Winter

This winter is already long and we’re less than 2 weeks in.

Looking for ways to enjoy it anyway, and to prevent a sliding decline into a dark hole, I’m making evening drawings – some indoors and some out.

Charcoal, (the wood fire burns warm) is the easiest thing. Smudge and erase and push back into the paper and leave a mark, on this cold night. Black velvet ink might show off the moonlight.

4 days with Sammy

Having a small boy around for 4 days over New Year I learnt many things.

How to excavate a pile of dirt to find fossils.

How to build a cardboard sky-scraper with a draw-bridge and round windows and flying creatures that park in those windows.

The importance of ducking when chasing said boy around kid-sized play equipment.

How to persuade a person to eat French toast by sprinkling it with cinnamon sugar, and eat vegetables by adding a cheesy white sauce.

How to take photographs of interesting things at knee level.

Squids are jet-propelled.

According to his grandfather, Sam said his visit here was better than he thought it would be.

And now for your viewing pleasure here are a couple of images by Sam. So good.