Category: Favourites
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All Smiles
#WorldWatercolorMonth Day Seven I stand before the entire world naked. Well, not literally the whole world (seven bloggers), and not exactly naked in the true sense of the word, but during this #WorldWatercolorMonth of July that’s how it feels. I’m new to watercolour painting… yes, I’ve painted during schooldays millennia ago, but haven’t done it…
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Equipment
#WorldWatercolorMonth Day Four These are the brushes I used to paint these brushes. The one in the middle at the back there is my favourite brush. I use that one the most. There’s a ‘full circle’ moment when one paints one’s brushes.
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The Sound of Summer! The Poll!
It’s Time! To Start! The Music! It’s Time! To Light! The Lights! For the past six weeks or so, each Saturday I have been posting songs which I feel could and should be the Beyond the Sphere Sound of Summer! The music has been played. The Poll is about to begin. So, for a quick…
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Car then canapés
The weather had been amazing. Glorious blue skies, bright sunshine, and the gentlest of breezes. Afternoon tea and scones had, as usual, gone down remarkably well, with everyone commenting on how fresh the strawberries had been. Lady Salinger-Wallis, the Ladies Katherine and Alexandria Thrift and Lady Flora Shaughnessy-Vawes had retired to the East Lawn for…
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Splashdown
“Don’t worry, ma’am… everything’s under control!” Lady Salinger-Wallis screamed ~ in between fits of uproarious laughter ~ as Edward, her chauffer, tried his very best to bring the hot air balloon back under his control. Somehow they’d managed to avoid the overhead electricity cables and the pylons they were attached to, and they were now…