I’ve not painted in far too long, it hurts to paint which is rather annoying when I enjoy the time with a paintbrush as it’s a good opportunity to switch off the brain π anyway I decided to try and paint something a week or so ago, luckily I could manage a few minutes at a time before the niggling pains stopped play. As it’s been a while since I painted anything I wanted to go back to basics and grabbed a 25x18cm piece of paper, some cobalt blue and…
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A drift of balloons
I was pottering in the garden early this morning when I noticed a nice drift of hot air balloons in the distance, so I grabbed the camera π
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During our day out yesterday we noticed a sign for a Viking treasure that was on display in Kirkcudbright, so we popped in to have a look, it was very impressive work (given that it was buried in 900AD).
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In search of bluebells…. Quick trip out to wander amongst some bluebells, some of the woodland was private so we looked from afar π
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Well, more precisely one small step… This is a small step to be used in the kitchen to reach those higher shelves, made as a housewarming gift for a friend. It’s made from oak (with the exception of two small walnut pegs), the joints are all hand cut as I wanted to try and see if I could do them all without assistance π the text on top was engraved on the laser. I decided to add some rubber feet to stop it sliding around. Dimensions are 36cm wide, 16cm…
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