Rendezvous

Yesterday was my last serious rendezvous with the dentist in London - at least in so far as the present situation demands. Now this rich and beautiful relationship (he must surely be rich, and I am trying to be beautiful) must become merely episodic. I sketched on the train, at the Hampstead branch of Carluccio's, and at the terrific exhibition New Décor at the Hayward Gallery. The next few days are going to be very busy, so I probably won't be able to post every day.

Pencil and brush markers in Moleskine sketchbook.

Railway crossing

I've always loved this little signal hut on the country route from home to Stamford, our nearest town.

Brush markers in Moleskine sketchbook. 

Out and about

Busy day on the trot yesterday. I had to go to London to visit my old friend, the dentist. I managed to see an exhibition and have tea with a good friend (lovely seeing you looking so well, D!)

Pencil and brush marker in small Moleskine sketchbook

Finished my small Moley

but fortunately had the bigger one with me too!

Ink pen and brush marker in Moleskine sketchbook.

With the ribbon

Ink pen and brush marker in Moleskine sketchbook.

I scanned in the bookmark by mistake, but it seemed to echo the stems of the roses - new climbers (Generous Gardener) I've just planted and already blooming. And it covers up the fact that I didn't get C's likeness. Today the weather was just so glorious. Here are some photos too:

and from lunch

Summer garden

Ink pen and brush markers in Moleskine sketchbook.

Au revoir Albertine

No time for a drawing today, but I did a lot of stuff in the garden, including dead head Albertine...

And saw this little fellow moving towards our front door

and these decorative baubels on an early evening walk

Cut from the garden

Ink pen and marker in small Moleskine sketchbook. 

Versions of the same

My life has been so housebound lately that I think I could rename this blog "Versions of the same" or "Things I see around the house" or, why not, "Everyday life at home"!  Possum kept re-adjusting her position just a tiny little bit, but enough to make her pose never quite the same every time I looked up - and meant her body is a particularly silly long furry sausage here.

Brush markers in small Moleskine sketchbook. 

Bit of a bore

I know I'm a bit of a bore with this garden, but I find the changeover of blooms over the summer, first one  then another – and with each waxing and waning a different overall palette – quite overwhelmingly lovely. And no, I wasn't a clever planner: all happenstance, really.

Ink pen and brush markers in Moleskine sketchbook. 

Summer

Not exactly a drawing, but I couldn't bear that last image to be the first thing I saw when I came into my blog, so here is summer...