Art and Abart

One of the locals told me in November that the winter here is lovely but the summer is always a disappointment. I am starting to understand ...

Today when I got up the thermometer in the kitchen said 13.2C but then the sun popped over the horizon and it was suddenly warmer. It is 2...

I bought a piece of greenstone recently in Greymouth. For years I had thought to buying a piece of greenstone, but only now did it feel like...

If you had not guessed, the photos in my November logs are of Dunedin. If you had asked me before I moved if it was possible to move countri...

A better photo (marginally) of my new 'Heimat'.

For some time now I have been feeling as if I was on the cusp of change. I just didn't know the direction. Now suddenly I am living in a...

The acoustics in the Festspielhaus at Bayreuth are just as amazing as everyone reports. The music glides out from under the covered orchestr...

The paper today reported that July temperatures in northern Germany were 5 degrees C above normal. I imagine people going to Bayreuth for th...

The rye field around the corner from where I am staying is ready for harvest. It glows golden in the evening light.  

Horses are a feature of the fields around Rissen and in June I spent a good deal of time drawing them. In June many of them had foals - b...

This thatched roof house in Rissen village has just been renovated and is occupied by the local real estate agent.

I am back in Hamburg. Arriving at the airport felt like coming home. It has been hot but now the first feel of autumn is in the air, a remin...

This is the Clifton suspension bridge in Bristol. It appears on many postcards of Bristol and is the city icon. More paintings of Bristol ...

Bristol is a pretty place, built on steep hills, population of 400,000 and a tidal river that runs into the sea. Why did I expect a big indu...

 

 

Today I decamp. Off to Bristol about an hour north of Frome which I have not visitied before but heard nice things about. Then onwards to Ge...

Walking with high heels is a challenge at any time, but particularly walking down the steep cobbled lane called Gentle Street. I followe...

My walk this morning took me past this church where I hovered a while to listen in case there was an organist playing. As I listened I looke...

Today I walked the Frome historic walk. This is the Rook Lane Chapel built in 1707 . It is, to quote the tourist brochure, a grade 1 listed ...