A Short Gardening Break #9

Hopefully, this will be the last of my short gardening break interlude pics for a while as, after just over two weeks of being treated for acute anxiety, I am beginning to feel more like my old self again. I will get the second draft of my Christmas ghost story out tomorrow and try to do at least a little work on it. Fingers crossed.

For now though, here is a picture I took of my tortoise enjoying the garden yesterday...

A Short Gardening Break #7

I am feeling a little brighter this morning so hopefully, my shortening gardening break will soon give way to some serious writing. Fingers crossed...

A Short Gardening Break #6

I love my shed door knocker :)

A Short Gardening Break #6

A Short Gardening Break #5

A Short Gardening Break #4

My head is still well and truly locked in the shed at the moment as I struggle with my new anti-anxiety meds. And so on I continue with some more pics from my garden:

A Short Gardening Break #3

A Short Gardening Break #2

A few more pics of my garden whilst I take a necessary break from writing:

A Short Gardening Break #1

I have had to take a (hopefully) short break from writing as I get used to the anti-anxiety medication I have starting taking. In the meantime, I will (again hopefully) entertain you with some images from my garden - starting with this little fellow:

Calla arum Lily

Solstice - Draft 3 Begins...

A Welsh Poppy

A Welsh poppy soaking up the Welsh sunshine in my garden:

Solstice. Draft 2. Completed.

Solstice ~ 3/4 Way Through Draught 2

Hand i̶n̶ Glove 2?

With so many of these gloves being discarded on the streets during lock-down, I am giving serious thought to producing a sequel to Sweyne's Eye ~ (Hand i̶n̶ Glove)

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My First Lock-down Walk

I went on my first lock-down walk this afternoon, taking a quick meander through my local woods. This was my first walk in over six weeks! The walk from my front door, through the woods, and back home again lasted all of 15 minutes. But it was worth every second :)

My New Read

This arrived in the post yesterday, and I am already caught in its spell. Thanks @Waterstones and @arobertwebb

Sweyne's Eye - Hulls

A couple of close-ups of some boat hulls that line the western strand of Swansea Bay: These pics are published in this issue os Sweyne's Eye.

Sweyne's Eye - Door Paint

I loved the paintwork on this old shed door. This set of pictures, which I shot about a mile from my home, features in this issue of Swyne's Eye.

Sweyne's Eye - Wandering Pwscat

This photograph of a wandering pwscat on a hill overlooking Swansea is featured in this issue of Sweyne's Eye.

Sweyne's Eye - Oystermouth Castle

As I crack on with the second draft of my Christmas ghost story, I thought I would spend the next few posts here on Pixie-Led sharing some images from my latest photography zines.  This trio of images of Oystermouth Castle can be found in this particular issue of this particular issue of Sweyen's Eye.

Solstice. Starting work on draft 2...

Starling and Sparrow

A starling and house sparrow on our bird feeder :)

Mother and Bay House Sparrows

These little treasures visited my garden this afternoon - a mother House Sparrow with her fledgeling. It was lovely seeing them drink from our small pond and seeing the baby being fed every time she flapped her wings for attention. Moments I will treasure in the dark times we are living through right now.

Typing Up the First Draft of Solstice Story One

Cheers

I tried out for my first single malt whisky the other night. I purchased the bottle, along with two whisky rocker glasses, from Talisker as they distilled the 'water of life' in my favourite place in the whole world - the magical Isle of Skye:

The drink made a lovely glugging sound as I poured the amber liquid into the glass, as you can hear in this audio recording I made of the procedure.

This is one of the many ways I entertain myself and distract my mind from more sober thoughts during the UK lockdown.

Solstice - Story Two Thoughts

As I start work on the second draft of my first Christmas ghost story, I also have to turn my mind to working out an idea for the second story in the portmanteau novel. All I know so far is that this second tale involves a group of college students and their consummation of Fly agaric mushrooms... The tale is made a little more complicated in that I have to get it to link with the first and also the fourth tale in the series in the novel. Time to get my thinking cap on...

Fly agaric fungi

Dandelion

I guess I haven't been in the shed much of late:

Solstice ~ Draft 1. Story 1. Completed.

A day later than I had hoped, but I have just finished the first draft of the first story in my four-part portmanteau Christmas ghost story novel. Time to break open the whisky.

Another Sweyne's Eye

I am not in the mood for writing today, so instead I am working on another photography zine: