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Ration of heartbeats, 2 artists and flowers (+bees)
Still reading Michael Symmons Roberts’ Drysalter book of poems. I only read 2 or 3 poems per day, as to read more would lessen the effect of his striking images in each poem. His poem The Count begins:...
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A Word a Week Photo Challenge: Waiting
Here are photos for this week’s challenge – see Sue’s website for many more. Waiting for a fleece My mate Charlie Moses at his farm in Coolamon, NSW and his sheep shearing son Waiting to be released...
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Textile art, Moniza Alvi and snowdrops
A visit to the latest exhibition at the Scottish Ornithologists’ Club (SOC) in Aberlady proved to be rewarding. The exhibition featured work by Pat Beveridge and the East Coast Stitchers. There was...
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A Word a Week Photo Challenge: Figure
This week’s challenge is open to interpretation – figure as in statue? figure as in work this out? figure as in what’s the story behind this? I’ve chosen photos with a story behind them – just figure...
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Lisa Hooper, Start the Week and Dunbar harbour (from the west end)
At the weekend, we paid another visit to the excellent Waterstone House in Aberlady, to see an exhibition of original artist’s prints by Lisa Hooper. This is a varied exhibition, not just in the wide...
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Robin and Yellowcraig
After a walk at St Abbs Head, I was back at the car changing from walking books to shoes, and a small, barrel chested robin hopped across and stood near my feet, looking up at me, his/her head...
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Lucy Newton and Aix En Provence
A new exhibition at Waterstone House, Aberlady features the artist Lucy Newton and it is a stunning collection of paintings of animals and birds. For me, there were three outstanding features of the...
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Kittiwakes, wild flowers and salmon en croute
I took my camera and zoom lens to Dunbar harbour for my annual attempt to get good shots of the kittiwakes which nest on the walls of the ruins of Dunbar Castle (good photos). Every April, the...
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Smoked haddock quiche, Christopher Reid poem and visiting sparrowhawk
All summer, I’ve been threatening to make a quiche but somehow never getting round to it. There’s another version of a smoked haddock quiche on this blog – see here. I wanted something different and...
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The French Table and Kalamkari exhibition
One of the highlights of our recent trip to London was going to the delightful The French Table (aka TFT) restaurant in Surbiton. We were staying nearby with relatives in Thames Ditton and we were out...
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