birds books art dog food fields
sketch in hand
Almost 33 years ago I bumped into a guy in a bar towards closing time, we were both slightly intoxicated and one thing led to another.......we've been happily married for 28 of those 33 years, are the proud parents of two sons, who've flown the coop and currently share a home with 3 dogs! I soon realised I'd met a man with a passion: hunting and outdoor life. He's a farmer's son and since his mother passed away a few years ago (his dad died many years before) and the land was divided between the siblings, we became landowners. He had always been involved in the affairs of the land, and knows every inch of these fields and grienden (willow plots) like the back of his hand. Sunday afternoon we went to inspect the wild flower meadows and rows of broad beans. I love the light in the air these late September days....
our harvest at the dinner table:
Another love of mine is reading (and collecting) books, I've recently started Dee Mallon's 'The Weight of Cloth' and have to admit I LOVE it! It's a proper page-turner! I am a huge fan of her blog and have admired her writing for many years now. Thanks to this novel I am learning so much about American slave life, the details are horrifying. Alas, I'm not surprised by our capacity for cruelty, our daily news is rife with war stories. However, the extent to which the everyday minds of 'whites' was infected by the normalcy of what is clearly not so, is maddening, stomach-turning and I realise how this manner of systemic racism lingers on till today. It is heart breaking. I was hooked from page one and continue to read well into the night.....READ THIS BOOK!
Below several other recent reads: Eleanor Perényi's Green Thoughts hilarious, witty and highly entertaining and Miranda July's All Fours, containing some of the best written sex scenes, ever!
'politician squeak' inkwash/stamps A4
no explanation required I'm guessing....not sure if I have time to turn this one into a print
several Clay BirdBeings, am never really satisfied with my clay results, but I do like how these have evolved, they will probably be for sale during WaardArt weekend; still
ClayGirl, appr. 30 cm l
these two are as yet with out titles, appr. 30/40 cm
bye for now
Comments
Me too on the two boys who’ve flown the coop, though K and I share our house with only one dog!
je klei werk inspireert me heb pas wat zelf droogklei aangekocht .... wie weet wat komt er nog uit
't was zalig om je blogwoorden te lezen , ook over je lover ( ben ook boer afkomstig ) ken de geuren van het land ... loop er graag langs / in , oktober bijna ,MIJN maand van geb. van seizoen van geuren en kleuren van gefilterd zonlicht van maan en sterren .( even stil zitten ) ik kan je geluk voelen je glimlach zien , in herinnering , wanneer kom je nog es dees kanten op ? ( kom dan via E 34 (?) vermijd tunnel E17 drukte , ; wellicht loop ik wat vooruit en had beter gemaild toch ,
laat het en druk op ...publi....