Norfolk Holiday - pyewacket & pottery shards

Monday, September 27, 2021

Did a little more writing of my new project Pyewacket in bed this morning. With office comfort and scenery like this, such work is a real pleasure:

Later in the morning, I took a circular walk through the countryside lane that passes the front of our holiday let. 

Along the way, I found lots of old broken crockery that I took a fancy to:

A whimsy brought to life...

 I started a new writing project today- Pyewacket.  It's a strange little tale and I am currently thinking of writing it in a similar vein to one of my earlier novellas - Pixie-Led (i.e. written in a simple, innocent voice but dealing with strange events). I have been mulling the story over for quite a while now. And this morning, with a view like this, I really could not think of a better time to bring the beast to life :)

A stroll around Norwich

Sunday, September 26, 2021

My daughter showed us around one of her favourite walks in Norwich City this afternoon. The sun was out. The weather was cool but enjoyable. I haven't felt so good in a long while.

Norwich Cathedral

Canoes, Norwich City

Cow Tower, C14th Artillery Blockhouse

Spontaneous City architectural installation

Edward Street, Norwich

Anglia Square, Norwich

Graffiti, Norwich

Heads 'n' Toes

After our walk, and before heading back to our holiday home for the evening we parked up briefly outside the abandoned old mental health hospital at Thorpe St Andrew.

You can take a gander around the inside of this Grade II listed building courtesy of Em and Stew Em and Stu.

Our long awaited Norfolk holiday :)

September 25, 2021

Heading out of the city:

To the Norfolk Broads:

An explosion of colour welcomed our arrival at Martham, on the Norfolk Broads. A glowing Horse Chestnut tree marked our car parking space at our holiday accommodation for the next week. I couldn't help myself but pick a conker from its almost psychedelic branches and I will give germinating and growing a little Horse Chestnut tree....

Our holiday let and the view from its back garden was both more spacious and picturesque than suggested by its advertisement on the internet. I suppose its nice to be pleasantly surprised with our accommodation and setting on arrival than disappointed.

And for the goths amongst us, here are a couple of moodier images:

The evening ended with a visit from this little fella - found sat on our doorstep as we locked up for the night:

Harvesting Shadows 'n' Sunlight

 

More Swansea Sunsets 4 - 7

 A few more episode to whet your appetite for the next issue of Sweyne's Eye :)

Swansea Sunsets 3

I love the effect the rain gives off in this photograph of a sun-shower over Townhill Park, Swansea. This image will 100% appear in the latest issue of my fotozine Sweyne's Eye:

Cat behind net curtain

 

Cat and Bird

This scene stopped me at my bedroom window this morning. Old Tom O'Malley...

 

Passenger Seat is published!

 My new fotozine Passenger Seat is now available for purchase :) Click image below to be taken to Amazon page:

Pixie-Led Covers

 To add a little spice to the menu, I haven given the ebook version of Pixie-Led a different the new paperback edition design of Pixie-Led. Here are the two of them for comaprison:

Paperback Design

ebook Design

A Busy Day

With my fotozine Passenger Seat now sent to the press, I think its time to curate a new series of photographs for the forthcoming new Sweyne's Eye zine. It's tentatively titled Swansea City Sunsets. Here are the first two pics from the project:

"The Big Dipper", Mt. Pleasant, Swansea