Our little grape harvest At the weekend we took part in our local urban grape harvest. This is a fantastic community co-operative organised in our neighbourhood (a sub area of the town of Tooting called Furzedown). The project is called the Urban Wine Company and here is a little about it from the website: The […] Read more...
Motivation
I am currently part of an online creativity course called “In the Fishbowl” and in two weeks, I have been prompted to think (more than usual!) about what I do. Why do I create? Why do I love what I do? What does it say about me? What is success? I have curled up with […] Read more...
Oh so quiet….
My workshop being insulated – looks a bit like a space ship at the moment! Its been a quiet little bloggy here for the last week hasn’t it? We returned from hols on Monday to to a veritable mountain of laundry and unpacking AND the need to empty out my whole studio ready for the […] Read more...
Foraging in the woods today
If you live somewhere rural, please excuse the indulgence of me going on and on about being in the trees. Us urbanites are tree deprived. Off for a cycle ride in the woods today. Would you believe we found a woody glade, with a moss carpeted floor, to have our picnic, just as the sun […] Read more...
Grateful in the forest
I am technologically challenged today. I have a most gorgeous picture of my two bunnies, cuddling up in a bike trailer as we cycle through the trees in Elveden Forest (Norfolk), but don’t know how to do blue tooth on my friends (lovely) MacBook I am using, so can’t upload the picture for you right […] Read more...
Dragonflies and fairies
Dragonflies are really rather special, don’t you think? So delicate, so ethereal in their colouring and see-through wings. They do appeal to my inner child who likes the ideas of fairies a lot! Hee hee, and now I have two little ones to share my fairy glee with! There is a large wall in our […] Read more...
Painting…toes
Yesterday morning, Isabella and daddy were in the bathroom getting ready for the day and (for some bizarre reason) a discussion about toenails ensued. It went something like this: Daddy: “Isabella, what do you think toenails are for?”Isabella: (in matter of fact tone) “For painting, daddy!” (duh! don’t you know!). I can explain. Not long […] Read more...
Mosaic Memory Garden
There is a beautiful place, two minutes from Waterloo station, perfect for relaxing, enjoying beauty and being in touch with the broken reality of life. It is the garden of St. John’s church, in whose crypt live many creative projects including the wonderful Southbank Mosaics. We spend a lot of time on the South Bank […] Read more...