tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59341709715882816182024-02-20T09:05:28.876-08:00Studio NicolHello
I am intending my blog to be a record of my little folk, the goings on inside and outside 'Studio Nicol' as i travel on the English Rivers and canals working from my studio boat 'Bewitched'.Shar Nicolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17332564894814897523noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5934170971588281618.post-6326729066367480272010-05-23T05:42:00.000-07:002010-05-23T06:03:41.213-07:00Keep Meeting ThemI keep running into magical folk on the marshes, maybe it attracts them ?<br /><br />Yesterday while dog walking we ran into a little hobbit man ( even the hubby agreed ), amazing face so much so i had to restrain myself from asking to take his pic ! Guess not everyone would be flattered to hear you think they look like your vision of a hobbit even if meant as a compliment :0<br /><br />Yesterday evening we came across a very smiley pixie type person sitting in the long marsh grass drawing and drinking wine, he just giggled when my dogs went to say hello. One of them is a Rottweiler Doberman cross and rather huge, not many can tell as quickly that she is a big playful softy which he wisely knew in an instant.<br /><br />Today while in the middle of the marsh i heard this music. At firsti thought it may have been a lost cellphone, but on investigation spotted a young man in large sunhat sitting under a tree playing the flute. Made me want to go find a flute and join him.Shar Nicolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17332564894814897523noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5934170971588281618.post-20298657275040001782010-05-22T07:51:00.000-07:002010-05-23T05:23:19.290-07:00Great to be backWith not being able to sculpt after moving onto the barge I must have got increasingly grumpy !:o As my hubby saw the need for me to have a studio boat, which he is even converting, it is a 53ft ex British Waterways work boat that we have called 'Bewitched' . She will not be fully finished for a little while, but I am able to use her old Workman's cabin just now YAY!<br />I am in the process of moving materials in and getting inspired again.<br /><br /><div align="justify">At the moment we are moored beside Horseshoe Thicket an ancient woodland on Walthamstowe Marshes, one of my fav places on the river Lea so magical.<br /><br /><strong>Horseshoe Thicket Walthamstow Marshes</strong><br /><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTA4UvN2HHhu_e_RTGV4yXM1WAZu8_D1d5nVMQBHPZNjRRQSry2AstM22a9fjSGyLdSvmKoxBVoziCPxsUlkRQJGe5plT-sj_zaDoXFSzAwa_GSR1t-R3wzQv5e1rbW0YD_KPz8N0BA0Y/s1600/Horseshoethicet4.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 321px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 230px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474113593466564946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTA4UvN2HHhu_e_RTGV4yXM1WAZu8_D1d5nVMQBHPZNjRRQSry2AstM22a9fjSGyLdSvmKoxBVoziCPxsUlkRQJGe5plT-sj_zaDoXFSzAwa_GSR1t-R3wzQv5e1rbW0YD_KPz8N0BA0Y/s320/Horseshoethicet4.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5mhNnxntVkS9U5iwTy5QzXX_ksxlcu_njL8WAJcRqanMB3DChUF-P3nZU9FQK1rT4daqUz-1r-A_iwhaBWMBT3DtFJxJkOLbgehimF8e2s-kz2JZcEoivsvoaut9AipIipI6tBDlTjJ8/s1600/Horseshoe+thicket3.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474113589839808978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5mhNnxntVkS9U5iwTy5QzXX_ksxlcu_njL8WAJcRqanMB3DChUF-P3nZU9FQK1rT4daqUz-1r-A_iwhaBWMBT3DtFJxJkOLbgehimF8e2s-kz2JZcEoivsvoaut9AipIipI6tBDlTjJ8/s320/Horseshoe+thicket3.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoTzpcC2PNeX6v1y9RHJlxDy2gT7w0EB92tp0oEsLBDIw9j4v_k_XE6dXanHSaLRTfzeln7kU4vKVRK9oK1MnQuOjHv2-bx4uQoHJvr9glDZlHTlznoflcw5HgGInegHcyx6vKkK9oWtE/s1600/hoeseshoe+thicket2.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474113579762446290" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoTzpcC2PNeX6v1y9RHJlxDy2gT7w0EB92tp0oEsLBDIw9j4v_k_XE6dXanHSaLRTfzeln7kU4vKVRK9oK1MnQuOjHv2-bx4uQoHJvr9glDZlHTlznoflcw5HgGInegHcyx6vKkK9oWtE/s320/hoeseshoe+thicket2.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGYiiH_9QloNAGorov3l5avwOwDR2nN0SHx2cG117cgF3PCqss9sMgSCH4QmlobDDGEg5KLDA5RFre43MuaKm38SnNnZa6eMM_h-CaFxdUJPzABI695vRMLc3E_wcXO5SqSxKtmAdiTW0/s1600/horseshoe+thicket1.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474113582202013362" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGYiiH_9QloNAGorov3l5avwOwDR2nN0SHx2cG117cgF3PCqss9sMgSCH4QmlobDDGEg5KLDA5RFre43MuaKm38SnNnZa6eMM_h-CaFxdUJPzABI695vRMLc3E_wcXO5SqSxKtmAdiTW0/s320/horseshoe+thicket1.JPG" /></a><br /></div></div><div><div>The girls ( my dogs) and I go for our daily walks through here. Last year the thicket was being thinned out a little, i was lucky enough to get some wood from it and did some wood sprite carvings. They are something i would like to do more of if I can keep a stash hidden from the hubby who is not to fussy what prized finds get burned in the wood burner. </div></div>Shar Nicolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17332564894814897523noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5934170971588281618.post-37777919045435598582010-05-18T04:37:00.000-07:002010-05-18T04:46:49.279-07:00Some Past Creations<div style="MARGIN: auto; WIDTH: 390px; VISIBILITY: visible"><embed style="WIDTH: 390px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" name="Photo Peel" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" align="middle" width="390" src="http://flash.picturetrail.com/pflicks/3/spflick.swf" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" bgcolor="#000000" wmode="transparent" flashvars="ql=2&src1=http://pic100.picturetrail.com:80/VOL878/13052139/flicks/1/8202227" quality="high"></embed><br /><p style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px; WIDTH: 390px; HEIGHT: 24px; whitespace: no-wrap"><a href="http://www.picturetrail.com/misc/counter.fcgi?cID=924&link=/photoFlick/samples/pflicks=shtml"><img border="0" align="left" src="http://pics.picturetrail.com/res/pflicks/pt.gif" /></a><a href="http://www.picturetrail.com/misc/counter.fcgi?cID=925&link=/photoFlick/samples/pflicks=shtml"><img style="MARGIN-LEFT: 5px" border="0" align="left" src="http://pics.picturetrail.com/static/images/pt2.gif" /></a></p></div>Shar Nicolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17332564894814897523noreply@blogger.com8