Creating Smiling Ivy band promo image

Steve from Sheffield reggae ska band Smiling Ivy asked me if I could provide a “pic with a little more Xmas” I’d taken a series…

Bedroom refurb

Having steamed stripped the walls of wallpaper I pasted on a lining paper layer before painting the room in two shades of grey. I then…

African Drumming

An off the spur …”must try new things” moment, sent me in the direction of African Drumming…and a beginners class run by Steve Rivers of…

Making Arepa

My friend Anto from Venezuela showed me how to make one of their traditional dishes – Arepa using P.A.N. corn flour.  

A teardrop pot

I made my first pinch pot at Blue Elephant Studio in Sheffield – a teardrop pot with orange/red glaze. Not happy with the tip where…

Parkrun: New Personal Best

Today I achieved a new personal best time of 23:03 on the Hillsborough 5k Parkrun. I came 50th (45th male) out of a field of…

Christmas day in Malta

Start of day jogging followed by a lovely dinner and later headed into Valetta.  

Monopoly

Met up with rep from Frank Salt and looked at two rental properties in Marsalforn, both facing the bay. Neither had enough appeal as both…

Orfium success

I added music to the new music web platform Orfium, three days later I was number 1, 2 and 4 in their charts.  

Blue Elephant visit

Spent an enjoyable afternoon in the company of the very creative Stephen Rodgers at his recently opened Blue Elephant studio. Here he is making another…