Tag: Inspiration
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What does a whisper look like?
I’ve been playing with words again this morning, trying to come up with a visual illustration for a whisper. No, I’ve not lost my mind or anything, it’s for this week’s Illustration Friday theme. And yes, I know that I’ve only just done one, but we’ve had another Friday since then so we’re now in…
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Roses and Violets
Roses are… Gwyneth thought whilst trying to find the most beautiful thing that she could in her vast collection of cheap artificial flowers and unusual wotnots. Red violets…? Very unusual, she thought, haphazardly, whilst rummaging through the large wooden crate, suddenly realising their colour had actually ran. Argh, blue…! She despaired as her hands and…
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Lanigeris aranea
The Earth was a totally different place around five million years ago. The creatures that lived on the Earth back then were somewhat different as well. Several looked similar to their modern-day counterparts, with one not-so-subtle difference. Back then, they were giants. And very woolly. Well some of them. The Woolly Mammoth is one of…
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Delicious Heat
I wasn’t prepared for the heat. It was a dry, sticky heat that lingered just a little longer than it really should have done, even when I moved into a cooler place. I had to move constantly, but the heat seemed to follow me, and catch up. Beads of sweat on my forehead did nothing…
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View from the window: Meteorite in the garden
In a recent post, I described how I had been trapped in the bathroom after a meteorite had landed on the roof of the Mansion. It was quite a large meteorite, it must be said, and there were many smaller ones strewn across the Grinds. The image above shows one just outside the window, which,…
The Mansionic Perspective 