Beach-Combing Magpie

Far from the beach, but still surrounded by treasure of all kinds just ready to be found, looked at, gloated over, gleaned and swiped or simply created! Here are my latest finds....

Thursday, July 1, 2010

All Things Bright and Beautiful, All Creatures Great & Small...

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Several years ago I built an 'amphibian' pond in the garden to welcome frogs, toads & newts however after a long fruitless (an...

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

White elephants & Siamese cats...

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Actually tracking down the elusive elephant of Reims cathedral was quite a task a few years ago - it appeared to have been tucked away in a ...

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Purple Petals & Mauve Mania...

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I love the colour of this piece of Indian needlework, so delicate and quite difficult to define, in fact rather like my faded dried hydran...

Sunday, June 27, 2010

Honeysuckle blond...

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The honeysuckle is so dense this year that the weight of the leaves and flowers has broken the trellis, and the smell in the evening is in...

The Weird Faux de Verzy...

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To make the most of the weather I went to visit the faux de Verzy yesterday, in a wood devoted mainly to this tree. The faux are a contort...

Saturday, June 26, 2010

Pieces of glass; blue, red, green and gold to welcome you....

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Another beautiful day with the light streaming in, which reminds me of the Joni Mitchell song, 'Chelsea Morning,' a track that is so...

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Pansies, poppies and porridge...

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Woke up this morning to see that summer is finally here - the light has changed and so has temperature - dramatically! From my kitchen t...

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