I’ve not had chance to play with type for a while so decided to try and create something for an ale from Middle-Earth 😉 not sure I could handle many though.
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Author: Graeme Skinner
A la’l break
We managed to get a few days away in the caravan and I even managed to take a photograph or two…. First of all there was the river that became rather excitable after some heavy rain – The next day we popped down to the south west of the county and stopped near Ennerdale as the rays were looking good – Then we stopped near Muncaster castle for a quick snap – Then we popped into Gosforth to look at the Gosforth Cross – A day…
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When I saw that Post CH were going to issue a range of Tolkien themed stamps with illustrations by John Howe it wasn’t much of a quandary as to whether I’d buy a set or not 😉 they arrived this morning and they do look good.
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There was an alert last night that there was a good chance of aurora, sadly I was weary having had a busy shift at work that came after a poor nights sleep, so I ended up popping out with the camera and taking a quick snap. I did have to take a photo of M45 (Pleiades) and Jupiter popping over the Pennines, with our neighbours stone circle in the foreground 😉
Read MoreWandering in the Shire
I’ve got roll of cartridge paper which is annoying me, it was purchased a few years ago so I could cut out whatever size piece of paper I wanted depending on the project. In reality it’s hard to unroll and cut out the paper without creasing or damaging the paper and it spends its time propped up in the corner. I did manage to get a piece cut off though without too much crumpling and damage so decided on a pen & ink drawing of a quiet corner of the…
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