High Pike and the Dry Gill shales

A walk up High Pike and then down via the Dry Gill shales. A couple of small trilobite fragments and some nice crystals of mimetite in different forms.

Rocky enjoying his run out - before the next storm batters poor Cumbria! 

Needle felted cats

Enjoyed making these rather 'cuddly' cats!

Mungrisdale Craft fair - all ready to go!

Mungrisdale Craft Fair 2015

Well everything is ready to go into the car - when it stops raining - and here's hoping for an enjoyable weekend.

Bowscale tarn and fell - mini oils.

Ahead of the Mungrisdale Craft Fare - some targeted mini oils - as usual the things you panick to make probably won't sell...but hey ..ho!

Kynance Cove and the coast to the north.

Kynance is at the very far right hand of the cove where the beach just begins.

The oil painting...and.....

The photo!

Solway silk paintings

Some new cards - silk paintings using wax as a resist.

Swimming hedgehogs!

Given the current weather in Cumbria, I think these hedgehogs might have to swim to their destination!

Storm on the Solway

Following this weekends rather damp weather....

Greenhill craft fair.

Lovely to see friends at the Greenhill craft fair.

Harlyn Bay to Porthcothan.

An atmospheric cliff walk this morning, with the highlight being a baby slow worm.

Trevose head

Some spectacularly coloured rocks...covered in Xanthoria lichen.

The rocks.

A2 mixed media abstraction.

The field sketch.

Surfing at Harlyn Bay.

A lovely late afternoon surf ...not particularly big waves but strong and long rides.

Lizard Point.....Kynance Cove....Cadgwith and back

A glorious walk - low tide at Kynance and for the first time the fog didn't roll in so we got some views!

A spectacular sea at Constantine

A stunning evening walk along what was left of the beach at high tide on Constantine - following a great surf at Harlyn Bay.

Trevose Headland

A damp but enjoyable morning walk.

Waves at Constantine

A quick walk down the beach this evening and a spectacular sea - it's too dark to photo the wave sketches tonight now.

 

Porthcothan to Bedruthan

A gloriously warm and sunny walk!

Constantine ...a lovely afternoon walk.

A box full of mice!

Finally managed to fill my box with needle-felted mice!

Christmas trees

Little Christmas trees with driftwood trunks....and as bunting.

Central Lakes from Binsey.

Another oil ...this time on a sunnier day than the last painting of the same view.

Hanging cones and fish..

Beginning to crank up the Christmas crafts...

Portnahaven - acrylic

Late autumnal moth trapping

Frosted orange; Angle shades; Merveille du jour.

Allonby - birds at high tide.

Gorgeous late afternoon sun!

Gannets at sea - acrylic

A quick acrylic - Pembrokeshire.

October moth trap, Autumn has arrived

A luxury, reliable moth trapping night in October!

1. 2 yellow line quakers and a red line quaker; 2. brindled ocre; 3.acleris laterena; 4.green brindled cresent; 5. pale mottled willow; 6. garden rose tortrix; 7. autumnal rustic; 8.canary shouldered thorn; 9.feathered thorn; 10. november moth; 11.pink barred sallow; 12.small seraphin; 13.frosted orange; 14.brown spot pinion; 15.garden rose tortrix.

Mini acrylics of Carn Llidi, Pembrokeshire.

Carn Llidi from St David's headland

..a large acrylic - memories of a lovely sunny and flowery August holiday!

Carrock Fell

..and the large one...

Carrock fell mini oils

Six mini oils - after having done a large one of course!

Textile Blue Birds

...beginning to think about the run up to Christmas!

Graptolites from Abereiddy

Split a stone open to reveal these lovely fresh graptolites...