I love doing jigsaws, and just finished this one over the weekend ... it is about the county I love in.  For those who don't know, all English counties have their own flag ... so, here is the detail of the fla of Devonshire -


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I worked as a props artisan for many years and one of my more challenging shows was Sweeney Todd. If you aren't familiar with the show, it deals with a man driven insane by carefully-crafted evidence provided a crooked judge, who wanted Sweeney's wife, and sent to jail. Sweeney eventually got out, but his wife was gone and his daughter was raised ( Read more... )

Most of the mailboxes in my neighborhood are plain black or gray, but a few have delightful detail.

A schoolhouse...


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For a few years I was into creating one twelfth scale miniatures. So here is one of my detailed creations.


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Detail of a wheel of the Steam Locomotive Duke of Gloucester.


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So how is the year going, so far?

Have you broken all your new-year resolutions yet, or did you just not make them!!

So how are all your future plans working out ... hope that you have some fun future events ... and that all the DETAILS are getting sorted out for you.

So, let's re-do DETAILS (last done in 2017 ( Read more... )

Again I missed a handful of prompts, but now I can fill them with pics from our recent trip to Fennoscandinavia.

Wood: A wooden imitation of a Sami lávvu, the traditional tent this people used when moving around. Here, on a small camping site in Northern Sweden, it's used as a conference building, with entrance hall and adjacent kitchen.

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I'm catching up, so I'll put most of these behind a cut.

Leather: I tried to find someone wearing a really stylish leather jacket, but it was a hot day, so there was only this rather harassed looking guy.

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From a display at the Isle of Man Flower festival this year

This represents the sea and the shore -


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Oh no! I'm late again. I seem to be the only person posting anyway, at the moment, but I know some people who are also regular posters have various upheavals in their off-line life, and also holidays etc. and so I am happy to keep posting prompts in case anyone is looking for inspiration!

The word for this week is DETAIL.