The UK has fifteen national parks:  two in Scotland, three in Wales and ten in England. Today I'm bringing you two thirds of the set. ...

How would you get to know a new area? Having seen a move away from Southampton coming for some time, I wondered how I would learn a new plac...

Here's a hearty little project from earlier in the summer, for my morris men in Southampton. King John's Morris Men  wanted a ne...

I have only minutes to make my annual post in honour of St. George's Day. Busy with long walks, printmaking with students, the whirl o...

The year since I took up morris dancing has been long enough only to encounter a fraction of its tradition and lore.  There's a deep min...

Last Autumn it was conkers that got me excited.  This year it's sparklers.  (Will it be mittens on elastic next year?) They're pr...

Just a quick one to say that, as of last month, my cards are on sale at Rum's Eg in Romsey. You can buy them and then tour the town t...

Up in time for Riverfest:  my flag at Riverside Park. Ace local jamboree Riverfest is on tomorrow (27th May) at Riverside Park in South...

I was late beginning work on a piece for St George's Day this year.  It has been a weekend of morris dancing around the Meon Valley in H...

Axis Towers:  my screenprint for a weekend of two tours. At the weekend I went on two tours in the cultural quarter:  two places that fo...

Did I mention the set of Hampshire towns that I've been drawing?  Here's a case study of a tricky one:  Alton. I settled on the fo...

My busy vignettes of London's high culture .  Who doesn't like an evening out in Theatreland? Surrounded by plush velvet, tassel...

My love of a rusticated pilaster is documented.  I can dig a dog-tooth and ogle an ogee.  There is a wealth of obscure words for different s...

PART ONE:   Today is St. George's Day! In honour of my national day, here are seven birds in formation.  The formation happens to be t...

I spend a lot of time thinking Hampshire thoughts, compiling snippets of geography and history.  There's a lot of Hampshire that I'v...

Destination Litomyšl!  My husband spent this weekend in the Czech Republic, staying in a UNESCO world heritage site, for a conference.  This...

The crop of 2016. Fifteen minutes away by bicycle, the allotment is almost completely cleared and covered for winter (the last thing to ...

The arrival of Autumn always needs celebrating, so here is a little piece to meet the moment. I'm the kind of person who, on the first...

I'm back from two days of driving to see family and friends.  I've thrown an image together (and not coloured it for now) to sum it ...

Here's an update on the vegetable situation, after a lot of time spent mixing watercolours into shades of green. Chomp your way thro...