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My new shop on Folksy selling my Hand made Lino Printed cards, and Hand Made Bookmarks using images of my original prints.

Visit to Manchester Art Gallery

My family and I recently visited an exhibition at Manchester Art Gallery, 'Recorders' by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer , Mexican/Canadian Electronic Artist.

The works in Recorders actively encourage people to interact with the pieces, they see, hear and feel the actions of people around them.

My favourite piece involved 100 light bulbs activated by a sensor which involved holding onto 2 metal bars, which flashed a large light bulb above my head which then flashed to the exact rhythm of my heartbeat.

Other pieces included a long table where at one end you placed an object that went under a scanner about 10inches wide removed at the other side ,but left a copy of itself on the conveyor like table, to be added to by other peoples belongings, and a finger scanner that my son loved where you placed your finger tip into a small hole and your (dirty) finger nail (thanks son) was on view about 1ft high for everyone to see...x

Sunset

Here are a few images of the view from my back garden, all taken on different days showing different sunsets.

None of these picures have been manipulated at all they were all taken on a blackberry phone x

Misty Morning

Here is a beautiful scene from my window taken early in the morning (about 7.30am) I haven't touched up the photo at all , the sky was a lovely pink and blue colour x

Lyme Park

Just recently my husband and I have taken some friends on a visit to Lyme Park, one of which is attending the same Photography Degree course as my husband.

My family and I have been visiting the park for many years , my husband and myself since we were children ourselves.

Our friends are from Poland and have never visited Lyme before, so we took along our cameras for a day of exploring the wonderful grounds at Lyme Hall x

In the garden

This is the 2nd lot of peas we have harvested this summer and they are delicious...

Joe's apple tree we have 2 small apple trees planted in large pots when the Boy's were 3 years old and 8 years later Joe's tree has finally bore some fruit 9 apples in fact, almost ready to harvest....

Plums on our plum tree, planted 2 years ago ,we had 3 plums last year that wilted and died before picking, this year we have lots and lots, and they are so sweet and delicious already had fruit crumble with our own plums, pears from the pear tree and blackberries....

Pears ,plums,and peas all very nice added to the potatoes , strawberries and carrots and the wonderful selection of herbs including rosemary, bay leaf, thyme, and mint, we have had a great harvest this summer, and we still have blueberries and courgettes to look forward to in the coming weeks.........x

HURTS - Wonderful Life