cat2 Comments

Today’s #bandofsketchers prompt was exposed. I did this fine line black pen drawing. My cat exposing her belly for a rub. Except she moved so I partly used an image off the Internet to get the legs in the right positions. I hope I caught her cheeky personality.

Wear a mask

Posted on January 3, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Cold, Cough, Covid, Illness, Life, Mask, omicron, sneezing, Supermarket, Woman2 Comments

Oh dear! I went round the supermarket today and about a third of the customers were not wearing masks. One woman in particular looked really ill, sneezing and coughing. She was struggling to get what she wanted. When we got to the till she was ahead of me, she looked flushed and hot. I stood well back even though that meant the person behind me was getting close. I tried to keep away from them too.

I won’t go back to that supermarket for a couple of days. I hope the woman is OK. I hope I don’t catch her illness. Meanwhile I’m keeping my mask on!

Where to start?

Posted on January 2, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Creative writing, Life, Photos, Short stories, Sunset, Thinking, Time7 Comments

New year, new blog ideas? I’ve been writing and adding images here for over three years and I’m bothered I might be getting boring. I have tried explaining simple cience here, written short stories, shared art, and posted photos. But is that what people want? I am a captive of my own thoughts, I try and be cheerful, but sometimes I can be a bit down, if you know what I mean. So January? I need to think about what I’m doing. Any thoughts, let me know?

Amaryllis flowers

Posted on January 2, 2022January 2, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Amaryllis, Growing, Indoor plant, Life, pink and white, Poem, Poetry, rapid growthLeave a comment

Pale ink and white

Flowers exploded like a rocket

Amaryllis is a firework

Of a plant…

Water it well

And stand back!

From a tiny tip

Of a leaf

Two weeks ago,

This grew and bloomed

Water is the key

Pour it on

And the plant expands.

But once grown

Reduce, reduce

Too much water

Can rot the roots…

Amaryllis and Roses

Posted on January 1, 2022January 1, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged 2021, 2022, Amaryllis, Care, Climate, Hope, Indoor plants, Life, New year, Roses, Thinking, Time, WeatherLeave a comment

On the windowsill a pale white/pink Amaryllis about to burst into flower and a minature rose, salmon pink and lovely. A present from my hubby for Christmas. They are looking lovely this JANUARY 2022!

Now 2021 is gone, its done. It will never come again. I hope 2022 is better, we see sense about the climate, we do everything we can to stop the spread of Covid. That we start caring for each other and make more of an effort to help those with the least resources.

Mallaband-Brown

Tag: Life