Painting sunflowers
Four members of the Friends of Lymm library craft group met today in the library, and two visitors joined us. I had advertised this...
Native American bird art
To celebrate the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples next week, I have produced some drawings based on Native American...
Around Lymm Dam
This leaf, one of many growing in the meadow beside Lymm Dam, may be that of the "creeping buttercup." Sloe and elderberries are ripening...
Sparks will fly
Our local nursery was full of sunset coloured flowers, and bees enjoying them. We bought two pots of begonias to add colour to our...
Wax resist Christmas cards
There wetre six people at the Westy Community Cnetre today, for a watercolour workshop. I began by giving them each two sheets of...
Sketching in Oxford
This part of Christchurch college looks out over the meadow and down to the river, where the colleges have their boathouses. Known as the...
The Garden Quad
I did this pen and ink sketch while sitting in the beautiful gardens of Balliol college in Oxford. Although close to a busy road, the...
Crochet
Nine people met in Lymm Sanctuary hub today, including a guest who wants to take part in the Christmas tree project. It is some time...
Pelargonium
As the red petals fall away from this potted pelargonium, scarlet pistils remain, pointing outwards. The leaves are pretty too - ruffled...
Crochet ear-rings
I have been experimenting with making ear-rings from embroidery silks - of which I have many. There is an impressive range on Etsy -...