Category Archives: Art

This is for all my art related posts

Sir G and backache

Posted on January 20, 2016 by Guthlac

I’m continuing to work on the Sir Gregory painting but can only work on it for around half hour so because my back is so stiff.  This does force me to keep taking time out just to look at at … Continue reading →

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Looking to her for something

Posted on January 19, 2016 by Guthlac

With all my current ailments I just couldn’t fancy standing and sitting in front of a canvas so instead I went back to previous approach to making art – digital painting.   It actually was really quite enjoyable and not … Continue reading →

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On a spaceship somewhere sailing

Posted on January 18, 2016 by Guthlac

Ouch Ouch Ouch…my back is still playing up.   Oh I’m dreaming of the sun, the lovely warm sun…it won’t come a moment too soon.

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It never rains until…

Posted on January 17, 2016 by Guthlac

Well it was hardly the set of Frozen but today we had about 2 cm of snow which by mid afternoon had all but gone.   Just as my cold is starting to disappear I go and strain my back…nothing … Continue reading →

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What to do when you have a cold…

Posted on January 15, 2016 by Guthlac

So my BT problems are sort of sorted out …so what next?  Well I have caught a cold from a good friend – although he claims it wasn’t him and in truth he is probably right…however why should I left … Continue reading →

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Has Susan Sarandon had a nose job?

Posted on January 12, 2016 by Guthlac

I know that this question does a great disservice to the renowned American actress and to be quite honest the answer is not relevant.  It is the sort of question you do ask yourself whilst waiting on the phone for … Continue reading →

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Ode to BT

Posted on January 12, 2016 by Guthlac

Sometimes in life you just want to scream and swear at the whole complexity.   There was a time, not too long ago when things were so much easier to understand.  You had a problem with something then you went … Continue reading →

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Just the two of us…

Posted on January 10, 2016 by Guthlac

Sir Gregory was one of the first to see action on Mount William in ’82 and was mentioned in dispatches for his bravery under heavy fire.  He celebrated with the rest of his comrades as they later stood on the windswept streets … Continue reading →

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In praise of Nicholas Sparks

Posted on January 9, 2016 by Guthlac

… the scenes of a group of teenage and 20-something women sharing a featureless suburban house in Florida, watched over by an apparently amiable, eerily blank young talent agent who is a combination of concierge and pimp, are authentic and … Continue reading →

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Star Wars….a new hope

Posted on January 5, 2016 by Guthlac

This morning I finally caught the new Star Wars movie and it was everything a long term Star Wars fan would want.   There is one significant plot twist but apart from that it really was as if the prequels … Continue reading →

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