Workshop
My new brush
It could seem peculiar I suppose, to be excited about a new brush – but I’m thoroughly enjoying the experience. It was eagerly unwrapped and laid in my ‘brushes place’ in the workshop, and I’m happy just knowing it is there. Part of the reason for it being so pleasing, is that I know how […]
Big Garden Birdwatch
I love to join in with the Big Garden Birdwatch (in my little garden), and yes, I’m all ready to list my visiting birds on the 24th and 25th January, 2015. Actually there isn’t really much to do in preparation – I do anyway keep my feeders regularly topped up, particularly at this time of year, and […]
NYOS 2015
My workshop will be open over the weekends of 6th/7th June & 13th/14th June, 2015 as part of the North Yorkshire Open Studios event. I’m really pleased to have been selected for NYOS 15 – there’s lots of new work to show you and exciting developments to tell you about. I’ll be adding details to my Open […]
Old Hushwing
This is the Barn Owl I’ve been telling you about, here, here and here! Last night I managed to get a picture of it, in my shed, appearing to look right at the camera! I can’t stop staring at it! Old Hushwing is a another country name for a Barn Owl, and how beautifully it describes […]
Sharing a shed with a Barn Owl
Each morning now when I get to the workshed I do a little search, to find out if my Barn Owl has spent time there overnight. Underneath the spot where it has been roosting are copious splatters – so I can tell exactly where it has been – along with the pellets and preened […]
Wintery Walk
This morning I set off for a walk up on the moors above my workshop. I often look out at those trees on the skyline from my sheds, and its lovely to see them from a different viewpoint, I think of them as rather protectively wrapping themselves around the workshop nestled below. They’re home […]
Finding out what’s in the Barn Owl pellet
I teased apart the Barn Owl pellet and found numerous tiny bones, two skulls and three sets of lower jaw bones – all belonging to small mammals. There were leg bones, obvious ribs, scapula and pieces of the backbone. After pulling all the bones out, and separating them the best I could from the […]
My very own Barn Owl
I think …. During this last week, or thereabouts, each morning when opening up the workshop , I’ve been met with a chaotic scene. Things have been knocked over and moved, but most of all the shed is splattered with bird droppings. Not the little bird type, which I’m used to – but these […]
Holly Sprig
There’s a holly growing in the hedgerow at my workshop, it is where the blackbird nested this year and it is usually busy with birds flitting to and fro and disappearing into its thick mass of prickles. A sprig was plucked from it for this scraperboard drawing – and made into a Christmas card (available now in […]
Misty Morning
It is the time of year for these bewitching views. The day began with a blanket of thick fog and damp air. It created quietness and glistening dew drops from every stem. Fungus flourishes.