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Would anyone like to see my website? I created it so as to inspire people, but I hope it also pleases those who can see it too. the site address is:-
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/theartsight
and I have already received lovely feedback, but this only strengthens my resolve to continue with my painting. Ta Muchly.
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/theartsight
and I have already received lovely feedback, but this only strengthens my resolve to continue with my painting. Ta Muchly.
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I still haven't gone shopping. I got occupied doing other things, but I can't leave it much longer.
Woodelf. The snow has unfortunately all but disappeared now. But they would be best as soft mix of violet blues and greys. A sort of inky blue.
I don't mind whether you call me Lofty or Lottie as neither are my real name. I chose Lofty because, as a tall streak of a teenager, I got that nickname from a close friend. We are about the same age Woodelf.
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Woodelf. The snow has unfortunately all but disappeared now. But they would be best as soft mix of violet blues and greys. A sort of inky blue.
I don't mind whether you call me Lofty or Lottie as neither are my real name. I chose Lofty because, as a tall streak of a teenager, I got that nickname from a close friend. We are about the same age Woodelf.
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Wonderful news, Beatrice, well done. :)
Lottie, Norfolk is one of my favourite places. I've had many happy holidays boating on the broads. Get the shopping done and out of the way.
Woodelf, I am quite fortunate inasmuch as I live in Dudley and have all the convenience of living in a town, close to two cities, and a short walk to local shops and the library.
But my garden backs on to woods, so I hear the barn owl most nights, have seen him fly by a few times; I can watch the bats at dusk and the fox is a regular garden visitor. I did have the badger a few times, but to be honest I was glad when he found pastures new. As beautiful as they are, the garden is not the place for them.
What is a puzzle to me is the wagtail. I see them so often on the swathes of concrete car park at the supermarket but never in my garden - and it is my favourite small bird. It's a puzzlement to me.
The sun has gone behind the clouds so I've closed my windows already.
Lottie, Norfolk is one of my favourite places. I've had many happy holidays boating on the broads. Get the shopping done and out of the way.
Woodelf, I am quite fortunate inasmuch as I live in Dudley and have all the convenience of living in a town, close to two cities, and a short walk to local shops and the library.
But my garden backs on to woods, so I hear the barn owl most nights, have seen him fly by a few times; I can watch the bats at dusk and the fox is a regular garden visitor. I did have the badger a few times, but to be honest I was glad when he found pastures new. As beautiful as they are, the garden is not the place for them.
What is a puzzle to me is the wagtail. I see them so often on the swathes of concrete car park at the supermarket but never in my garden - and it is my favourite small bird. It's a puzzlement to me.
The sun has gone behind the clouds so I've closed my windows already.
Ta Muchly Ethel for that lovely sound picture of your garden and woods...makes me green with henry; ooops, that should have been envy...smile and I like your "swathes of concrete" - don't be surprised if I use it in a poem. The robin is my favourite bird, with the tawny owl second; I hope your woods have those too.
Thanks Lottie for the nowy update. I'm trying out pastel colours i.e. soft greys mixed with whatever and if you remember Lonely Water from my gallery, I'm working on several variations on that theme...Lonely Water In Winter, Autumn, etc, etc.
Thanks Lottie for the nowy update. I'm trying out pastel colours i.e. soft greys mixed with whatever and if you remember Lonely Water from my gallery, I'm working on several variations on that theme...Lonely Water In Winter, Autumn, etc, etc.
The wagtails come into roost into the trees in Norwich City Centre Ethel. Its quite a sight and quite noisy too. Yes, they do seem to prefer urban living. I get very few here and we live surrounded by fields.
The broads are lovely Ethel. Do you know North Norfolk very well? I think it's a very special place. I am a Londoner by birth.
Salutes Ethel. Yes Madam, I'm off shopping right now. Quick March, left right left right.........................
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The broads are lovely Ethel. Do you know North Norfolk very well? I think it's a very special place. I am a Londoner by birth.
Salutes Ethel. Yes Madam, I'm off shopping right now. Quick March, left right left right.........................
