Tuesday 17 September 2013

AUTUMN INSTINCT

 
As soon as the weather turns colder I start hoarding not nuts or acorns but jams, chutneys - and socks. There is nothing so comforting as a drawer full of new fluffy socks when winter looms and threatens.

Monday 9 September 2013

LADYBIRD


From the back a ladybird looks pretty and harmless but from the front ...


it is a terrifying monster, enough to make any aphid's little green knees tremble with fear.

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Thursday 5 September 2013

GREAT TIT

When I told my partner I had painted this particular bird an expression of bewilderment passed over his face.