Christmas cards?

Posted on December 19, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged aart, Christmas cards, Covid, Digital drawing, Drawing, Email cards, Life, Post, Thinking3 Comments

To send or not? If it were not 2020 I might have sent a lot of my cards via email, or drawn things to add to Facebook or Instagram. But because I can’t visit I’ve decided to send cards. I hope it’s safe. I think they should be OK and I hope they won’t spread germs? But it does make me think and wonder. I am washing my hands after I’ve opened the mail, (and washing any shopping that comes into the house). Life is strange. I wonder what the consensus is about this. Would you post online or in the mail?

Stone angel

Posted on December 16, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Angel, Description, Holding a glass heart, Photo, Picture, Sitting, Soapstone, ThinkingLeave a comment

Probably soapstone. This little carved angel came from a craft fair a year ago. She sat with an open book, made of clay, sitting on her hands. Now that’s disappeared so she has a small heart made of glass, balanced there instead.

Is she something that requires a votive offering? An indulgence? No, she is just there. Pretty rather than profound. I don’t really know why I bought her, but she feels friendly….

It sits on the slim bookcase that holds the land line. The bookcase that holds nail varnish and glasses cases as well as other things. Not the tidiest house….

Sunny for a while

Posted on December 12, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Earth, Life, Light, Low sun, Photo, Shadows, Solstice, Summer solstice, Sun, Thinking, WinterLeave a comment

Light at this time of year is always low. Striking across the ground rather than high above it. This is because the Earths Northern hemisphere tips away from the Sun. So much so that the North Pole dips into darkness in the winter months. Shadows are long now and when you do get into sunshine the light can be blinding from the Sun on the horizon. You can look for images of the suns track across the sky at different times of the year. It basically arcs round from East to West but tipped at an angle dipping more South as winter progresses, then from the winter solstice around the 21st of December, it starts to slowly work its way back up the sky until its almost overhead on Midsummer day at midday, then the cycle starts all over again.

Vaccine

Posted on December 11, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Covid19, Experts, Health, Inoculate, Jenner, Life, Science, Thinking, VaccineLeave a comment

How amazing to think that a vaccine is coming out for Covid19. If only fake news had not run like a virus through the Internet. There are also fears from other vaccinations in the past. The doctor who linked MMR vaccination to autism and who was discredited over it has not helped matters. At the end of the day we need to listen to scientists and experts. Yes we should ask intelligent questions, but this is a chance to get the ‘R’ number down below 1.

How would it have been if Edward Jenner had worked out how to inoculate people against Smallpox only to be told that he couldn’t use it to save lives? What about all those other viruses out there that used to kill people or make them seriously ill? If they didn’t die people sometimes had to survive in Iron Lungs when they had Polio. Now a new disease needs us to accept a vaccine that may not cure it but could be a game changer.

Been neglecting my blog.

Posted on December 10, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Academic, Art, Busy, College work, course, Illustration, Learning, Neglecting, Thinking, WorkLeave a comment

My mind is on my college course. We are at the end of another semester and I have to hand my work in today. Learning to write academically is hard. Referencing quotes, using citations. I guess someone who does it all the time will find it easy. It’s all part of the learning process. Anyway I should be a bit more ‘present’ over the next few weeks. Hope I don’t bore you.

Moonlight

Posted on November 30, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Bright, Creative writing, Full moon, Glow, Moon, Poem without verse, Poetry, Thinking, What do you see?, WritingLeave a comment

An oily sheen of light flowing out from an almost full moon. Twisted and turned leaves in the orange street lights. Like fire burning up, burning the leaves. Spiralling flickers like sparks from a bonfire. Ice and fire, light and burning embers. Do you reach down and touch the world? Sputtering and guttering your cold glow submerges the heat. Ice spikes fall and pierce the ground. Describe to me what you see. Says the moon….

Dragon doodle

Posted on November 29, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Doodle, Dragon, Flight, Genetic modification, Idea, Imagination, Thinking, World2 Comments

Doodling a dragon 🐲 but I really don’t know their morphology. I know ones I draw tend to look horselike , with scale skin and wide wings and a long pointed tail. But would they fly? They would need a large breast bone to attach massive muscles to. They would probably need hollow bones to make them light enough to get airborne. Would they have front legs and wings too? Birds have modified front limbs that have evolved into wings, perhaps dragons would be the same.

In any case they are creatures of magic in mythology. Perhaps one day they could be genetically created, and appear like the Fire Lizards in Anne MacCafferys Dragon series of books – pets like small cats…

Tiny fox

Posted on November 29, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, Dreaming, Fun, Imagined, Poem, Poetry, Thinking, Tiny fox painting, What if?2 Comments

Little fox.

1 inch tall

Roaming through garden clutter

Grasshoppers chase him

Raindrops batter him,

Boots almost squash him

He had to hide,

Find a den

Then

Find berries to eat.

Chased by mice

Threatened by blackbirds

Scampering away

Where can he stay

Little fox

Today…

Too many books?

Posted on November 28, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Authors, Biographies, Books, Bookshelves, Friends art, Memories, Sci-fi, Science, ThinkingLeave a comment

Featuring a painting by my artist friend Charlie Walker. The other, little yellow rose, is one of mine.

Who needs insulation when you have lots of books? Well I only have them lining one wall so I guess we do. I did start counting them once, but when I got to 1000 I gave up. Some of them are unreachable because they are too high up. I sometimes get the step ladders out if I notice one I’d like to read again. I have my favourites, including sci-fi and fantasy, biography and science books. I’m about to start a book about the history of Jodrell Bank Radio telescope.

There are books by Carl Sagan, Isaac Asimov, Arthur C Clarke that I like. I also enjoy books by Terry Pratchett. I think that’s because I read some them when I was at school so I have that memory ingrained in me. I remember reading Arthur C Clarke Dolphin Island when I was young. It enthralled me. I read it again recently but it had lost some of its magic. I guess some of the fantastic things he talked about dont seem as amazing in the modern world….

Sad today

Posted on November 27, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Lonely, Memories, Quiet, Sad, Staying home, Staying in, Thinking, Time2 Comments

Oh, I don’t know what is wrong with me, I just feel sad. I’m fed up with things, the cat has got another appointment at the vets. I think I need to see them too! My shoulder aches, although the exercises I’m doing really are helping. I just want to talk to someone new, or an old friend, but I don’t want to bother them with my worries. I find myself staying indoors, keeping myself to myself, ignoring my hubby who comes up with grandiose ideas and I can’t keep up with him. Anyway enough moaning… Take care everyone. Have a good weekend.

Mallaband-Brown

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