Celebrating Earth Day with Orchids.

Illustrious orchid, harbinger of spring, 

Your spectacular beauty sings! 

A tonic to my eyes, a spiritual lift 

Is your communication to me. 


The Heroic Poppy.

I have always admired the beauty of the poppy, and am intrigued that such a soft, delicate, flower has wreaked havoc and death in peoples lives by the opium produced from the seeds. The flower is also a symbol of remembrance of 20 million deaths in the first world war.

Sunflowers and Stars.

I recently went on a road trip and took my trusted box of felt tip pens and a small drawing pad. Sunflowers and Stars was the result.

Aqua Daisy. Cross-Hatching Drawing

I experiment quite a bit with art and thought I’d give cross-hatching a try. It is something I am familiar with, having practiced it a lot when I did a drawing course years ago, however, I never kept up with it. I started with a simple pen drawing, keeping it neat and tidy as pen...

Okay, so I am feeling spring silly!

Like I said, I am feeling 'Spring Silly'.  I know I am not the only one, it affects the best of us!  I love spring. I could jump and shout, and go on and on about this crazy season, but I won't! BUT I did do some crazy stuff with my spring photographs.  Just for...

Macro Flower Photography

I am a flower fanatic and never miss an opportunity to photograph a flower. I have taken hundreds of pics of flowers and no doubt, will take hundreds more. Macro flowers require a little more focusing and concentration, but determination overcomes all the obstacles associated with macro photography. The Glory Bower, above left and right,...

‘Think-of-it!’

'THINK-OF-IT" I awoke to another quotidian morn To the silence of dawn, With just the chirp of a bulbul. Recalling blessings, I oft forget, I sent up my prayers of thanks And rose out of bed. I put the water on to boil, Looking forward to my brew, Just then I heard the song -...