No really good reason for these, other than that I am in awe of the variety and vibrancy of the flora that manages to find a toehold in this beautiful land of ours…. Iris unfurl their cloaks to worship the sun. As you can see, I have a thing about irises….
Category: photography
If you haven’t seen me, it’s ’cause I’ve been gardening
And working, of course. But lots of gardening. Things are in full swing in our yard. The lithodora (below) is glowing beneath the lilac that’s almost out. The Iris setosa (below) is just finishing now, but the tall and medium bearded irises are still showing their colours….. The broom plant is simply gorgeous, the columbine…
Temptations abound
This is the time of year at which I find it hardest to force myself to work. There are so many other things that I'd rather be doing; gardening, hiking, photographing….. Often I partially yield and find ways of justifying my delinquency. Photographing is…. honing my artistic eye and gathering images that can be used…
Weekend wanderings
Last week was a brutish week. Nasty and brutish. Not short, though. Never liked Hobbes anyway. This week promises more of the same, if not worse. The weekend, however, had an unexpected sunny Sunday in it, a Sunday on which we discovered that Katherine can now handle a 4km hike without difficulty. We headed for…
Drawing board – no pictures of actual pieces yet
To forestall possible speculation that I'm not actually working or making anything original…. I'm currently working on a series of series of small pieces (yes, you read that right), designed to be hung as groups. The basic theme is The East Coast Trail and the foundations of the pieces are going to be my own…
