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  • Fan...tas...tic Day.ay.aye!

    Three days of brilliant blue sunshine and not a cloud in the sky. We English obsess with the weather and it is often the topic of most conversation, but no wonder when it changes so quickly especially here on the...

  • Birthdays and Gardening

    The veg patch needs some attention and the spuds are in! May need some protection from frosts, but down here in the southwest, we can usually harvest mid May which is a good few weeks before the rest of the...

  • Siennas and Grey Skies

    It was one of the highest tides of the year today, and with huge surf pounding the beaches, we took off to Millook to see all the local boys surfing at low tide. The day and sky was heavily leaden...

  • Spring in the air by the sea

    I could paint at 7.00 am today. A beautiful start to the day as I welcome the arrival of Spring. The birds have been singing for a few weeks, but I like to see the natural light lengthening each day....

  • Shimmery sea

    With stormy clouds coming in off the Atlantic, the glimpses of sunlight make the sea glisten in places. Although we think of the sea as blue, it was in fact a beautiful serene grey green with lighter aqua patches running...

  • My Latest Completed Painting

    Millook Beach My latest finished painting is of a small cove down the coast. Not a tourist hotspot because of its abundance of round bolders . It is a storm beach on the Atlantic coast of North Cornwall at the...