Telling Stories With Words and Pictures
Happy, funny, serious. Something that caught my eye this week.
Very slowly, we’re starting to come to terms with the ‘new normal’, but if feels like there’s a long way to go. Sadly, many of our great British traditions have been cancelled or postponed. In an attempt to make up for this in some small way, I’m planning to publish an occasional series of articles …
To you they may look like two slices of moist, tasty carrot cake. Beautifully baked, and with a layer of thick buttercream icing. Perfect, delicious and self-indulgent. The height of luxury and decadence. But that’s where you’d be wrong. To me they speak of self-sacrifice and duty: the willingness to put others before self. In …
It’s not just us humans that are affected by the pandemic. Local ducks have taken to sitting on the roofs of houses, instead of their traditional ponds and rivers. These pair were spotted today where I live. With fewer people about, the ducks have been denied their usual ration of stale bread. So they’ve taken …
They do say that dogs and their owners get to look like each other. Maybe we need to spend more time apart, or maybe someone just ought to delete my photoshop account. Actually I made this picture for a competition for Ryedale Dog Rescue’s online dog show. But I must admit it even freaks me out just a little.