A Happy Day

Hectic evening. Chapter 4 edited of my next re-published novel. Finished casting the minifigs for my next horror movie lego photoshoot (can you guess the movie I will be recreating?) And now settling for an evening's reading sesh!

Alien Weed

I’m already 3 chapters into re-editing my second novel for its November 2026 re-release. 

The Legacy reissue will feature fully revised and re-edited text, new cover artwork and a sleazier pulp title. 

Whilst my first novel drew on old folklore, my second is a sci-fi tale of psychedelic alien spores that transform life on Earth. As the new wonder plant ends world hunger and malnutrition, and provides new medicines that cure most human diseases, humanity falls in love with the extraterrestrial plant life. But the rare individuals who are allergic to the plant see something far more sinister in the growing popularity of the plant. As these few 'outsiders' become shunned and despised by the masses who consume the alien weed, they are the only people who notice how the plant manipulates human minds, turning those who consume it into slaves to its alien needs...

Feeling Proud

Completed this baby today, and I quite proud of myself.

You can buy it from Amazon here. 🙂📖

Battling the Blues

I forced myself out this evening, to honour commitments and work on staving off the winter blues, which I can already feel starting to haunt me again. And, you know what? I really enjoyed the evening. Put in a great bowling performance and enjoyed some great chat. 👍 

Fighting the Blues

Down the allotment, doing my own thing in my own little world. Completed my edition of Rumpelstilskin aka Crawley well ahead of schedule.

 

Halloween Horror Pop Funko #3

Photographed by the light of a single candle to add to his eerie look, here is the Reverand Kane, from the Poltergeist II movie:

Halloweeen Horror Pop Funko #2

Halloween 2026 Pop Funko #2. Photographed on top of my closed black laptop lid pushed again a demijohn of fermenting wine, which I backlit with the torchlight from another mobile phone. Shaun of the Dead.

The Gubbins at Pub on the Pond

 A more restful day today, with an evening spent down the Pub on the Pond for their weekly 2 hour quiz night.

Gubbins

Unfortunately, a milk contamination sent me home early to bed, old-Stool antihistamines and a very deep slumber, whilst the rest of the family did their best to stop our team from coming last. Which the accomplished!

Pen-Y-Fan

After a quick stop off for some chow, slurp and a skeleton, it was time to head off to Pen-Y-Fan to introduce  Amb and Si to the trials and tribulations of their first mountain climb.

 

After which, we headed to The Ancient Briton for a well-earned pint 🙂🙂🙂🙂

Cardiff IKEA

Swansea Walk with Amb and Si

My first-born and her fiance, Si, are down for the weekend. On their first full day here, we sauntered down to the beach, taking in a few parks along the way.

What started as me trying to capture a beautifully peaceful scene, ended up in me capturing the brutal reality of life in the wild:

En route, we passed this great painted van - May the Force be With You! You can see more pics of the van here.

September's Close

Well, September is nearly over and done with. All things considered, it has been a pretty good month. I kept to my creative goal for the month, which was to create and publish journals and calendars for both my See Gower and See Glastonbury websites. The journals are all available on Amazon, whilst the calendars can be ordered direct from me, via their respective websites and associated social.

Not only did I complete my September goals, I also found the time to make a great start on my October project. I am already more than half way through updating, editing and even renaming my first published novel. I have even completed the new cover design for the new Legacy Edition!

Let's  see how October progresses now...

Malvern 2026 | Day 2

The weather was more cloudy for our last dat at the Malvern Autumn Show. 

The giant vegetable display was cool to look around:

Lush

We had ourselves a little sit down in a WW2 pub in the afternoon, where the ambience was so evocative I finally created a new audio recording after I don't know how long:

A bigger spending today today, though my purchases were more than reasonably priced:

Another loph. At £7 - had no choice but to bring it home

This  pre-1939 was just a tenner!

A cool new home four Apple Snail

Stunning skies on the way home too: