Hello Everybody and a Happy New Year to you! How have you been? We kicked off 2024 in the workshop on Tuesday when a bunch of Little Houses, excited and ready for travel, left the table. Not before a multitude of complaints about the tightness of boxes and who they were put next to etc… etc… You know how they are…
Once the usual kerfuffle had died down, they were on their way to the beautiful Heart Gallery in Hebden Bridge to take part in their exhibition ‘Paper’ It will run from January 21st until April 21st 2024. Heart is 18 this year so we wish them happy birthday and a fabulous 2024.
Today’s share is one of the pieces making the voyage, the tale of which will now follow… Cup of Tea, anyone? Chocolate digestive?
Living on the Edge 218; Sea Change…
It had taken years for the inhabitants to get the landscaping of their beloved Half Horseshoe Harbour just right. Years of drawings, years of meetings and years of wrangling with the planning department.
And now, at the eleventh hour, for the sea to decide that he no longer wanted to be part of it and opt out, was too much for them to take… The villagers stood in their allotted plots, many of them close to tears, staring into the void where the sea had once been…
They’d known the sea could be an awkward fellow when he so chose. He was unpredictable, unreliable, moody and even violent at times. But they loved him and truly believed that they had him on side and fully committed when they spoke of the future they would have together.
By now though the sea was already miles away, viciously kicking up the pebbles on another shore and grumbling to himself about liberties and being taken for granted. He was wild and free, if a little lonely, but in no way was he ready to settle down. Not he. And, in truth, he never would be… xxx