Happy birthday to Ben. And I’m glad to report that Superfast Fibre is scheduled to be rolled out to our neck of the woods in June.
The Wood Wide Web
Author: Richard
Apeman
Thanks to Allan, James and Tom for their acoustic version of Apeman by The Kinks, accompanied by Rick on bongos. Special guest appearance from Ian.
Night Owls and Dancing Beans
There was never mush room on the dance floor when the Swede tribute band started playing ‘Dancing Bean’. Happy birthday to Emma at the weekend.
The Night Owls of Wath on Dearne:
‘Oooo whoh-shi Wi’?!’
‘Tint tin tin!’
You’ll understand these if you’re from Wath on Dearne, but might struggle if you’re relying on Google Translate.
Happy birthday to Paul yesterday.
Fillingham Castle Lodge
John Carr goes gothic: Fillingham Castle Lodge, Lincolnshire.
Newark Town Hall
John Carr was up against London architects when he won the competition to design a multi-purpose civic building for Newark-on-Trent in 1773.
Spaniels
Cocker spaniels Charlie and Lola, who, despite appearances, were born just one day apart, at Nosh, Pickering, this morning. Frothy dog by Nosh barista Becky. Thanks 🙂
Wild Isles
Some of the sequences that didn’t make it into the final cut of Wild Isles.
Black Ponies
Recent iPad sketches drawn in Procreate and Clip Studio Paint.
Pocket Sketchbook
A few more pages from my current pocket sketchbook
Birds by the River
Addingford, 10.30 am: A male reed bunting flits into a hawthorn bush by a pond between the canal and the river, flashing its white tail bars.
Wintering duck have now moved on but a single drake goosander makes its way down the river, diving occasionally as it goes. Later we see a female heading up river.
Swans often nest on the quieter side of the canal but this year a pair have built an island nest on a tennis court-sized pond by the Strands. They’ve built up the nest platform from the dried stems of reedmace, which is now bursting into fluffy masses of downy seed. Slender willows along the banks are dotted with pale catkins.
A pair of grey wagtails bob about on a flooded corner of the The Strands.