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The Genie's Familiar
February 06, 2024
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O ur eternity of solitude is interrupted only infrequently by interlopers; those poor souls who unearth our enchanted abode, unknowingly unleashing an ancient curse which will follow them all their mortal years. This time is like any other - the vessel is jostled and shaken, the exclamations outside excited and muffled, and then the inevitable poli...
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Stones To Dye For
June 15, 2022
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These beauties are all of the extinct order Rugosa corals, which existed in Earth's ancient oceans for millions of years, starting 488 million years ago. The fossils pictured are in various states, from roughly tumbled from the beach, to highly polished, to coloured using the method discussed here.
I f you're familiar with my work, you'll know t...
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Violet Jelly Recipe
May 07, 2022
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I see no need to have you scroll though seventeen paragraphs detailing my life story and who in my family likes food.
Straight to the recipe then. You're welcome.
Violet Jelly
Mason jar full of wild violets (any colour except yellow)*
2 tablespoons of lemon juice (I prefer freshly squeezed)
4 cups of sugar
1 1/2 packets (128 mL) of Certo...
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Woodland Legend
May 07, 2022
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A lthough the sun had gone beyond the horizon at least an hour before, the sky was still bright over the dense canopy of the forest, offering glimpses of light that I was grateful for as I made my way along the stony path. Late though I was for my engagement, and so far from where I had set out, at least I had some help from the celestial spangles...
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Nessie And The Moon Shadows
August 27, 2021
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A lthough the trees grew close together and the underbrush was thick with shadow, the full moon still cast myriad circles of light on the forest floor where its silvery rays broke through the canopy above. The dappled patterns seemed to dance as they brightened and swirled with the movement of the breeze through the foliage. As the woman ran on thr...
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The Happening In The Highlands
February 08, 2021
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W hen my husband Philip and I travelled to Scotland in the summer of 2019, it was important to both of us to visit places in which our respective ancestors made their presence known to history. Not least of these places was Struy, an area in the Scottish Highlands not too far from Loch Ness, where Clan Chisholm stakes their claim of the ancient lan...
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A Storm of Butterflies
January 05, 2021
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D appled sunlight played across her vision before she even opened her eyes, and she lay there a moment trying to remember how she came to be on the beach. She could smell the calm waters and feel the sand beneath her, hear the wind in the poplars above and the distant cry of waterbirds, and she tasted strong wine as if she had only just sipped it s...
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On Being Environmentally Responsible
November 14, 2019
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I love nature and the environment and our precious landscapes and wildlife play an integral role not only in my life's work but of course in all of our lives as well. I try to do my part, as we all do, to better the earth.
I pride myself in the content and products I produce, and that's why when someone gets a print from me, it's made only with th...
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The Sting of Leaving Skye
September 24, 2019
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W hile on the Isle of Skye, we stayed in a few delightful hideaways around that otherworldly land, and were directed to a few hidden gems by helpful locals along the way. One place with magical promise was marked on a map for us in a hurried conversation, but we couldn't remember what exactly we were headed out to discover one fine sunny morning as...
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One Moment In Time At Callanish
August 11, 2019
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H ere is one of the many reasons that Scotland has been calling to me my entire life, in my dreams and waking hours. These are the Callanish Standing Stones, which were placed by Neolithic humans sometime around 2900 BCE. These are among the oldest archaeological structures on Earth!
The image below has nothing to do with luck. The entire time we...
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