Journal Musings

'Up tiddly up, down tiddly down...

This was a trip we had booked in early 2020 for December of that year, assuming that the Rona would have jogged on, and Austria would be...

Venus in Blue Jeans

I had to be careful not to write Forever in Blue Jeans, because that's also a song, but actually both titles would work. Although it's...

It's only taken 50 years

There's nothing like something in nature to bring back memories from childhood, causing all the pieces to click together like one of...

The Man in the Orange Coat

Sadly, I don't have a photo of the man I'm writing about, so you'll just have to visualise a bright orange duffle coat, worn by an...

The Story of the Seahorse

When I create a piece of work, I have no idea how it will look by the end of the process. I intuitively choose the paint, canvas or...

It's been a loooong time!

I’ve just realised the last time I wrote a blog/journal post was at the Spring Equinox. As we are now fast approaching Mid-Summer, I...

A Big Step!

"We travel the endless corridors of our mind until one day we find a pathway that leads us to our heart" A few weeks ago I embarked on a...

Dudley .... meet Eunice

It's been a wild and wooly few days here in the south. We had a visit from storm Dudley, followed by the lovely full Snow Moon, and now...

Simon's Seas

I write this just a day after I heard one of my friends had peacefully passed into spirit. It was one of those synchronistical moments...

New Buddy Inbound

It's been so quiet. We are getting used to a different routine, but it's just not the same without a dog. More for me than MrH, as I'm...

For The Children

Some things can't be rushed and it can take almost a lifetime to realise this. When I paint, some of my work can come out really quickly...