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, January 31, 2019

Snow on the Spires...

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Last day of the month and some pretty effects on the spires and pinnacles with this scattering of snow. The gargoyles were spitting...

Wednesday, January 30, 2019

Crochet Work in Progress...

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Snowing outside, and classes have been cancelled even if there doesn't seem to be enough fluffy flakes to make a snowball, let alone...

Sunday, January 13, 2019

Artistic Birdwatching for the New Year...

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I certainly don't see or hear too many birds from my fifth-floor flat, although clusters of goldfinches magically appear in the spr...

Friday, December 28, 2018

End of the Year, Start of the New...

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Old graveyards are fascinating with the tombstones and statues, generally swathed in ivy and plants of the undergrowth. I had been wantin...

Monday, December 24, 2018

Happy Christmas...

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Was hoping to see an early-morning Mount's Bay, in all its glory, for Christmas Eve but it had been entirely hidden by the mist and d...

Tuesday, December 18, 2018

Bagpuss and Co. at the Beaney House of Art and Knowledge...

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Bagpuss at the Beaney On a fleeting trip to Canterbury last month, I was looking forward to returning to the Canterbury Heritage Museum ...

Friday, November 30, 2018

Artistic fiction...

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My daughter often expresses regret for the passing of her childhood, and misses above all those almost-magical periods of play ...

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