I'm a painter and printmaker in Yorkshire. I’d love to inspire you to make deeper connections with nature and the outdoors, through art. You will receive a Get Inspired! email on a Sunday morning each month.
From Mayvember To Mayonnaise
This one was taken on 19th May and shows a favourite view as you approach the town from the west along the tow path. The next time I walked along here it was dazzling heat under a blue sky and too hot to take photographs! Bringing The Outside In There is a big tree I know that overhangs the canal and is often cut back so I don’t feel bad about taking a spray to enjoy at home. Beware though, the resinous sap is very sticky. That’s how I found out this small glass vase I bought isn’t green glass at all but clear with a transparent green coating which rubbed off all blotchy when I tried to remove the resin - what a con! Sand Martins Find A WayThe ingenuity and adaptability of wild creatures in the face of human interference is always heartening. Whilst strolling round nearby Leeming Reservoir I noticed a lot of what I first thought were swallows zipping around the concrete reservoir outfall. Looking more closely I realised they were Sand Martins which have made nests in the small drainage pipes within the brutal-looking structure. How amazing. Normally they nest in holes they excavate in the soft banks of rivers, and I’ve also seen artificial banks created specifically for them in wetland nature reserves. Sorry about the rubbish photo of the Sand Martin, it was a distance away from the dam, they are such fast flyers and I only had my phone camera. It was a bit like the Fish Doorbell I told you about in a previousl email, I waited ages for a Sand Martin to fly in or out of the hole I had focused on and then only a split second to react! You get the idea though and maybe helps give you some hope for the resilient spirit of Nature on this despoiled planet.
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Angie Rogers Artist
I'm a painter and printmaker in Yorkshire. I’d love to inspire you to make deeper connections with nature and the outdoors, through art. You will receive a Get Inspired! email on a Sunday morning each month.