T - 7

I am absolutely determined to finish the first tale of my portmanteau novel before I return to my office job next week... 

Sweynes Eye - Issue 12

Issue 12 of my photography zine Sweyne's Eye has now been published:)

T - 8 Days

Listening to The Carpenters as I work on my next book 🙂

T - 9 Days

I have just nine days left of my pandemic lockdown before I return to work :o/ 

Determined to make the most of this time, today I finally managed to completed the latest Sweyne's Eye photography zine. It should be hopefully be published sometime over the next few days :) 

Beautiful Borage

The Borage seeds I sowed back in Spring are now coming into their own :) One of my favourite plants in the world. And they are a magnet for honey bees :)

Bliss

Reading in the sunshine. 😎 With the most beautiful clouds floating in the sky above me. Bliss.

Editing

Portmanteau Movies #1 and #2

Getting in the mood to continue my very own collection of portmanteau horror tales by watching my favourite portmanteau movies. Starting with these two Amicus gems 😊

Gifts From My Daughter

I received a parcel in the post this morning from my lovely daughter - a fairies/gnomes waymarker and a gnome :) They have already found a home amongst my plants :)

The magickal waymarker looks very fitting amongst the branches of my oldest Crassula ovata plant. The little pixie in the background is resting atop the stump left when I made a cutting of the plant for my daughter when she left home a couple of years ago. The plant is of sentimental significance as I grew it from a single leaf cutting taken when my daughter was born 25 years ago.

Pixie resting on the stump left from a  large cutting
I took a couple of years back 

My daughter's Crassula ova plant, grown from the
cutting taken from the mother plant

The gnome, too, seems happy sat amongst the leaves of another of my favourite house plants :)

Quiet Life

My local beaches are hectic when the sun shines, with people gathering en masse as though we weren't in the midst of a pandemic! And so, for this evening's walk, I took a more sheltered route through my local woods and park.

Slowly But Surely...

Distractions

Tried to do a little writing today. Until this one got involved.

Comet Neowise

Comet Neowise. Photographed from my bedroom window in the wee small hours of the morning.

Forest Remains

Managed to step out of the house again today and take another stroll along my local beach. Today I headed east across the sands, passing the 10,000-year-old remains of the ancient forest that once filled this area of Swansea.