This weekend we visited Jurassic Encounter 2022 at Royal Victoria Country Park in Netley near Southampton. This is a giant travelling exhibition of some 50 dinosaurs (and a couple of non dinosaurs), touring various parts of the UK and EU countries. We visited with three of our children (the 11-year-old, the toddler, and the baby). […]
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Ok so this week has been a bit crap in some ways, the fridge-freezer broke down (for good this time); I have been feeling awful and in pain and it has interfered in my plans. Now you can either get down about these things or start to look at solutions. I have made a conscious […]
Well today on my journey of re-wiring my brain and feeling the fear but doing it anyway I attempted to join a rather selective Arts Network. I always find these things awkward and I don’t really like the idea of them; after all art is subjective so someone judging me and something that is very […]
So today’s new thing is I submitted a collection of six of my poems to University of Illinos’ literary journal the Ninth Letter. Although I am well aware that nothing will probably come of any of this I think the main thing is that I am trying to make a positive change in my life […]
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Insomnia
Weary, Confused and Longing For a chance to sleep and to dream Feeling the memories of another day Slip between my fingers As my brain recycles through the wasteland Of the pointless things we believe Feeling my energy zapping As I fall through the cracks on the floor
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Aspex Gallery Freedom’s Road
So some days you have a nice surprise. Some days you have a crap one. Last week I had quite a nice surprise. Aspex Gallery in Portsmouth have been running an open arts project called “Freedom’s Road”. For this they asked artists living within an hour of the gallery to send in small postcard size […]
As mothers, it’s not often that we feel seen, heard and valued. Yet our everyday stories matter, and sharing them can inspire others. Story of Mum: Mums making an exhibition of ourselves is a touring programme of exhibitions and events in galleries and online that aims to put mothers in the spotlight. The exhibition celebrates motherhood, explores […]
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Dreams
When we are young we have dreams, we have hopes and ambitions. A lot of the time those aspirations become diluted and quite often fade altogether. Things happen, we become worn down by life; or we meet someone, fall in love and put our dreams on the back burner as we think there’s still so […]
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Why I love photography
I was uploading another image to my etsy shop today ArtPhotoDesignbyB and it got me to thinking. My camera is probably my oldest friend, I don’t mean the same camera, No I definitely upgraded from the boots diskette camera my parents bought me in the late 80s for my eighth birthday, but it has been my […]