“East Anglia has a particular attraction for detective novelists; the remoteness of the east coast, the dangerous encroaching North Sea, the bird-loud marshes, the emptiness, the great skies, the magnificent churches and the sense of being in a place alien, mysterious and slightly sinister, where it is possible to stand under friable cliffs eaten away [...]
Entries from December 27th, 2009
Snow!
December 18th, 2009 4 Comments
My relatives in Colorado and Vermont will snigger, but I’m excited. We had nearly four inches of snow fall overnight, I got stuck on a train in a blizzard for several hours, and this morning I did the obligatory running round the garden in pyjamas and wellies, photographing the snow.
Unfortunately it was too cold to [...]
Tags: snow
Purple Podded Peas
December 12th, 2009 1 Comment
Celia Hart is a printmaker and illustrator born and bred in East Anglia. She translates the world around her into block prints in hazy colours reminiscent of old book illustrations, as well as blogging about cosy studio life and the rich harvest of her walled garden.
She edits out the sad things of life away [...]
Tags: block prints · celia hart · gardening · magic cochin · printmaking
Winter
December 12th, 2009 No Comments
Back home, and picking up the pieces after the end of a big project – pottering in the garden, which is too wet to do anything with, tidying my desk, watching the birds whose feeder I’ve only been able to refill late at night by torchlight up til now.
Cambridgeshire is cold and damp right now [...]
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St Jude’s Christmas Show
December 4th, 2009 No Comments
St Jude’s in Itteringham are opening their Christmas show with mulled wine, mince pies and a glorious exhibition of prints.
Felbrigg Hall by Ed Kluz is one of the standout pieces for me in the online preview – part collage, part painting and full of joyful colour, it’s one of a collection of images of eccentric [...]
Tags: christmas presents · printmaking · st judes