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

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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

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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 stories

Comic characters/portraits

watercolour-painting-4x4s-cars

watercolour-painting-astral-journey
featuring Honda Prelude. I hope to paint more characters from my stories, but it takes time ...


first-pic-patience
was the previous

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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 ...

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P.S. This was too large a painting to fit in the scanner, and my attempt to photograph it leaves much to be desired; the image has come out much darker than the painting. Photographic advice welcome - thanks.

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