We bloggers all know the joy of  blogging:- the friendships we build through the comments and contacts we make, the camaraderie that develops, the support we can both give and receive. It’s about two years ago that I first encountered VP through...

Is it just me, or does time behave differently depending on how old you are? It seems like a day since I was posting last,  but more than a week has gone by and I have produced little of interest to anyone but myself. Must try harder. Last weekend I...

I seem to have found my voice again-this post is a bit picture heavy too, for which my apologies. I have finally finished the fourth lichen piece, stretching it over a cardboard mount and herringbone stitching the edges together to keep it taut. I’m...

Two posts in one day-how about that? A couple of weekends ago we had a walk at the beautiful village of Clovelly in North Devon, an unspoiled gem on the coast where the air is clean and frequently washed by Atlantic gales. Such a gale had blown through...

Wet, wet, wet November gave up to winter last  with a magical clear blue night crowned with stars and an almost perfect silver orb of a moon. I have tried pictures before and failed, but there is a lovely one here of last night’s moon taken by Karen...