Category: Favourites
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Beware of Imitations
Years and years and years ago, there was a character, French I believe, called Barbapapa. He was like a huge blob of candyfloss who could change shape at will. I tried to recreate a nostalgic image, rather than borrowing an official one from the Internet. This alternative version looks friendly and sinister at the same…
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Seeing the Story
I enjoy seeing the story develop when I write. The characters may appear to me before a story takes shape, as the story gets going, or in future chapters. When I start writing, I have little idea as to where I would like the story to go… I just write, and with the help of…
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Out In The Open
‘We won, Ognar… we won…’ Myrtle clutched the (rather oversized) Great Chicken Run trophy as she beamed from ear to ear (with reference to the ears on her head, and not those on her own one of its kind blouse she created and was wearing), ‘no longer are we the laughing stock of the street!’…
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The Unicorn Challenge: Puzzled
Already, I’ve spotted Wally, by the edge, reading his newspaper, hiding in plain sight. I’m struggling to find five differences between the two sets of three wicker chairs at the front, although the middle one on the right is turned round just a little further than the middle one on the left. Actually, no, I’ve…
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Thomasina’s Vigil
Thomasina has been at it again… posing for another classic looking painting. This time, it’s the turn of Valkyrie’s Vigil, by Edward Robert Hughes. Here’s how the original painting looks: No artwork is safe, where Thomasina’s concerned. Flattery is the best form of imitation, as she likes to think.
The Mansionic Perspective 