Rocky Valley video and photos
Rocky Valley video and photos
Rocky Valley panorama, with steers
Paradise Found! – The stream in Rocky Valley, under the trees, towards the waterfall
5 minute video along the stream/river, Rocky Valley, Halgabron, near Boscastle
wild bamboo
I was surprised to discover this growing wild on the edge of a local wood. No doubt it was ‘introduced’, but it seems nowadays to thrive in the wild.
The landscape nearby
Bamboo growing wild in the wood
bamboo in North Cornwall
Painting – Poddle of Smogdale
Paintings of comic characters
Poddle the boat builder – resident of Smogdale, Upnorth, UK.
He’s experienced life’s up and downs, and now considers himself wiser than most. The AloeVeras call such animals HairyMammals, in contrast to their semi-conducting selves.
In other words, he’s a miserable sod …
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More Paintings illustrating poems, songs and stories
Paintings illustrating poems, songs and [...]
Painting – 3 Sisters
Painting – 3 Sisters
A watercolour of 3 sisters, from the story ‘The House of Stone’. (Link above)
‘Picture a small stone cottage with half the thatch missing, heat haze and dragonflies over the weed-filled, stagnant pond, in the undulating, slate- and granite-strewn hills of north-west England,’ says the story.
Maybe I’ll try that next …#11
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humourous paintings for stories
Lots of contributions from Marty just lately:
If you prefer a pale background, you can see them here
Wizard Porky the Pink
Wizard Mandy the Magus
spoiled brattitude – Blonde and Witless
Knight discovers thesaurus is not extinct
Knight Darken Stormy with King Arthur of Cameldung
King Arthur of Cameldung
Insanesburys Supermarket
Freemasons bouncer “dis [...]
St Nectan’s Glen, Rocky Valley
St Nectan’s Glen is at Trethevy on the Boscastle to Tintagel road. There are many footpaths in the area, and it can also be reached from Halgabron.
The waterfall is at St Nectan’s Kieve, but the approach up river is even more beatiful:
The Fabled City of Cameldung
The home of Arthur, King of Albion, the Britons and the fabled sword, Expeditor.
King Arthur cartoon
King Arthur of Cameldung cartoon
Not to be confused with Camelot or Camelford – this character appears in an imminent short story, which also features Blonde and Witless. Lord D has done illustrations for all the recent poems and stories. and thanks to him
a hedge is much better than a fence
Imagine there was a fence around this field … or a wall. Not only would it look worse, it would be the same all the year round. And it wouldn’t (or woodn’t!) provide firewood, habitat for mammals and insects …
pooch posing gracefully
pooch posing gracefully on a pleasant path. alliteration is free …
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