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Monthly Archives: October 2013
Another Clifftop Walk: St Margaret’s Bay to the South Foreland Lighthouse and a Bit Further
It was a windy, rainy September Sunday. It wouldn’t have been a good idea to have wandered to close to the edge of those white cliffs, for fear of being whisked over. It wasn’t cold, though, making for a very pleasant, invigorating walk. It was a continuation of the walk we made while on a week’s stay, at the back-end of August, in the adjacent village to St Margaret’s (heading towards Deal) called Kingsdown. Continue reading
Posted in Art, Ecology, Photography, Walking
Tagged black flint, Flora, free food, Miriam Margolyes, Mrs Knott's Tearoom, National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, Peter Ustinov, sea kale, seagull, South Foreland Lighthouse, St Margaret-at-Cliffe, The Pines Gardens Tea Room, Walking by the Sea, Walks, walks, walks by the sea, White Cliffs of Dover, Winston Churchill, world war ii
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Friday Fictioneers 100-Word Story Challenge: He Ain’t Heavy
Every Friday authors from around the world gather at the virtual fireside of fellow WordPress blogger, author Rochelle Wisoff to share flash fiction stories of 100 words, all inspired by a common photograph, and exchange constructive criticism. Readers’ comments are … Continue reading
Posted in Dialogue, Short Story Writing, Writing
Tagged Dialogue, Fiction, Flash Fiction, flash fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Online Writing, Short Story Writing, Writing
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Hey Ho: Another Mixed Media Encaustic Birthday Card
I made this card for my husband’s recent birthday. The support’s a 7″x5″ canvas board. Again, I’m experimenting with collage, modelling paste, shellac, encaustic and glitter and sandpaper and acrylic medium, and, and, and … There are several layers to this, each mauled to within an inch of its life with one instrument of torture or another. The image is the boat we’re doing up (a 1970s Albin Vega). The boat in reality looks a lot better than on this card as we’ve almost finished stripping the layers of antifouling paint from the hull. It’s not a job I want to do again in a tearing hurry and that’s a fact. Continue reading