Hello everyone, It's been quite the busy week round here. We've (when I say we, I mean Robert), have chopped down an apple tree. It was a hard decision to chop it down, mainly because it was such a hardy and healthy
Once I'm out of the city I just love to stay in the country. Love it to pieces. But I'm also a working artist, and that means I need to buy vintage maps and ephemera to paint on. Thursdays in
Do you guys know what a steam rally is? You probably do, but up until a few years ago, I didn't. It's a gathering of all sorts of historic steam-powered machines from the Industrial Revolution to modern times. There are machines that
Come with us down this country lane
I first met my friend Nathan Ford last year in the painting tent. I stood back in awe of his collaborative canvas, a brilliant idea, (one I've gently borrowed more than once; for which I hope he'll forgive me), and drew
Hello everybody. I'm just back from two days at Art in Action 2015 and trying to formulate words in my mind, which is too full of incredible art, ideas and new disciplines all vying for attention, all wanting a share of
Well here we are again. The summer is here and it's time for me to move countries for a couple of months. So I've cuddled our babies, hugged my children, and especially Chloe, who I hate to leave for two
My two night times, the city and the country. For the Wordpress weekly photo challenge.
Very close to us at West Cottage is a forest called Wychwood. It used to stretch over 180 square miles and was counted as a Royal Forest of William the Conqueror in the 1086 Doomsday book. It's a mixed forest of
I have a Land Rover story to tell you, but rather than show you the gruesome happenings, I'm going to show you the lovely vintage things I bought the other day. So, I had to run into Oxford today and Robbie