10 tips on how to photograph your cat

Try to envisage the shoot from the cat’s point of view. Something 10 times your size is pointing something at you that makes strange noises and flashes and for good measure some prodding and poking is also taking place. Try for some empathy and at least a few soothing words. Make your movements slow and … Read more

Gone in 60 seconds

That’s how long it took for a bag of carrots and a packet of Polo mints to disappear. I took a little trip back up to Paws Animal Sanctuary to see how the abandoned pony was doing. It was dumped last Sunday in Findon village. If you follow the link above to Paws Facebook page … Read more

Ginger Lily

My name is Lily and I’m a 9 year old lady ginger cat. I like to keep busy and I have loads of hobbies and interests such as Camping Trekking Climbing Listening to music Water Divining I am quite house proud too and like to do laundry I always like to read the labels on … Read more

The Hardy Hellebore

I went to my favourite public gardens today to have a look at their Hellebore displays. There were massive clumps of them all around in the herbaceous borders. It’s a bit of a rigmarole getting a decent picture of them as their flowers tend to look down at the ground and you have to get … Read more

It will soon be that time again!

I am trying to convince myself that it’ll be Spring soon. I am thinking back to last Spring when I worked at a wildlife hospital looking after anything and everything that came through it’s doors. I have to say my favourite little creature was the Magpie. Somebody brought in a nest of little birds, they … Read more

Fabric Find

These are the lovely fabrics I bought at the Curtain Factory Outlet in London. I had despaired of finding a curtain fabric retailer at reasonable prices. Went there a couple of Sundays ago on a recommendation from a lady over at The Sewing Forum. I didn’t really expect much, but when I got there I … Read more

Cool Bear

  For a couple of hours I did break my addiction to crocheting motifs and I crocheted a little polar bear instead. This is a pic of Parky at home in the Arctic I have to admit it was fun putting him together; when you’ve got bodies, heads and limbs lying all over the coffee … Read more