Come away with the raggle taggle gypsy-o
My beautiful earth mama lives outside on the wall. She needs a tidy up because she’s had some web building visitors, and her light dusting of gold paint has worn away.
She was made by Tati Dennehy, a Dartmoor based sculptor and ceramic artist, I’m sharing her for Becky’s #March Square.
My March Square photo today was of a Ruston Hornsby engine, and Becky and Jacqueline said that their Misters would like to see the whole machine. I thought I’d share the other photos I have, after all they are wonderful machines.
I couldn’t find out much about them, but there’s a little here.
Nearly round in a square and just because I like it
for Becky’s March Square challenge, day 8. I love her #7 bird!
What it says on the tin, Ruston Hornsby, um maybe a stationery engine?
Squaring the circles for Becky’s March challenge.
. . . to the two most amazing blog posts.
I don’t know Anne very well, because soon after I discovered her, she took a break from blogging. She’s back now, and I’m totally bowled over by these posts about Kent and Sussex, counties I know little about, but Anne has sold to me, here and here.
So, make some tea, put you feet up and enjoy, I promise it will be time well spent!
I came across Troika pottery back in the mid 70’s, but it was being produced from 1962 to 1983 in Cornwall. It was the beginning of my passion for ceramics, but I couldn’t really afford to buy it, a shame because it would have been a good investment!
Here’s one of the pieces I do have, a marmalade jar.
Squares in a square for Becky’s March challenge.
For what seems like forever there’s been scaffolding around the tower of St Mary Steps church in Exeter, and it’s finally been removed to reveal the restored clock. The church is 12th century and sited near where there was once the old West Gate to the city.
You may have seen the photo of the clock yesterday, but todays post is for Paula who is sharing the very grand Rosslyn chapel in Scotland for her Black and White Sunday Challenge.
Having been hidden behind plastic and scaffolding or ages the restoration of Matthew the Miller is complete! this wonderful clock from the 1620’s looks bright and sparkly again.
I’m sorry the dial doesn’t look as square as it actually is, or as bright, but zooming on an i phone is a bit hopeless. tomorrow I’ll show you the tower so you can get an idea of how it looks.
day 4 of Becky’s March Square challenge and I’m addicted to square photos now!
When I first saw a travel programme about Cappadocia I thought how surreal it looked and I really wanted to see it for myself. A few years later I found my way there and it didn’t disappoint, it looked totally out of this world.
with it’s landscape of bizarre rock formations,
cave dwellings, both ancient,
and still in use. In fact you can even stay in some of them, fancy a week as a troglodyte?
Lucid Gypsy 