Teddy bears
My daughter, soon to be 30, has been sorting through her childhood teddies and selecting some to be sold for charity, in new jumpers...
Buttercups
These inspired a birthday card for a friend. Pen and ink and brush pens.
Ness gardens
I made this sketch on a lovely sunny afternoon in Ness Botanic gardens looking across the River Dee to North Wales.
Scarecrow trail
Eight people met in the Sanctuary hub to make a serious start on scarecrows of Rosie and Jim for the festival's scarecrow trail. We have...
Dog walker on the Transpennine trail
Leaves create a shady green tunnel on this abandoned railway line, while horses graze in neighbouring fields, yellow with buttercups.
Wildlife
Seven residents and one volunteer helped to add butterflies, bees and beetles to our flower picture, using brush pens, oil pastels and...
Ladybird
Ladybirds are among the most recognisable and best loved beetles. Although the nursery rhyme "Ladybird, ladybird, fly away home" is...
Snails
I have another workshop at the care home where last month we made a collage of Spring flowers. This month I thought we could add some...
Becoming a butterfly
As the weather warms up, we are starting to see butterflies. They are fascinating creatures. Fossils suggest they were around at least 40...
May Queen Festival
The sun shone on a brass band, Morris dancers, children in home made crowns and care home residents waving from their decorated mini bus....