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On this new morning
Happy New Year On this new morning, at the very beginning of this New Year, and new decade, I wish you Happy.
Brume Bird
Through the haar and murky short December days, this bird came. The bird sculpture, with its long tail high in the air is carved in Swaledale Fossil Marble (the same stone as Fossily Bird). Quite a fascination working this dense stone, seeing all the structures within – the pre-historic remains embedded in the rock […]
Happy Christmas
My very best wishes for a Happy Christmas from me here at my festive feeling workshop. Jennifer xx
Festival of Winter
Though it doesn’t seem very winter-like, weatherwise anyway, I’m feeling now quite in the mood to celebrate the Winter Festival season. After the shortest day, there’s a feeling that we’re pulling away from the darker months, but of course it takes some time before we can notice a difference. For me, it is certainly […]
Marble Vases in Festive mood
There’s a very soft scent of pine resin lingering on my hands from selecting a few festive fronds from the garden – heavenly! For me these natural little touches of seasonal green and berries bring huge cheer and a warm Christmassy feel. Shown here in timelessly elegant and luxurious marble vases. View The British […]
In the Workshop today – Birds wait
Birds wait in the winter landscape for me to finish their birdbath, and fill it with water. Here’s one of them on a fence post at the workshop, watching the sun rise as I chisel away inside. They waited patiently for their water until I delivered the birdbath to its new home and we […]
An outing for me and my Camera
Sometimes little strokes of goodness happen. I read a post by Simply By Arrangement saying that she was unable to attend a course day she had booked with Sarah Mason Photography, and would anyone be interested in going in her place. I replied, to say yes, I’d love to. So, very spontaneously, last Saturday […]
I met an owl in the lane
It surprised us both I think! At the start of darkness, the night just beginning, out of the flickering dusk an owl takes flight, stares at the tussocks and glides up over the hedge and is only yards from me in the lane. It zig-zags away, startled. The Barn Owl reappears a field away, […]
Carving Yorkshire Dialect Words
Actually it is a house name – but the word has its origin in Old Norse. I’m carving Old Hall Laithe, for Kilnsey Park Estate. The word Laithe means ‘a dwelling with other farm buildings, including a barn, as a single structural unit, with separate entrances for human and livestock areas’ – or has […]
Autumnal stroll
We’re almost in the middle of November and the darker mornings and evenings really are making a difference now. As we slide into winter, nature presents a varying palette of golds, tawny browns, oranges and reds, shifting every day and inspiring anew. I notice I’m drawn to stones with rich, seasonal colouring, how magnificent […]