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Hello Again, I have still not gone shopping. Something cropped up that had to be dealt with.
Stalham is a small market town on the River Ant on the edge of the Norfolk Broads. I don't know it very well. It is about 35-40 miles away from me on the other side of the county. Ethel who has had holidays on the Broads probably knows it better than I do. I live 11 miles inland from a small town called Wells next the Sea. We are not far from Sandringham.
There is no Stalham River as such, so the music much have been composed about the River Ant at Stalham.
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Stalham is a small market town on the River Ant on the edge of the Norfolk Broads. I don't know it very well. It is about 35-40 miles away from me on the other side of the county. Ethel who has had holidays on the Broads probably knows it better than I do. I live 11 miles inland from a small town called Wells next the Sea. We are not far from Sandringham.
There is no Stalham River as such, so the music much have been composed about the River Ant at Stalham.
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Stalham is quite magical, Woodelf. It is flatlands with the wide River Ant meandering, sometimes thundering, through.
From the river itself, you see fields and rushes at the riverbank which are full of activity - coots, grebes and ducks galore. Voles, too, if you are lucky. Herons nest in trees a little further downstream, so are frequently to be seen standing sentry looking like old fashioned rolled up umbrellas.
There is a windmill, always a pleasure to see especially early mornings when the sun is rising behind it. It is not unusual for low lying mist to be hanging over the river, giving the whole thing an etheral appearance.
From the river itself, you see fields and rushes at the riverbank which are full of activity - coots, grebes and ducks galore. Voles, too, if you are lucky. Herons nest in trees a little further downstream, so are frequently to be seen standing sentry looking like old fashioned rolled up umbrellas.
There is a windmill, always a pleasure to see especially early mornings when the sun is rising behind it. It is not unusual for low lying mist to be hanging over the river, giving the whole thing an etheral appearance.
Stalham town itself is also a pleasure although it does get very busy in the summer as there are a few hire boat marinas in Stalham, so the holiday makers are ambling about, giving it a lovely atmophere.
As well as the usual shops there are some independents - a very fine hardware shop that sells everything you can remember from your childhood, it seems to me. Very old fashioned and a lovely browse. A very good butcher, too, with the game hanging outside.
And of course the pubs. I had a lovely evening there a few years back, with some folk singers. Not usually my thing, but they were very entertaining, singing some very rude songs indeed.
It looks exactly like you expect an old market town to look - a principal high street with buildings all higgledy piggledy, houses grand and small, and a church with a beautiful stained glass window.
If I remember correctly there may be a thatched roof or two, but that could be my rose tinted glasses.
As well as the usual shops there are some independents - a very fine hardware shop that sells everything you can remember from your childhood, it seems to me. Very old fashioned and a lovely browse. A very good butcher, too, with the game hanging outside.
And of course the pubs. I had a lovely evening there a few years back, with some folk singers. Not usually my thing, but they were very entertaining, singing some very rude songs indeed.
It looks exactly like you expect an old market town to look - a principal high street with buildings all higgledy piggledy, houses grand and small, and a church with a beautiful stained glass window.
If I remember correctly there may be a thatched roof or two, but that could be my rose tinted glasses.
Ethel, you do paint such lovely sound pictures, makes me want to pack up here and go tread the footsteps of EJ and Ethel and Lottie and then come back and paint it all...smile...and what a lovely turn of phrase you have to, likening the herons to old fashioned rolled up brollies.
Hey ho Lottie, enjoy your fish supper...smile.
Hey ho Lottie, enjoy your fish supper...smile.
We are in the middle of submitting plans for the second time for a building plot. We have come up against all sorts of hurdles and now our Architect has literally gone missing. We have been dealing with this for over two years now.
We need to sell the land to enable my mother to remain in the excellent care home she is now in. We are not rich people.
Got that off my chest.
Thanks for listening.
We need to sell the land to enable my mother to remain in the excellent care home she is now in. We are not rich people.
Got that off my chest.
Thanks for listening.
