by Patrick | Jan 29, 2026 | Environment, Lifestyle, photography, Remembrance, Travel, Uncategorized, wilderness
World War 2 hadn’t been over for two years yet. The British were still under a regime of rationing of food, clothing and fuel. The allocated rations were lower than they had been during World War 2 as supplies were diverted from Britain to feed starving peoples...
by Patrick | Nov 21, 2025 | art, art as language, Lifestyle, photography, Uncategorized
Getting old is combatted in part by staying active and engaged both physically and mentally. Now women can run faster than me, the physical is represented by ambling with a camera wherever the fancy takes me. I have a target gleaned from a Chinese exercise site where...
by Patrick | Oct 24, 2025 | Lifestyle, painting, Remembrance, Uncategorized
I greet each day looking to the sky, blessing the dawn’s arrival. The cat is under my feet until I fill his food bowl after which he lets me meander outside to gaze at the firmament. On this morning the crescent moon shone brightly, the sun, its light bringing more...
by Patrick | Jul 24, 2025 | art, art as language, Garden, Lifestyle, painting, photography, Uncategorized
Time passes. We measure our life in yesterdays, watches on our wrists measuring in seconds/minutes/strides/heartbeats. Calendars a tick of days and months, birthdays the rotations around the sun. We measure our ageing and contrast it with growth, calling seasons...
by Patrick | Jun 10, 2025 | Design, Lifestyle, Remembrance, Uncategorized
“OMG, I feel like such a fool, but it’s my very first time, so I just set it up on my own without telling anyone. And to cap it all, I’ve forgotten the password.” JK Rowling when locked out of her new website We’ve all been there. Bill Gates has made himself one...
by Patrick | Sep 8, 2024 | acrylicpainting, art, art as language, BRotS, drawing, oil, painting, pastels, photography, Uncategorized
There was only radio for entertainment for many of my early years. I have written before of how my father taught me to draw. My formative years were spent in physical exploration of woods and fields, making model aeroplanes and filling books with drawings. Aged six...
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