from the sublime to the ridiculous... continuing daily picture(s) during lockdown ....

 

focus on this photo and let your mind go...

then later on, look at our cat, who loves to sunbathe :)

and if you enjoy cat cartoons...try a simon’s cat search... they are so true to life & great fun !

Sea mist at Dawn around the Needles, Isle of Wight

 

                                Sea mist... detail...oil on canvas : Janet Driver

Seeing the sun shining through sea mist is incredibly beautiful, especially at dawn or sunset when so many subtle colours appear to hang suspended in the air, and patches of the rocks can be glimpsed glistening in sunlight yet hidden away from full view... mysterious shapes that change as you try to discern where the rocks actually stand, just beyond the hidden cliff-edge...

more of the same painting...

 

 

White Poppies for Remembrance....of all victims of war...

 

you can buy white poppies from ppu.org.uk

When we first came to live in Wivenhoe,  one of my earliest memories is of meeting a lady standing near the bookshop with white poppies & a donation tin... & it was pouring with rain !  [typical November ]

I still dream of a waterfall of white poppies.... for a future of peace...

 

autumnal colours

brilliant sunshine enabled me to catch these beautiful bronze leaves and then the darker flowering Sedum...what you might well expect during autumn...

but then I found some surprises...

...this Passion Flower I would expect to see in Spring or early summer...

Don’t forget to add your email on the top right hand side, then click submit... I will not see your email... but you will receive an automatic notification whenever I add a new blog-post... & during the lockdown again this time I hope to find you a picture a day... & when we get to Advent, I will have a variety of paintings by artists around the world to share with you in preparation for Christmas...take care of yourself & keep others safe during this difficult time...

JMW Turner: Rain,steam and speed...celebrating a new form of locomotion...

exhibition until March 2021   : Turner’s Modern World    details :  https://www.tate.org.uk

Sadly I only just read about this exhibition as the Tate is about to close on 5th November due to the Covid Lockdown... but click on the link above, to the tate website,  for details & re-opening...meanwhile enjoy some of Turner’s atmospheric sunset paintings which I have found via Pinterest :

JMW  Turner : the fighting temeraire...with detail above

During this 2nd Lockdown : 5th Nov - 2nd Dec 2020 I will begin to put a picture a day on this blog, as I did before, from March...