Category: Time
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Out of time

Tick Tock Not watching the clock Running around Not hearing a sound Tick Tock Losing the light Not seeing the sights No time to paint It’s getting late Tick Tock Running around I’m starting to frown Will writing be fine? I’m out of time Tick Completely out of time this evening, you may have guessed……
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Natural Beauty: Fruits

For #WorldWatercolorGroup. Today’s Natural Beauty prompt is fruits. I gave myself fifteen minutes to clobber together a pineapple, just using the paints, no pencil sketching beforehand. The leaves remind me a little of my hair at times, but they are meant to be leaves in this instance. And the pineapple looks kind of pineapple-ish, so…
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Natural Beauty: Fossils

Fossil Inspired, anyhow. Today’s #WORLDWATERCOLORGROUP watercolour has been inspired by the Asteroceras Obtusym, otherwise known as the Obtuse Star Ammonite, which I’m taking to be a well-known fact. According to Wikipedia, this is an extinct species of cephalopod of the Ammonite sub-class. They were carnivores, nektonic at that. These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived around the…
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Midnight Feast

Pies and pastries and pasta and pizza Potato salad and perfect ham rolls Not the best to be stuffing one’s face with At midnight, I suppose Quiche and brioche and peach and cheesecake Custard and strawberries and cream Oh no, I must simply eat something now I’ve just had another food dream!
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Summer Dreams

I long for the short hot nights of Summer Dreamy days with lullaby scents from yesteryear Rainbows in sprinklers And zephyrs that caress with a well practiced softness. I long for the short hot nights of Summer So I can lay awake wishing it were cooler.