by jenny.monds | Jun 12, 2020 | Uncategorized
A grey and damp day. A day to appreciate the textures to be found indoors. A little wooden table, a shiny lamp base, and a coarse fabric shade.
by jenny.monds | Jun 10, 2020 | Uncategorized
I must have walked past Salisbury Cathedral hundreds of times. There is much vying for attention as I pass the beautiful carved stonework of the exterior, but my eye is often drawn to a small wooden door, always closed, under a gothic arch and with a large metal...
by jenny.monds | Jun 9, 2020 | Uncategorized
Most of the sheep around us have been shorn now, but a few still have their woolly coats. It must feel so strange for them to lose their fleece! I wonder how long it takes them to adapt. Apparently it takes less than two minutes for a professional shearer...
by jenny.monds | Jun 4, 2020 | Uncategorized
A simple drawing today. I was hacking away in the garden and filling the bin, then realised I really like this stem, so took it indoors. I don’t know what bush this is, but looking at this stem gives me a lot of pleasure. The shape of the leaves are just...
by jenny.monds | May 31, 2020 | Uncategorized
What comes to mind if I say ‘ginger’? Biscuits? Gingerbread men (or should I say persons)? Yorkshire Parkin, if you are lucky enough to know it? Perhaps you can summon up the smell of ginger, in which case you may well be transported back to Christmas. I’m rather fond...
by jenny.monds | May 28, 2020 | Uncategorized
Leaves can be beautiful too. Magnolia leaves cover the facade of lovely Mompesson House in Salisbury
