Revamping my pond

with native plants As I’ve mentioned before, there are a variety of ponds in our garden, and I wanted to…

the joy of new projects

and a very happy desk I have given myself two new birdwatching logbook projects, and making new titles really is…

Firstly, a happy Easter to all my readers! The pup has been keeping me busy, but over the Easter weekend…

with Wild Life Drawing and Simon Pooley I have always had a soft spot for okapis ever since I acquired…

Are you a sketchbook person or a loose pages person when it comes to your art practice? I saw an…

for the 2026 migratory season I’m pleased I hopped onto Toad Patrol when I did, as although I had missed…

A few days ago, the government announced that the iconic landscape and chalk cliffs of the Seven Sisters had been…

on my daughter’s birthday My youngest child was born half an hour after midnight on the 22nd March, 2003. I…

When I was in my late teens I tackled some heavyweight literature such as Homer’s The Iliad, and The Name…

visiting my son in Strasbourg I have been to visit my son and daughter-in-law a couple of times since they…