Memory of a steam fair

Posted on January 5, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged 2018, Chelford, Crowds, gallopers, Memory, People, Time, traction engines, trains steam trains, WishingLeave a comment

About 2018, hubby and I visited a steam fair at Chelford near Jodrell Bank in Cheshire.

It wad a lovely day out. Lots of country market stalls selling everything from honey to shoes. Lots of mechanical stuff for farmers and people who like to ‘tinker’.

The photo is of a miniature train that was running alongside the main exhibition ring of the fair. We took a short ride on it.

Tractors and steam engines were being displayed. And around the ring were steam gallopers and traction engines, plus food stalls.

Wouldn’t be allowed now!

New lockdown!

Posted on January 4, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged environmental issues, Fearful, Hope, Life, Lockdown, Now, Spring, Time, Waiting2 Comments

Locked in, hidden, hiding under the duvet. Fearful, lost, caught in this world. But I will follow the rules. I don’t see any reason not to. We are trapped in history, waiting for the moments to pass. Waiting for clean air, waiting for a meagre spring, when life, at least in nature, might come back to renew the world again.

We have been too hasty to drop our guard. Ill led by men with hidden agendas. Some leaders shone, others discarded life in exchange for monetary power. But maybe the earth will win in the end. The environment protected as never before. We must live to our means, not to our greed.

Flower

Posted on January 2, 2021January 2, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged bunch of flowers, Flower, Life, new years present, Photo, Photodirector, Pink, Time2 Comments

One of a bunch I was bought for new years day. Put through one filter in photodirector because I couldn’t get a good focus on it. The filter just tidied it up a bit, and made the centre of the flower more patterned. It’s more obvious round the edges, and the colours are brighter than the original.

Quiet day

Posted on January 1, 2021January 1, 2021 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged 1st post, 2021, Cat, hangover, January, Life, New year, Outdoor cat, TimeLeave a comment

A day of peace and quiet. Outdoor cats slept on the bed most of the day. He popped out for a couple of hours this morning and the same this afternoon. He’s back up there now.

I’ve spent the day recovering, had a few glasses of wine last night and as I don’t drink much usually it had a bad effect! Ooo my head.

I’m still coming to terms with the WordPress changes. Since I have my blogs linked to Facebook they keep being posted there now. I only want my art posts going there but I can’t find the place to switch them off? Anyone know?

Almost the end of 1.1.21…..goodnight

Fireworks going off already!

Posted on December 31, 2020December 31, 2020 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Digital doodle, Sketching, Stay safe, Take care, Thinking, Time, Words, Writing, Year endLeave a comment

It’s not even eleven thirty and fireworks are going off. I think people can’t wait for the end of the year. I don’t have any pictures of them so here’s a drawing I did a while ago of something vaguely like a firework.

I’ve tried to think of interesting things to post over the year, some poetry, some strange or silly stories, and mainly my Art. This year I haven’t been as inspired, and things have been distracting me. For instance the college course on illustration I’m doing. I hope you have enjoyed my blog, and that I can keep it going in the new year. Keep safe. Stay healthy!

What shall I do?

Posted on December 31, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged 2021, Friends, hugs, Life, New year, Relatives, Thinking, Time, wishesLeave a comment

Another ‘almost’ lockdown, a world in turmoil. I just want to ignore it. I can’t stop the world and get off. I want hugs. I could do without being the ‘sensible’ one. I want to just do so many things, go to a gallery, sing in a choir without being on zoom, visit my family, deliver Christmas presents. See my neice and nephew. Visit the seaside… Go on a train….

I wish all of you the chance to do things you really want to do!

Happy New year when it arrives for you!

And as the year ends..

Posted on December 31, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged 2020, Almost done, Humour, Poem, Poetry, Thinking, Time, What next?Leave a comment

The days will get colder

We will huddle more

Keep warm,

But open the windows!

Fight off illness

Be more thoughtful

Consider others

Work wirh people more

Avoid making Resolutions

Wait and see what happens

At least it won’t be 2020!

Last #bandofsketchers prompt this year

Posted on December 31, 2020December 31, 2020 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Art, Black and white, Drawing, resolution, Sketching, Time, WatchLeave a comment

Time is flying, under five hours to the new year here in the UK. The prompt was resolution and I decided to draw my new watch and some of the zodiacal names. It’s been fun sketching over the last year and we will carry on into 2021…

Staying home

Posted on December 30, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Covid19, Here we go again, Life, Lockdown, Nine months, Tier four, Time, UK, World4 Comments

What can I do now? We are going into tier four from midnight. We are expected to stay home unless we are going out for exercise or going to get essential shopping. Thus means the majority of the British population are virtually in lockdown again, nine months after covid started.

Basically there is a new, more infective form of corona virus. They are saying there are not more symptoms, but that they can be contracted more easily.

Sadly the level of infections has gone up to over 70,000 today and the deaths are over 900 today. Where will this all end? I can’t wait to get vaccinated.

What to do for New Year’s Eve.

Posted on December 29, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Celebrate, Covid, History, Life, Local pub, Memories, New year, New years eve, Time, Virus4 Comments

I guess we won’t be going anywhere this New Year’s eve. And yet that’s not a bad thing. Usually we visited friends to get away from the noise at the pub across the road. They were always rowdy and played very loud music that had such a loud base beat that it shook the house. Dum dum ddiiddi dummmm.. Each year seemed to get worse. I didn’t complain because that’s what people do.

So what shall we do, we might go for a walk in the afternoon if it’s not too icy. I think it would be nice to find our scrabble set, or a chessboard. I do sound like an old fuddyduddy, but I just want to be cautious. Virus news is that the infection is escalating. I’d rather stay in and be safe….

Mallaband-Brown

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