I'm not alone," said the boy. "I've got a puppy.” ― Jane Thayer, The Puppy Who Wanted a Boy Since Mr T has almost completed all the fiddly bits on the new garage/studio project, I was desperate to try a mini photo session to see what the light coming from the main window was like,… Continue reading 30 MINUTES WITH SOOKIE
I like dogs Big dogs Little dogs Fat dogs Doggy dogs Old dogs Puppy dogs I like dogs A dog that is barking over the hill A dog that is dreaming very still A dog that is running wherever he will I like dogs.” ― Margaret Wise Brown, The Friendly Book It's no secret that… Continue reading BABY BEAGLE BOOGIE
Color directly influences the soul. Color is the keyboard, the eyes are the hammers, the soul is the piano with many strings. The artist is the hand that plays, touching one key or another purposively, to cause vibrations in the soul.” ― Wassily Kandinsky, Concerning the Spiritual in Art Autumn is visiting us here at… Continue reading SUNDAY MORNING COLOURS
What should I possibly have to tell you, oh venerable one? Perhaps that you're searching far too much? That in all that searching, you don't find the time for finding?” ― Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha Well I went searching for new subjects to photograph and didn't find any, so this post features the usual suspects,… Continue reading THE USUAL SUSPECTS – SCARAB VILLAGE
It's been slim pickings as far as finding pets to photograph the last few weeks and my inspiration has dried up a little, so what better way to boost it again than to do something creative but in an entirely different field. Enter stage left, my old pine desk. I bought this desk over 20… Continue reading ANNIE SLOAN CHALK PAINT DESK MAKEOVER
“The dachshund is a perfectly engineered dog. It is precisely long enough for a single standard stroke of the back, but you aren't paying for any superfluous leg.” ― Mary Doria Russell, Dreamers of the Day Once upon a time, there lived an incorrigible escape artist, lovable dachshund called Coco and her partner in crime, Marley.… Continue reading COCO & MARLEY
What are little boys made of? What are little boys made of? Frogs and snails And puppy-dogs' tails, That's what little boys are made of." My final port of call and the main reason for me visiting Johannesburg was my dear friend Natachia and her twin boys Tristan and Tyler. I take my hat… Continue reading HE AIN’T HEAVY…
It is lovely to meet an old person whose face is deeply lined, a face that has been deeply inhabited, to look in the eyes and find light there.” ― John O'Donohue, Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom Crossing the threshold of Ottavia & Marios home I always feel like Alice, stepping through the… Continue reading HOME ISN’T A PLACE, IT’S A FEELING
“I meant," said Ipslore bitterly, "what is there in this world that truly makes living worthwhile?" Death thought about it. CATS, he said eventually. CATS ARE NICE.” ― Terry Pratchett, Sourcery A long forgotten emotion stirred deep within the woman as she held the tiny animal dripping wet, lying still and cold as a corpse,… Continue reading BIG CITY STORM IN A TEACUP
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