fiery sky

sentimental songs

I bought a nice cd by Kathryn Williams, a very nice singer and songwriter, and I knew her at uni, she is younger than me which may explain why a lot of the songs are quite ,,we,, sentimental is possibly not kwyuite the right word, but introspective songs about relationships and feelings and stuff, and I was thinking when you get a bit older you think: no one writes songs about real reality- about having to go to the shops and having a bad back and liking a good nights sleep and stuff like that.. just a thought.
but here is a photo which I thought i had put on already but maybe not it is from saturday a lovely sky and two partings, a pastel and a watercolour. don't know why that went blue??

a painting and a couple of photos

the sins of the normans and John

but is it art? I just don't know, but I enjoyed clarting around with these photographs from today's expedition to Durham. I was really after a view I have seen in photos ad paintings of the Cathedral seen over rooftops but couldn't find such a view I shall keep on looking though.

I twas a nice day and listened to Led Zeppelin for first time in ages, I had stopped after reading a bit about their unsavoury shenanigans in their hay days involving a 17 year old groupie when you have daughters of 15 and 18 , 17 seems too close to childhood and thought we are told not to speak ill of the dead, John Bonhamm! you depraved son of a ********!!!! he was a great drummer but it does raise again the question of whether being talented is anything to do with being good and of course the answer is a resounding no. The current worship of talent is spiritually misleading to say the least but that's enough pf that for now. here are some pictures, I did come home and do a bit of painting and pastelling so it must have been a little bit inspiring.

climbed to the top of the cathedral tower, nice place but I possibly have said this before I can't help thinking about the marauding Normans when I see the cathedral, after coming across killing loads, pillaging lots stealing all the land they decide to build a few big churches! thats spirituality for you!!

I've had a long spell of not painting, perhaps a winter thing, artistic hibernation? here is one I have done from a photo I took in the lakes. I've started a couple more but not very happy with them at the moment.

I do continue to take lots of photographs here is one from a very nice afternoon in South Shields, what a lovely beach! and here are some south shields swans

parallel parking

Allenheads that should have been, and yesterday it snowed on me twice, but it is winter so we shouldn't complain. this below was the morning; the first was lunch time. a minute or two after this one it blizzarded on me good and proper.

this last pic is the closest parallel parking I ever did do, I really did get in there!! not quite straight but not bad, and as it happens I am listening to Kings of Leon's Coler which is m y favorite song at the moment.