Soon heading off up the long road north for our holiday in Orkney.Staying in Perth tonight and sailing across Friday morning.

a recent painting from my ‘Vive La Nan’ show. Proper Chips

“Reading Is Fun!” The great Maurice Sendak’s poster for 1979’s International Year Of The Child.

After weeks of rain we have some sunshine and a sprinkling of snow 💒❄️☀️

Cole's Corner, painting by Sheffield artist Bill Kirby (1934-2019).

Incredible scenes as we slide from January into February and realise that yet again it's Monday night (and it's 5pm) so it MUST be time for Episode 4 of 'How light is it in #Orkney at 5pm this week?' We are NOT making this up. IT REALLY IS THIS LIGHT 💡

'Kirkwall Fair.' (1888) Although Arthur Melville was not regarded as one of the Glasgow Boys, he was seen by them to be a kindred spirit. A year after painting this work on Orkney, he left Edinburgh and settled in London, although he often returned to Scotland to paint.

If X equals bluesky Then I'll give it a try, Many followers have defected And now I have reconnected. Hoping for better days ahead Working from my garden shed, Inspiration is all I need Then all my followers will take heed. Not quite a sonnet.

I love this poem in Orcadian Dialect by Kevin Cormack in the latest edition of PN Review