[I originally posted this entry as early access for my Patreon patrons on 31 May 2022].
A series of photographs I took of Table Cape Lighthouse during my visit to Tasmania in March 2018.
under glass
[I originally posted this entry as early access for my Patreon patrons on 7 May 2022].
a ca(p)tive audience
Now that Meg's gorgeous face has got your attention...
I have a couple of return tickets to use for travel on the Avanti West Coast network by late November.
Ideally, I'd like to travel back to north Wales and Edinburgh on those tickets. I haven't been to Edinburgh since 2011, and most of my travels in north Wales were back in 2001. I'd also like to venture from Edinburgh to Inverness (or thereabouts) to visit a friend.
Related: I'd like to find some cat-sitting (or dog-sitting, or just house-sitting) work in Edinburgh.
And also somewhere on or near the Avanti West Coast network in north Wales. Potentially around Llandudno.
My full-time temporary work will drop to three days from July, and I can work fully remote. So I'm relatively flexible about location and duration as long as I have decent internet access.
To allow me enough time to get out and explore, it would need to be at least a long weekend, but I'm open to a week or more (my first cat-sitting gig was three weeks).
I can provide references for my cat-sitting and photographic evidence of happy kittehs I've cat-sat. I keep lines of communication open while looking after kittehs, and I'm a clean and tidy occupant.
I also feed fish and can guard goldfish against kittehs, if required ;)
And prints from kitteh portrait sessions are an optional extra.
I thought I'd put my feelers out through friends first before potentially listing myself on Cat in a Flat or similar. In case I know (or you know) anyone in or around Edinburgh or Llandudno/the Avanti West Coast network across north Wales.
My only real restriction is that I don't drive. So anywhere I'm cat-sitting has to have reasonable transport connections (foot, train, bus, cab, etc.)
Bonus points if the home has a room with floral wallpaper, and I can take self-portraits in and around the place I'm cat/dog/house-sitting if I'm so inspired.
If you or someone you know might be interested, slide into my DMs for more info and a confidential discussion ;)
outcasts always mourn
[I originally posted this entry as early access for my Patreon patrons on 30 May 2022].
magnolia on blue (bromley)
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road to lamington
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bright blue rose
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ochna serrulata
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Technically, these are the fruitlets and sepals of the Ochna serrulata, not the flower, but sepals are part of the flowers, so I'mma let this one pass through because they're damned purty.
Taken during a photo walk around Redland Bay in Queensland back in 2009.
They're designated as an invasive species in Australia despite their attractive appearance.
ballroom blitz
[I originally posted this entry as early access for my Patreon patrons on 18 May 2022].
The ballroom at Bletchley Park.
under her wing
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hedge bindweed
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untitled #9
[I originally posted this entry as early access for my Patreon patrons on 10 May 2022].
Tonight was the calm, creative and productive evening I had hoped to have last night.
Something I desperately needed after an unexpectedly stressful and emotional 24+ hours.
Tonight was an evening spent editing photos, sharing work here with you and listening to my illuminations playlist followed by Dubstar's latest album, Two.
For much of the evening, I've enjoyed the company of a brimstone moth who you can see on my Instagram, chilling on my desk. S/he's nestled in a crook of the hutch on my desk as I type this.
I guess if I don't have cat-sitting therapy this month, then at least I have the calming company of a pretty moth. Though initially, s/he had the 'zoomies' around my monitor :P
untitled #144
[I originally posted this entry as early access for my Patreon patrons on 9 May 2022].
I love the quality of sunlight after rain, especially on graves.
Phil and I were wandering the churchyard at St Nicholas' Church in Arundel just after the rain stopped and the light falling on the graves was just lovely.
Because the clouds were still moving across, I had to time my shot just right to take full advantage of the light.
I saw this photo before I took it, but as I lined myself up to take it, the light changed. I had to wait patiently in a squatting position until it returned.
I wanted a good pun on this fellow's name as a title, but I couldn't think of anything that didn't feel too forced or didn't quite work.
Contenders were:
the sun shines out of his puttock(s)
a firm puttock
Let me know if you have a contender, and if it works, maybe I'll rename this photo.
wisteria sinensis
[I originally posted this entry as early access for my Patreon patrons on 7 May 2022].
birdhouses in my soul
[I originally posted this entry as early access for my Patreon patrons on 5 May 2022].
I didn't notice a swan was photobombing when I took these photos!
Unfortunately, you probably can't make it out in these photos at this size, but s/he is behind the white house with red trim in the centre.
The realisation made me laugh very loudly as I was editing.
free stonemasonry
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cherry blossoms
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keep away from edge
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pure mourning
[I originally posted this entry as early access for my Patreon patrons on 31 March 2022].
Painting:
shirotae
[I originally posted this entry as early access for my Patreon patrons on 23 April 2022].
I'm happy to be corrected, but I believe this is shirotae, a cultivar of Japanese flowering cherry or cherry blossom trees.
Found a couple of doors down from the house at which I've been semi-regularly cat-sitting since Christmas time.
Such a lovely sight to behold over the Easter weekend.