It’s not just about climbing trees

There’s a sort of family thing about climbing things. I climbed trees as a boy (and fell out of them…yeh I know accounts for the damage). Our daughter and granddaughter are occasionally to… Continue reading

And not a smock insight

I thought artisans all had to wear paint splattered smocks. So kitted up in mine, last Saturday, I visited the “Artisan Fair” at St Peter’s Church Sheringham – on the North Norfolk Coast… Continue reading

A little more varied than usual

It is some years since I last visited the Photography and Video Show at NEC. Last time I went I felt that the majority of stall holders were out to tempt me with… Continue reading

Reclaiming Unreality

I enjoyed visiting the reclaim yard just outside Fakenham in Norfolk. And woe betide you if you are heard calling it “the tip” – of course it is, but you mustn’t be heard… Continue reading

Looking up to God

I know there are lots of things to see in most of the cathedrals of our land. Norwich Cathedral always strikes me as ultra pictorial (providing you remember to look up.) The masons… Continue reading

Sunshine at last

Sunshine and better weather always gives me a chance to take some exercise on my bicycle. No, there won’t be any photographs of me on my velocipede. After last time I don’t want… Continue reading

Sewing – Embroidery – Me?

Not really – but – last weekend I visited “Textiles East” which claims to be “a dynamic active platform for textile artists to exhibit and for retailers to showcase their beautiful products.” After… Continue reading

Tree Whispers

It all looks very bleak where I have been this week. There is nothing much doing in the fields I normally pass, apart from where the farmer has been cutting hedges (very trying… Continue reading

Stranger on the seashore

For a start it was a windy day, and it was cold, but did I feel the cold? (you’re not really expecting an answer to that are you?) I was invited to spend… Continue reading

Remembering January

My television was full of all the awful things that happened in January – threats of war, economic ruin, scandals (notice the plural), the plight of refugees and it seemed to go on… Continue reading