Friday, June 17, 2016

Just having a Dawdle round the garden

One of my all time favourtites
Never grown Guara before but love it
Agapanthus looking for the  Sun  (good luck)
Pinapple Guava very beautiful palnt
Another name forgotten  :( and considering the storms we had had over the past few weeks I am surprised there is anything left in the garden,) A friend has just told me the name of the plant which is of course a Gallardia.  

Tuesday, June 14, 2016

The Scarecrow - Jim McKenzie



"The Scarecrow" documents the complete step by step process of creating a character starting from a simple sketch in 2014 to a fully developed gallery show piece in 2016 debuting at Jim McKenzie's "Lost Magic" at Copro Gallery.

Friday, June 3, 2016

Brief Sketch of Sir Jeffrey Hillpig-Smyth & a Walking Stick

I recently aquired a walking stick with the above label, so I had to google it and find out more. I tell you this is a fascinating read and he is officially still missing. Love this bit....

"The latest, as recent as the last monsoon, has Hillpiggy on elephant leading a small group of well disciplined guerrillas near Kuhn Sa's stronghold at Nam King." 

Brief Sketch of Sir Jeffrey Hillpig-Smyth

Born London 1910.
As a schoolboy - overweight, few friends, poor student, non-athletic yet polite, called Hillpiggy by the staff.
Harrow 1928.
Sent down from Oxford for indecency, 1930.
Unsuccessfully stood for parliament, as an independent from the small constituency of Looting on the Thames, finishing fourth in a field of three, 1934.
Alcoholic 1935.
Published at his own expense an angry and spirited collection of short essays entitled, Sticks and Stones 1936.
Alcoholic again 1937.
Published a second collection of short essays entitled Mudpuddles and Other Outrages 1938.

  

Joined Military Intelligence and Engineering; the elite I&E group, 1939.
Assigned to British Special Forces, Mandalay, British East India (Burma), 1940.
Recovering from a minor fall, designed the Military Trekking Stick 1941.
Disappeared while on a morning mini trek within the Special Forces compound. A search party was organised and diligently combed the 3 acre area for well over an hour, sadly to no evail 1944.
Queen Elizabeth II knighted Hillpig-Smyth in absentia, for contributions to British War Protocol 1953.
Officially still missing Sep 1992.
Unofficially, over the years there have been periodic sightings of Hillpiggy in the Burmese jungle.
The latest, as recent as the last monsoon, has Hillpiggy on elephant leading a small group of well disciplined guerrillas near Kuhn Sa's stronghold at Nam King. Further information is available by writing.
Find the Hillpig Society
8/1 Arrak Road Soi 7
Chaing Mai
Thailand 50000
The reward of 25 pounds sterling for information confirming Hillpiggy's status remains in effect.
enquiries to teaklimey@hotmail.com

Article curtesy travel-magazine-uk.com
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