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Staycation; A Postcard From The Cairngorms (Part Two)

21st September 2020 Colin Cross 3297 Comments

Following our trip on Loch Ness on the Tuesday we went into Inverness to eat and get a beer, the food (a reasonable enough burger) was passable and the beer was by Innis & Gunn, [more…]

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Art at Cocklecarrot Towers

3rd September 2020 Going Postal 3275 Comments

“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.” Oscar Wilde,Lady Windermere’s Fan  This article is inspired by other Postaliers who have shared the art in their homes. Lady [more…]

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Artwork in my Home – Part Three

25th August 2020 Going Postal 7253 Comments

Following on from parts 1 & 2 of this series I thought I would stick with tradition and number this “part 3” – stunning and brave! The delay in producing this article is entirely due [more…]

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Lino Cut Printing, First Attempt

21st July 2020 GrumpyAngler 3235 Comments

I’ve collected wood block and linocut prints for years, it is a cheap hobby, competently done prints can be bought for a few pounds whilst coloured prints by famous artists can run to hundreds of [more…]

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Artwork in my Home – Part Two

28th May 2020 Going Postal 2993 Comments

Following on from my highly successful part 1 (who am I kidding?) part 2 of this series looks at more pictures in my home. I previously mentioned that my sister studied art at university and [more…]

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Artwork In My Home – Part One

24th April 2020 El Cnutador 5002 Comments

Finding myself with lots of spare time on my hands I thought it might be interesting for one or two Puffins on GP if I shared pictures of some of the artwork in my home. [more…]

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12th December 2019 Colin Cross 2992 Comments

I won’t lie, I like art, I like visiting galleries, I even like some “modern” art, although there are limits, as you can see from the featured image above. A sandwich wrapper, carefully torn to [more…]

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