The all-feline chess set was looking as if it would be a sure-fire success until, in the opening move, the White Queen’s Bishop’s Pawn insisted on using QB4 as a litter tray.
Happy birthday to Alex.
Cat Chess
Category: Art
Night Herons
Some recent exotic visitors sampling the night life along the River Calder at Healey, Ossett. Happy birthday to John.
New Sketchbooks
Saturday, 15 April, 2023: Sad news that Barbara’s brother John died peacefully in his sleep early this morning so I’m keen to finish the little grey sketchbook which started at the beginning of January when he was taken ill. His last short walk with us was at Thornes Park on Monday 9th January and he was taken into hospital the following weekend when it was expected that he had just days to live.
During the three months that he has been in Pontefract Hospice it’s been a welcome distraction for me to work on my John Carr Redbox Gallery display and I finished work on that today.
Looking forward to making a fresh start with my new sketchbooks.
Gerbil Ikea
Happy birthday to Ivy.
The Wood Wide Web
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.
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.
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