Adullamite

I'm just posting this picture in the hope that it will inspire the sun to come out from behind those clouds once again.  I possess no co...

One of the great frauds in this world is art.  Loved by those who believe they belong to the 'educated intelligensia,' but too often...

What a good picture this is.  'The Mornings Catch,' by James Clark Hook, 1877. This tells us much about the rough lives out forefath...

  Wandering the streets yesterday I came across this hanging around outside the Institute.  I call it 'Institute' though it has not ...

In between games last night I noticed the shadow on the wall. This struck me as interesting and as I took a few shots of this and attemp...

Hmmm yes it's that time of year again when history is replaced by textiles.  This is not quite true as the Silk Weavers Archive are r...

Yes indeed my weeks work is over.  10 in the morning till one is work enogh for me I say.  In fact the girls at work made it abundantly c...

As a little experiment I began the day by attempting to video the exhibition.  It did not quite work as expected but gives a flavour ...

I woke with a bit of crackling this morning.  This has become normal in this house.  Daily I awake and the springs in the mattress, a mat...

On Saturday I popped into the museum for the opening of the exhibition.  I was late and missed that, missed the boring speeches, missed t...

Braintree Station, Bawden   To get out of my freezing flat, Esmeralda costs too much when she bothers to ignite, I accepted the offer ...

A dreich day indeed, wind blowing rain appearing and nothing happening but routine housework - much of which is still undone.  However th...

During the past couple of weeks I have begun to relieve around 20-30 spam a day from clearly one crook.  He uses several names as address...

Gregorian chant is a delightful sound in the background.  So many choices, often of professionally made albums not by monks, spoil the...

Some are quite pleased that this exhibition is one put on by the lassies of E.A.S.T.  These girls offer high quality arty embroidery, i...