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After extensive research, well about five minutes drawing blank on the Apple help system – not the best but there we are – I found the answer in a forum to where the # key can be found. (For the information of anyone interested it is alt + 3) Now … Continue reading →

So I have to try and relearn, if I ever did know too much about CSS and HTML etc,brush up or generally panic about what I am getting myself into. The catalyst for all this is the imminent closure of my original website which has been running more … Continue reading →

I really didn’t know what to expect when we visited Hardwick Hall yesterday. I’d learnt about Bess of Hardwick, I think when I was a kid, but other than that I knew very little of the place. It turns out that the hall(s) is set in 100’s of acres o… Continue reading →

Over the past few months I have been trying my hand out at painting with varying degrees of success. As this process has developed I have become more and more aware of the fact that I don’t find painting in any way rewarding. This doesn’t mean tha… Continue reading →

Yesterday was just a day for drawing and sketching – as well as making the odd photo. One really positive thing I achieved yesterday was that I took the strapping off my ankle – boy was that starting to irritate my skin. The ankle is really a lot … Continue reading →

Well I have started to make photos again, slowly but it is all coming back to me. I think my style has changed but this may also have something to do with the camera gear I have, or rather I don’t have. Which is really refreshing – its almost a mo… Continue reading →

Over the past few weeks I have somewhat lost my artistic spark, such as it is. After a while an idea struck me…why not go back to what you like doing best? And this is the result – a quick portrait sketch of the indomitable Lwaxana Troi.Sent fro… Continue reading →

Well I have now worked out the action I had lost in the move to OS X and after much giggling about I have got it to work with my iMac. All things ok until I try and run the action with the f key I allocated to it during the action record process. … Continue reading →

One of the joys of moving from operating system to another is that it gives you a chance to relearn skills from the previous OS all over again. This morning I have been getting to know Photoshop CS6 all over again in OS X and as usual there have b… Continue reading →

Actually it is even if from time to time you injure yourself, as I have done today by spraining my ankle. The great thing is my good friend John is top sports physio so was able to treat it for me. Also he is my walking buddy so was on hand when I… Continue reading →