In memory of all those who didn’t make to Christmas this year. 🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️

Just to make you smile.

I’m a self-taught artist so every day is a learning curve for me. Knowledge is empowering. I love learning, especially when it helps me to improve my art. Yesterday, I learnt something new. ❤️

At my age, any compliment is appreciated. Much better than being invisible. A gentleman, working in Specsaver walks passed me then came back to tell me how much he liked my boots 🥾 He made my day. 😀❤️😀

Had a wonderful afternoon with my son and daughter in law. As you can see we were having an engaging conversation 😂🤣😂 Honestly, chatting over the phone is better than talking in person. 😉

The Church of Atheism… Oh yes! 🤣😂🤣

In memory of those who made Britain Great❤️ Thank You❤️

The reason I started working in my garden two months ago was that I needed an outlet for my anger and frustration. Every day, I'm becoming calmer but I'm not quite there yet. Keep smiling everyone 😂 P.S. a freshly dug garden makes it easier to hide the bodies.

To some the view from my home isn't paradise, no rolling countryside or crashing shoreline but it’s a kind of paradise. A quiet street full of kind neighbours, always there for you. The stretch of greenery allows us to watch the changing seasons. Good neighbours are priceless. Thank you.

🎃Happy Halloween to you all. 🎃

My long haired cat Brutus was busy helping me in the garden today. He climbed into my garden trolley and fell asleep. Bless him.

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I just had a wonderful chat with this gentleman. I asked him about his earrings, expecting him to have them done in his wild youth. Bill said he had the piercings when he was sixty. He always wanted to get them done and decided to live his best life now. I love hearing strangers' stories.

Autumn in Essex England

Early morning sky

Please enjoy my slideshow and video of my walk this morning. It through the English countryside

I’m amazed to find that my loquat is in flower again. Unless it is a very mild this winter it won’t fruit 😢

I’m busy working on a small painting of a pet. Here are the first three stages. 1) I do a detail sketch onto the slice of wood after the coat of white paint has dried 2) I paint in the first coats of paint in thin washes 3) third stage is to build up the details. We aren’t finished yet.

Many years ago, I bought a tiny grape vine in a plastic pot from a charity shop. It must love the place I planted it in as the vine spread across the garage roof. The change of weather after the hot dry to rain has swollen the grapes nicely and taste quite sweet now.

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Busy in the garden. 1) garden spider wrapping up its dinner. 2) bumblebee on a sunflower collecting pollen 3) an oak bush cricket 4) geese in a field in the distance Rivenhall Church

1 & 2 Traveler’s Joy 3) Golden Gage 4) Bradwell Church

Another day busy in the garden. It’s amazing what wildlife lives so close to us. A cabbage white butterfly and this amazing fungus in the manure.

Come take a walk with me.

This morning's walk was interesting because Ana and I discussed world issues, which is something we rarely do. Then, we met a gentleman, and we ended up having a conversation on the exact same topic. The sky was stunning after the rain. A pleasant walk, although the heat was rising quickly.

If like me you have been wondering what is growing in these purple and white fields the flowers are Phacelia tanacetifolia, commonly known as Lacy Phacelia, Fiddleneck, or Scorpion Weed. These plants are green manure and pollinator plants. They are drought-tolerant and thrive in a sunny position.

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My theme while out walking was patterns. The walk took 8,433 steps and I’ve add captions to the photos

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Pyramidal Orchids, Small Heath butterfly and a pair of Mute Swans. From this morning walk.

Twinned in my holly tree a Woodbine (also known as honeysuckle) grows. The plant is associated with humility, purity, and the restoration of happiness. In folklore, it blooms on the graves of those executed for crimes they didn't commit and linked to love and romantic affection in various cultures.

A Sexton Beetle or burying beetle are carrion feeder with a good sense of smell, enabling it to detect dead animals. They bury the corpse, removing fur or feather. After that it laid its eggs closes by for its grubs to feed on. Hence the name, Sexton Beetle. Sexton acts as a gravedigger.

From this morning's walk. It took us from Silver End to Perry Green 1) the old farmhouse is now a nursing home. 2) a red postbox 3) the old barn which is now a wedding bride shop. 4) Perry Green

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From this morning walk wild flowers

My story The Meetings has a back story of its own. I wrote it to submit to a Women's Magazine and it was rejected. Then I submitted it to a competition and it became an overall winner. Read it Here. #Readerscommunity www.cafelitmagazine.uk/2025/04/satu...

Please grab a cuppa, put your feet up and check out my latest short story When a tall, dark, handsome man grants three wishes... what would you wish for? www.cafelitmagazine.uk/2025/04/dand... Thank you #readers

Come take a walk with me and hear the birds singing. ❤️

Bee-fly (hoverfly) feeding in on plants in garden

The birds are singing

The incinerator’s chimney has blends into the surroundings country well, don't you think? 😉 It was a chilly walk this morning so Ana and I had to walk fast to keep warm. I missed the bright sunshine ☀️ A lovely long walk (13k steps) for me as I took in the co-op for a bit of shopping.

Enjoy a cuppa or a glass of your favourite tipple while reading my latest piece of flash fiction called A Bit of Preloved. Sometimes, pre-loved comes at a price, so Jethro found out the hard way. Thank you for taking the time to read it. www.cafelitmagazine.uk/2025/04/a-bi...

Take a morning walk in an English Church Yard.

Took a walk around the old airfield and passed the incinerator and back past Redrow housing estate. It was a beautiful morning to be out walking #photojournal

Since the age of computer millions have taken up writing with the idea of making money. What’s needed is more avid readers willing to pay for well written books or borrow them for libraries as AI can’t solve the problem of lack of readers.

No time for a novel? Then here's a short sharp read to keep you turning the pages: mybook.to/NeverReaching Why is the house so familiar to Blake when he's never been there before. What dark force resides within it? #readingcommunity

Please check out my new short story, If Wishes Were... sometimes you must be careful what you wish for. Thank you for taking the time to read it. www.cafelitmagazine.uk/2025/03/if-w... #readingcommuity

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Time to put your feet up and grab a cuppa. Here’s another short tale from my collection. What’s Normal? George will explain everything, won’t you, George? www.cafelitmagazine.uk/2021/03/what... #readers #shortstories

Are you looking for a short read to enjoy with a cuppa or maybe a glass or two of your favourite tipple then please check out this tale of brotherly love. Thank you for taking the time to read it. ❤️ www.cafelitmagazine.uk/2018/01/gemi... #shortstories