Yep, I'm with you on this Brian...

Just finished… blimey quote a ride!

Revisiting this

An old favourite now but hoping to sell or exhibit

From earlier this year when I was stripping and cutting ivy from a fallen tree.. for sale dm If interested….

'The Shirland.' (c1950) The Shirland Arms on Shirland Road in Maida Vale, London was a mere 350 yards (320 metres) from Edward Ardizzone's front door so consequently he was a frequent visitor.

Haws bright in the sun yesterday

Looking forward to reading more...

It’s UK publication day for House of Day, House of Night, by Olga Tokarczuk, published by @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social This „constellation novel” is set in the author’s home village in SW Poland. fitzcarraldoeditions.com/books/house-...

Brightening up the day… mixed media on paper from earlier this year

𝘄𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁

A bit of winter sun and colour

The Children has finally found a place on the Madrid Review blog …been sitting around in the desk drawer for too long, glad it is out in the world…

Abbé done - oils mostly, on canvas 125x 90cms

world's first direct quantum observation of a bench

So great to be with the geese yesterday in all their honking flight! They had settled in the back field but something set them up…

The Aiguille and the Porte d'Aval seen upstream - 1885/1886 https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/3110138

Issue 6 is OUT! Our cover artist Lita Cabellut chats with Art Editor Lis Iglesias here #Art #madrid #Spain #litmag themadridreview.com/f/lita-cabel...

Remembering to be present. For us #HumansOfBlueSky

Study for a Gaelic Mass #1

Vu Thu Hien, Pagoda Thankgiving (watercolor on handmade paper, 2009)

Some good news this morning about a short story I wrote a while back… so pleased…more to follow…

Ongoing…

Great stuff

Gustave CAILLEBOTTE (1848-1894) - “Boulevard vu d'en haut” - Huile sur toile 65 cm x 54 cm - Peint en 1880 - Localisation: collection privée

‘Llananno’ - #RSThomas (Laboratories of the Spirit, Macmillan)

Final thread of all my starter packs for the year by way of thank you to all the people who have helped and supported me this year. First: Great Writers in Search of an Agent starter pack. @shinewoman.bsky.social @clareobrien.bsky.social @tooriekep.bsky.social & many more. Please follow & repost

Up where the Larches crack

Go on, go on support The Madrid Review!

Update - slow progress

Love it!

Thousands of rare American songs spanning jazz, blues and gospel — some more than a century old — are now available for the public to enjoy online. Further info and link are in the alt text 👇

As the week tilts toward Thanksgiving, Oliver Sacks's stirring meditation on gratitude and the deepest measure of living, composed as he was dying www.themarginalian.org/2015/11/24/o...

Sketchbookery from year

A poem - a moment or two at Pishwanton Wood #poetry

Cruck frames and roof structures in the barn up at Pishwanton

Went to a founding meeting of greenwoodworkers, bodgers and wood folk at Bolton Muir wood today. Great to catch up with old pals and new faces round a fire then took a nostalgic trip up to Pishwanton and pleased to see Malcolm’s timber framed buildings are looking good…

What a read - such heart rending and yet compassionate stuff. Learned so much about modern Greek history through the stories of these vigorous and compelling women. So inspiring in their will to raise souls and challenge the enormous damage of the Capitalist and fascist right cm

Bunch of Mimosa https://www.wikiart.org/en/pierre-bonnard/bunch-of-mimosa

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Join us for a night of literature and community with our free quarterly Online Open Mic Salon with host @kiklodge.bsky.social. As usual, it will feature excellent readings and a highly competitive quiz. Reading spots are limited, so sign up soon!

Ooo!

Destroying and reworking