Saturday, December 18, 2010

Birds, beasts and beach.



Yesterday, Christmas shopping in St Davids in the tiny bookshop on The Pebbles. I came out of the shop with more books than I would ever leave a huge Waterstones with including the beautiful George Orwell which would make the most excellent Christmas present for Nick Clegg, and The White Ravens by Owen Sheers published by an independent publisher called Seren.  Painted into the dark hours while the wind called around the house carrying the cries of the lapwings.

On the beach this morning:
A small scrap of a seal pup, born too late, now just a feast for crows.
Strange light reflected from heavy clouds that promise snow.

In the garden, chaffinch, sparrow, bluetit and great tit, starling and robin, jackdaw, thrush, blackbird, magpie, rook and dunnock. There have been goldcrests too and wren and goldfinch and bullfinch. But still no greenfinch.








10 comments:

  1. I have heard that your books will soon be published in German. Is this right?

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  2. Not as far as I know. Hoping that when teh cat one comes out it will pick up a German edition. Would be good though.

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  3. Those mugs are beautiful, Jackie.

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  4. How much fun it must be to drink from a cup that you helped to create-lovely!!!

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  5. So sad about the little seal pup. Maybe next batch of mugs you do need some seals on. Maybe once you get your poetry book "to bed" you'll have some time for "mugging" at Adam's studio. I love the lady in the boat(?) bed with the two dogs beside her. Reminds me of a happier version of Grimshaw's "Lady of Shalott" (http://www.victorianweb.org/painting/grimshaw/paintings/12.html) Much as I love the cheetah, I'd have to choose the hare mug.

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  6. Your drawings look lovely on those mugs! I love this time of year when we can see more clearly the shape of little birds in trees. :)xx

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  7. the painting is lovely Jackie,,your imagination is limitless, on another note,, question,,, are you able to leave the large clay pots out all winter?My good friend is a potter who makes large vessels for the garden but we have to bring them in for winter.Your style is evident in every aspect of your life, I like that,, nothing phoney about you!!!

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  8. with WOL, am saddened that one little pup is lost, but then rememebered that the one death is the gift of life to others. We lose quantities of birds in even our mildest winters, and nature is not wasteful ever. For every thing that dies, other animals and plants take in the benefit.

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  9. bringing one in Laurie, but they are glazed so shouldn't shatter in frost.

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