ScrapBook Series

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I hunt for and collect china and objects which call out loudly to be taken back to my home.

Srap Book Mouse - This liltte mouse was brought to me by my cat. For once the offering was not dead or harmed, just a bit wet and cold. So kept warm and quiet in a box for a couple of hours, the little thing recovered. I took his picture and then let him go.

I can't draw him - I miss him too much - but he was/is a beautiful long haired ginger cat, this fab colour and my friend.

Seag Gull Paddle - Everybody should have a holiday once in a while, Seagulls are lucky, they are on Holiday Every Day...

Just When I got it Just Right - We have had terrible floods here in the UK. I have been very lucky and have not been flooded - Instead I have been having a new kitchen fitted - I can't imagine the horror of my home under water.

Women of Straw - Envy, that most dangerous of emotions...be careful, you might fall...

Teens - This is a portrait of a typical teenager with all of her muddly clothes and cluttered thoughts. Her self doubt and her increasing confidence at war with each other. To her it seems that this stage of her life will last forever but I am older and know it passes - oh so quickly - too quickly.

Broccolli Ladies

Burnt Wood Series

Burnt Wood 1 - This field is near my dog walking wood. I look across the fields and see this clump of trees. I find the view haunting. The way they are tightly clenched together, the way the field is in constant use. The darkness of the soil. It sometimes gives me the shivers, I wonder what had taken place here before the farm and peace and modern life took over.

Bluebell Wood, New Leaves

Mad Orange Heads

Yellow Leaf Series

Dog Dreams

I have lost my Cat

Last Chance