Little Earth painting

Posted on January 13, 2022 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, Astronomy, Clouds, Earth, Land, Painting, Sea, Space, Time, WeatherLeave a comment

A couple of years ago I painted this picture of Earth. I was trying to get the shading right so the clouds sit above the surface was difficult. This is North America, Canada and part of Mexico and the Caribbean.

I hope the cloud shapes work and you can see the weather patterns. I wonder if anyone would be interested in paintings of worlds. It’s something I’m interested in. I’ve painted pictures of Jupiter and other astronomical images. I don’t use an airbrush for painting so it’s quite hard to get the granularity and softness of space and planets.

Westport mist

Posted on January 13, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Exercise, Flat, foggy day, Life, misty, Slow, Sunset, Walking, Weather, Westport lakeLeave a comment

Sunset over Westport Lake. We drove there through a cold fog and emerged into a thin mist hanging over the lake. The wildfowl came towards us wanting food but we had gone there on the spur of the moment so had no food. The visitor centre had just closed so we couldn’t get a warm drink. Westport Lake now has parking machines so we had to pay for the privilege of going for a walk. We took a short flat walk around the lake its not far, but far enough for me at the moment. I got left behind a few times but I managed to get round. It’s a start to the new year.

Still some light in the sky

Posted on January 8, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Clouds, Daylight, January, Life, Light, Poem, Poetry, Rain, Sky, Sleep, Sleet, Sunset, Time, Weather, YearLeave a comment

And the year turns. I know when we are past the shortest day when there is still light in the sky at after 5pm. It cheers me up.

Daylight

Delights me

Brightens my mood

Makes me smile

Despite the cloud

Banked up

With rain or sleet

Awakens my spirit

Woken from sleep.

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.

Sunset, twisted..

Posted on December 2, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Cold, Glowing, Mirrored, Night, southwest, Sunset, Trees, Twisted, Weather, WorldLeave a comment

Take a look at me sideways on. I am a sunset with trees and a roof.

Twisted 90° and mirrored. I just caught the glow of the sunset as it fell behind the south west horizon. Another shortening day. In about three weeks we will get even shorter. Midwinter gloom will arrive and then the long climb back to light again. I will have to hibernate!

More snow

Posted on December 1, 2021December 1, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged carbon footprint, Cold, Heating, Life, Poem, Poetry, Snow, Time, Weather, WinterLeave a comment

More snow due.

My nose? Blue!

If heating on

Money will be gone.

Winds a beast

From the north east

Cats have coats

So they’re warm as toast!

So wearing layers

To be lower payers.

One way to reduce

Carbon footprint use.

Snowing

Posted on November 28, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Cold, Freezing, Fun, Garden, Life, Memory, November, Photos, Snow, snowing, WeatherLeave a comment

A few shots of the snow outside in the garden. The snow is only a couple of centimetres deep but is continuing to fall. I don’t think this weather will last long, but it does seem strange that it’s falling in November. Most years we don’t get anything even at Christmas. It sometimes snows in the new year and can last a couple of weeks but generally it’s been mild for most winters. What does worry me is the cost of heating our house. Gas and electricity bills are skyrocketing. Ah well, that’s life.

Storm Arwen

Posted on November 26, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Arwen, Cold, north east, north sea, Raining, Scotland, Storm, Weather, winteryLeave a comment

When you see a bad weather report like this you think it might effect your home. In this case its to the north of us up in Scotland and The North East of England. Still the wind is roaring past the house and rattling our wheelie bins. But that’s about it. We don’t appear to be getting flooding at the moment, but there may be on the North Sea coast.

We did have our power supply flickering a few times. But up north thousands of peoples homes have lost power. Trains are stranded. Its all relative I guess.

Cold snap

Posted on November 25, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged bad weather, Cold, Ice, Poem, Poetry, Rhyme, Snow, storm Arwen, Weather, winteryLeave a comment

Warning arrives

Snow flies

Blizzards may be

As Arwen, a storm

Comes in from the sea.

Strengthening winds

Blustery showers

Branches may fall

Throughout the day.

Ice and snow flutters

Into the gutters

When will it go?

who knows!

Up the garden path.

Posted on November 12, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Autumn, blowing, Colours, Dancing, Leaves, Life, Photo, Poem, Poetry, Rhyme, Weather, Wind3 Comments

I’d better sweep up

The winds got up

And blown the leaves

All into weaves

The hedge is bare

And trees now dare

To share naked twigs

As branches do jigs

Dancing in the autumn air

Bright colours that dare

Descend to meet

Your slipping feet!

Mallaband-Brown

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