Bonfire night 2025

Posted on November 6, 2025 Posted in Cat, Memories, Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Artrage, Cats, Colours, fireworks bonfire night, Guy Fawkes, Night, petrified, SparklingLeave a comment

*Remember, remember, the fifth of November, Gunpowder Treason and pl*ot.

For the last couple of weeks fireworks have been going off in the UK to celebrate bonfire night and possibly eid and Halloween too. But last night was the loudest and longest session.

I’d been out and was driving home. At the top of our hill I could see the flashes and bangs of massive fireworks across the city. The weather was clear and dry so I could see a lot of sparkling colours. I’m glad I went home, my poor cats were petrified. I’d forgotten to leave the radio on to drown out the noise. They soon settled down though x

I was driving so couldn’t take a photo but decided to try and draw an idea of a rocket going off in my Artrage app.

Speckly clouds

Posted on July 17, 2024 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Clouds, England, lovely sky, Photo, Sky, Sparkling, Stoke-on trent, Sunset, ViewLeave a comment

Clouds about 9pm 17.7.24 in Stoke on Trent, England.

Sun was starting to set and the light made the clouds sparkle. I don’t know what type of clouds they are, but I liked the view.

Random photo

Posted on April 21, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Colours, Fun, Mirrored, Paper, Pattern, Photo, Purple, ripped pieces, Sparkling2 Comments

Rip a bit of paper up, mirror it a few times. See what happens. That’s it. Just a combination of colours and contrasting shadows that appear to make the bits float above a purple speckled cushion. Switch the bits around and it makes an interesting pattern.

Duck dive

Posted on March 6, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged bottom feeder, drake, Duck, duck diving, Environment, Lake, mallard, Nature, Photo, Sparkling, SunshineLeave a comment

Duck and drake Mallards. The male duck was doing some duck diving. The lake was so beautiful and the reflection was sparkling. The duck dived and I grabbed a shot of it. Ripples circled it. The water almost looks like quicksilver. Worth going for a walk to catch this. X

Wine

Posted on January 19, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged beer, Blogging, brewing, Demi-johns, Drink, Glass, Sparkling, Taste, WineLeave a comment

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I don’t drink much, but I used to make wine. My favourite was a sparkling plum wine. I didn’t know what I was doing so I used a yeast that makes lots of gas and fizz. The wine was brewed in demi-johns, then I put it into old beer bottles with ceramic and rubber stoppers. When we opened the bottles it was a deep orange red and had a real sparkle.

Sadly I couldn’t remember what yeast I had used and I never got the same result. I also found that I was allergic to the sulphur dioxide that is used to sterilise the equipment, so I would start sneezing uncontrollably.

I then went on to brewing beer for a few years. That was fun and less difficult but in the end I sold all my demi-johns.

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Tag: Sparkling