Magpie of the Mind

Below are a few diary items from 2012

December 12 Changes

Winter is upon us. Woke up early and watched the cold morning light hit the trees in Mote park. Views from my windows in the early light. Sketches mad at the time with the sounds of Crows and Magpies on my roof and in the trees in the background.

 

 

Back from Scotland

Views of the Tay and things seen on an October walk and a few sketches.

  Kent out and about. September 12

October 2012. Spent a little time in Dungeness, just enough time to make a sketch. In the next few months, as Winter draws in most of the views will be through windows.

 

September 2012. Went for a walk along the Medway in Maidstone. Barges, birds  on a train and weeds. Where inside and outside spaces meet.

Love the domesticity of the barges and bright use of colour. 

Wonderful old sailing barge against skyline

The inside and outside spaces meet on top deck.

Wildflowers along the river and on deck in containers.

Met this parrot on a train, a regular traveller on the Medway line.

Tea-Flora-Tales. August 2012

I am working on a stitched 'collaborative' piece started at Festival of Quilts and continuing, Tea-Flora-Tales reflecting my on-going interest in wild spaces on the edges of our urban environment. Composed of small pages from an old book on stitch patterns, you are welcome to contribute at Knitting and Stitching Show where you will hand stitch a small memento/piece of waste fabric with flora image on to your own page alongside a teabag to make a continuing record reflecting these special places.

You can get involved in supporting the wild flowers by visiting www.plantlife.org.uk

Lea Valley Weeds July 2012

Some images and sketches from the Lea Valley in London, memories of what was once there and  a trace of what remains in the Olympic shadow.

 

Zeeland...so like Norfolk 

Norfolk/Suffolk border Trees

 

Pembrokeshire Wales

Bird footprints in concrete out seen when walking along the Pembrokeshire Coast