JUST ME :: and a stack of blank pages

:: Living creatively ::

About me

This is the real secret of life — to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realise it is play. The only thing that is ultimately real about your journey is the step that you are taking at this moment. That’s all there ever is. I’m here to tell you that the path to peace is right there, when you want to get away. When you are present, you can allow the mind to be as it is without getting entangled in it. If you miss the present moment, you miss your appointment with life. That is very serious!

Wednesday, November 11, 2026

Summer Dandelions

W&N watercolour in a Moleskine 200gsm watercolour sketch-book.

Every Spring the Dandelions (Taraxacum) start covering my lawn (my fault, I NEVER remove them!) and by early summer I usually have a lovely display of small yellow flowers covering patches of my lawn. I really love and appreciate them, as they only come once a year.


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Tuesday, November 10, 2026

Chicken talk

W&N watercolour on Bockingford 300gsm

Ginger : So laying eggs all your life and then getting plucked, stuffed and roasted is good enough for you, is it? 


Babs: It's a livin'. 

 

Two of my hens taking refuge on top of the fence surrounding my wildlife pond, trying to get away from the onslaught of the Roosters. I've got far too many roosters, but I'll find a home for them -- soon.


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