Thanks for your entries for The Gallery’s “Can you see what it is yet?” photo quiz. The answers: 1. Casa Mila in Barcelona. Often known as La Pedrera (Catalan for ‘The Quarry), designed by Antoni Gaudi. 2.
The Gallery – Where’s Mum Gone to?
For The Gallery this week the theme is “Can you see what it is yet?”. Tara has asked us all to photograph something at an odd angle or focus so that the object looks different. I
Digitally re:masterpieces – The Bedroom
Something brilliant has begun over at Is there a Plan B? which I thought was so good, I had to join in. It all started with a Gallery entry for the theme ‘Still Life’ where Plan B recreated
The Gallery – Holidays – Laughs on Lake Garda
The theme for this week’s Gallery is ‘Holidays’. Right up my street this one, though fraught with difficulty as to what to choose. In the end I plumped for some photos from our
Mum’s Gone to buy Souvenirs – Spoons and Sombreros.
One of the most enjoyable parts of a holiday is deciding which bit of touristy tat to bring home. A universal pleasure, that desperate urge to choose something you will remember forever and show lovingly to your
Mum’s Gone to Poetry Corner
What you will read below isn’t what I’d call poetry. Verse? Maybe. A ditty? Possibly. Should Pam Ayres be worried? Probably not. I wrote it when Rory was a toddler. I found it the other
Mum’s Gone to the Ball
Last weekend was our local charity ball, which every year raises a very decent amount of money for Macmillan Cancer Support, Action Medical Research and, this year, Wish Upon A Star. We must have attended every one
The Gallery – Creatures – Small Furry Animal
Two summers ago we had a fascinating fly-drive round Eastern Canada, visiting cities such as Toronto, Montreal and Quebec. A few days were spent in Ottawa, which I had read had been dubbed one of