It’s Monday, half termers are gone and the visitors ….two and in last hour. They bought an original art card. Otherwise, I mowed some of the grass, snoozed mid afternoon in my chair, raked up some grass, topped up the water bowls, kept the peace between two Phils (pheasants). I sketched a bit. The most …
It’s Sunday the second half of PAW begins here. The schools will go back tomorrow and the visitors will continue…I hope. Today started with a drive into Corfe to get a paper and then home and a spot of grass cutting. I opened the studio slightly early as the grass was proving a bit too …
Today was one of those days where PAW prevents me doing something else I love, although of course I could timetable days off. It was the day of Swanage Sea Rowing Club’s annual regatta. I went down to Swanage early from a misty garden, the sun was bright and the day looked promising for rowing. …
A busier day today even though the mist came and went at different times, although news that Swanage was sunny meaning that this was low cloud not mist. The morning was a bit wet but gradually dried up. I printed off some photos from the freezing rain and a hare picture. I then worked on …
I am very lucky to live in a beautiful location. When I have my Open Studio at home part of the experience is for visitors to walk 400m or about 10 minutes along the Houns Tout path from the walkers’ car park on the edge of Kingston. I live on the edge of the woods …
Afternoon readers. The day started with cloud /sea mist then light rain and then heavier rain. The highlights today have been: – three canine visitors all allowed to have treats – people coming across me and coming in -visitor who talked about the boss coming to see me at some point returning with said boss …
Late post, but today’s key points. Today I sought advice on our homing pigeon- feed, water, it will fly on or stay. Oh, or capture it and contact owner – I am not climbing on the roof so we will go with first solution, after all we feed the birds everyday anyway. Damp start which …
Another poor weather forecast that didn’t all materialise. Rain this morning but time for local wildlife indoors and out. First improvement for me -a better night’s sleep. Woke and watched three brown hares playing chase in and through the garden jumping over the wall into the woods and then reappearing. I have heard from visitors …
Well in 2017 my biggest sale was on day two when I sold a print of the beach huts. My realistic non pressured sales target for 2018 as a whole is to “sell some art”. So selling two prints sounds like a reasonable aspiration for 2018. Yesterday I sold an original, admittedly to my brother …
Well, an early start today. Not intentionally but woke at 04:00 and never managed to get back to sleep. Having this sort of view makes it a joy. Early thundery showers cleared and the day became absolutely gorgeous and definitely a beach day so I as not surprised to see no people for a long …