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Monthly Archives: August 2026
That Was a Summer That Was…
None of us know. None of us know what will happen tomorrow. If we are lucky we’ll wake in the morning refreshed and wonder. Maybe at the beauty we behold. We take a deep breath and get on with our … Continue reading
Posted in 100 Days, Photography, Summer
Tagged church, Cloud, Covid, Dawn, Gate, Kings Norton, photography, Post COVID, Remastered, Rural, sky, Summer, sunrise, Tree
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Rain Drops and Reshoots…
For most of the summer the small piece of the world jave called home for more years than I care to remember has looked mostly like this. Sunny, Dry and Hot. The ground is rock hard. Then the other day … Continue reading
Posted in Boudica and Bosworth, Photography, Summer
Tagged Agriculture, Battle of Bosworth, Drought, Fields, garden, Heat, Heatwave, Parched, rain, raindrops, Richard 3rd, Sculpture, Statue, Summer, Sutton Cheney
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Life is so very strange and wonderful. We should all try our best to make the most of things whilst we can. None of us know whether this is our last days. Actually scrub that. For some people they have … Continue reading
What Must It be Like? …
To be Taylor Swift … What must it be like? I haven’t got the first clue and even the thought of such a thing brings me out into a cold sweet. I’m sure those within their respective gilded cages would … Continue reading
Posted in General
Tagged Castle, Drawings, Farne Islands, Herring Gull, Lindisfarne, North Sea, photography, puffin, sketch, Taylor Swift
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I’d rather be on horseback …
Courageous Richmond, well hast thou acquit thee.Lo, here, this long-usurped royaltyFrom the dead temples of this bloody wretch Have I pluck’d off,to grace thy brows withal:Wear it, enjoy it, and make much of it. Richard 3rd Act 5 Scene 3. … Continue reading
Posted in Boudica and Bosworth, Photography
Tagged books, Boudica and Bosworth, church, City of Leicester, Dadlington, Dog, Doors, Earl of Richmond, Geoffrey of Monmouth, Harvest, Henry 7th, Henry Tudor, Hinckley and Bosworth District Council, history, Houses, King Lear, literature, Lord Stanley, Mancetter, Peckleton, photography, Richard 3rd, Rural, Sculpture, Stoke Golding, Sutton Cheney, William Shakespere, william-shakespeare, Writing
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Hmm … not sure things are going as planned…
On the 7th July, when all this nonsense started I wrote that Nigel Farage was a brave man. By that I mean anyone who stands for election is brave. Most campaigns end in failure because no matter how much you … Continue reading
Posted in Art, drawing, Graphic Art, monochrome, Politics
Tagged By Election, Clacton on Sea, Count Binface, drawing, news, Nigel Farage, politics, portrait, Reform UK, sketch, uk-politics
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Three Things To Improve Your … Number Three Will Blow Your Mind…
Am I the only one who has watched almost endless videos about how to improve your photography? The less reputable ones usually have a title like the above. (Sorry if you have clicked on this expecting tips on how to … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, Street Photography, Summer
Tagged blog, Getty Images, iphoneography, Magnum Photogrpahy, margate, Marina, Sawley, Street Photography, Summer, Turner Contemporary, youtube
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When We Were Young …
When we were young we … We can all complete the sentence above. I suspect the older we get the answer might change. I also suspect that when ‘young’ was might change. At twenty being thirty is almost a lifetime … Continue reading
Posted in Apple Pencil, Digital Painting, drawing, Graphic Art, Procreate
Tagged Aging, Apple Pencil, drawing, Odessius, photography, portrait, Procreate
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