Hello! As mentioned in my last ‘wild challenge’ weekly blog post, I’ve decided to put some art prints up for sale! I was a little scared to do this, but I’ve been so grateful for the feedback and purchases I’ve received so far. It’s genuinely meant a lot so thank you. As promised, I’ve sharedContinue reading “A Sprinkle of Art”
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356 Days Wild: Week 46
And what did Week 46 of my wild challenge bring? Well, winter. Wasn’t it a cold one?! Frost and then snow and then ice and then frost. Winter makes for some lovely walks though – when there isn’t a storm – so I think I’m ready to embrace the colder weather (as long as itContinue reading “356 Days Wild: Week 46”
October artwork: a brief round-up
Oh my goodness. I haven’t posted about my art properly for such a long time. For anyone following my weekly ‘acts of wildness’, you’ll know I’ve been busy doing bits and pieces. But I’ve found myself creating pieces thinking ‘I need to write about this’ and then completely not writing about this! So October seemedContinue reading “October artwork: a brief round-up”
356 Days Wild: Week 36
I worked out last week that I’ve now done over 245 days-worth of ‘random acts of wildness’. Looking back, I’m really glad I documented them all and I can see that it’s done me a world of good over the past 36 weeks. I hope I can keep it up despite the faster pace ofContinue reading “356 Days Wild: Week 36”
356 Days Wild: Week 22
Well, it’s been a scorcher here in the UK for the past week. Makes a change! 😎 It was also the second week of ’30 Days Wild’. I took part in this challenge for the very first time last year and it inspired my own ‘wild year’ this year. Some of my highlights are differentContinue reading “356 Days Wild: Week 22”
Butterfly Sparkle
And so it goes… Butterfly sparkle, butterfly sparkle, pretty as petals in the sky you, flutter together, light as a feather, why can’t I be a but-ter-flyyyyy Does anyone else know this song?! I think it was from a play when I was in primary school and I think my sister was the butterfly… Anyhoo,Continue reading “Butterfly Sparkle”
The bull of all finches
I am, of course, talking about the bullfinch. There are apparently 190,000 breeding pairs of these critters in the UK and they are undoubtedly a pretty special species of finch. On a very long (20km!) walk in the cold and the rain a few weeks ago, my partner and I spotted a male and femaleContinue reading “The bull of all finches”
A hopeful sign of spring
I’ve been enjoying updating everyone about my ‘wild’ undertakings over the past few weeks but I realise it’s been a while since I’ve done a bigger post. So say hello to a piece I really enjoyed creating last week: A hopeful sign of spring. I know we’re still, to some extent, in the throes ofContinue reading “A hopeful sign of spring”
A winter visitor
The winter visitor I’m going to write about today is the fieldfare. I first spotted a group of fieldfares towards the end of last year. I heard them before I saw them. It was a very odd noise and I wondered what on earth I was listening to. The British Trust for Ornithology describes theContinue reading “A winter visitor”
“No cheeses for us meeces”
Quite possibly the best line of any Christmas film. (For those of you who haven’t been blessed with the quote yet – or the song it comes from – I would highly recommend watching this clip from A Muppets Christmas Carol.) As it happens, this post actually has nothing to do with cheese or miceContinue reading ““No cheeses for us meeces””
Ramblings of a (very!) amateur artist 