LIFE IN THE FAST LANE October 2016 “What have you been up to Dad?” inquired our daughter Beth when she phoned. “Very busy” was my reply and I gave her a quick run down of recent events. “Wow, life in the fast lane” was her verdict though delivered with a chuckle. I laughed too given […] Continue reading → 
Note from Formentera We had left Innisfree on July 14th surprisingly colourful with lupins and sweet williams still fresh thanks to periodic cool, damp days. These are two of my favourite flowers with their unique scents and array of shades, special too as they always bloom on our daughter’s birthday. So before we left for […] Continue reading → 
HETHPOOL NORTHUMBERLAND March 24th 2014 Although fifty five years have past, I still have clear memories of my schooldays in deepest Oxfordshire. Particularly vivid is the end of day hymn we all sang; “Now the day is over.” While singing me and my schoolmates stood before a somewhat gory yet fascinating picture; the death of […] Continue reading → 
RE -WILDING “Expounding a positive vision should be at the centre of attempts to protect the things we love. An ounce of hope is worth a ton of despair.” (Monbiot. G. Guardian. 7/6/14) For George Monbiot the natural world is in a dire state, beleaguered on all fronts. Anyone empathising with its plight cannot help […] Continue reading → 
TRACKS Different bikes over different ‘tracks’; sixty miles covered accompanied by echoes of musical ‘tracks’, and with no mishaps, no ‘tears,. As you can see the classic track riff continued until the end. The Smokey Robinson song “Tracks of my tears” was my final flashback on that day of the brake block – Hardrock run. […] Continue reading → 
href=”https://www.birdsbikesbuttercups.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/FullSizeRender-8.jpg” rel=”attachment wp-att-193″> Long Tailed Tits in Willow.[/caption] This article shows some of my latest art projects. The first few pictures were inspired by the work of C.F Tunnicliffe – the background to this features in my article entitled Connections, found under Birds. Continue reading → 
Bird Tables At a young age, I became a woodwork enthusiast. Why? Well, with Dad being a self employed builder, decorator and carpenter the scene was well set. Moreover, when he brought home a small prefabricated shed and re-erected it in our back garden, a new world became available. It became my domain and hence […] Continue reading →