CackleTV images
 

Recent Posts

Snowy Snowdon horseshoe

Sunny Snowy Wales

Fifth Award for "South island circumnavigation"

Festive paddle

"This is the Sea" available as digital download

Hilbre & the Seiont - packed weekend!

Winter white out!

Strait Flush

"This is Canoeing" to launch at Canoecopia 2010

North Coast paddle

On The Web

CackleTV.com

Body Boat Blade

Keirron's Blog

Derrick's Blog

December 2004

May 2005

June 2005

July 2005

August 2005

September 2005

October 2005

November 2005

December 2005

February 2006

March 2006

April 2006

May 2006

June 2006

July 2006

August 2006

September 2006

October 2006

November 2006

December 2006

January 2007

February 2007

March 2007

April 2007

May 2007

June 2007

July 2007

August 2007

September 2007

October 2007

November 2007

December 2007

January 2008

February 2008

March 2008

April 2008

May 2008

June 2008

July 2008

August 2008

September 2008

October 2008

November 2008

December 2008

January 2009

February 2009

March 2009

April 2009

May 2009

June 2009

July 2009

August 2009

September 2009

October 2009

November 2009

December 2009

January 2010

February 2010

 Justine's Journal

CackleTV Productions



 


Original art
Thursday, January 07, 2010



I was obviously a very good girl this year as Santa was very kind to me!

It all started a few weeks ago when Barry and I paddled out to Bardsey island and stayed overnight with the family who lives there year round. We had a great time, bought a few christmas presents ( homemade Bardsey island rugs & hats, and hand woven willow) & caught up with Steve, Jo, Rachel & Ben. Their daughter, Rachel, loves art and showed us her GCSE art projects which were really imaginative and beautiful. I particularly liked a charcoal painting she had drawn of a seal.

We returned home and a week or so later, Barry told me that he would have to lie to me over the next week - but all in my best interests of course! I knew his lies involved making something out of wood, but I could never imagine that when he left home telling me he was going to work, he really drove down the Llyn Peninsula, paddled to Bardsey in a force 5 westerly & lumpy seas to pick up a charcoal painting that he'd commissioned Rachel to paint for me! When he got home that evening, I had no idea where he'd been!! He then disappeared off to make a lovely frame out of a big piece of elm and gave me the end result. The seal charcoal by Rachel is her first commission, but I don't think it will be her last!!

RACHEL - CHICKEN & TURKEY FEEDER AND ARTIST!

3 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Really really LOVE it! :-)

Nice story, nice pictures.
My friend Barry is a very good man and my friend Justine is a lucky woman.
gianfranco

4:57 pm  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

And I add: I'd like to come to the famous Shaw's woodwork high school... ;-)
g.

4:59 pm  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

meet mike he swims like a fish ! is it a bird or plane no its barry.....happy new ear cathy paul & clan....

5:50 pm  

Post a Comment

<< Home

 Back To Index