Collector

Written in response to Sadje’s Sunday poser, Link Here It begins simply enough. Your grandparents, or great-uncles or aunties passing you an album for your sixth or seventh birthday slowly filling the book as each item is picked up places you’ve never been to finding their way to their allotted spot the craft develops over …

Getting crafty

Salford, Wednesday 8th August #crafts #stamps #art #ink Returning to a craft, I enjoyed doing. The medium…simple enough linoleum, like the stuff mum and dad used to tile the kitchen with, only a lot more plainer than the colourful patterns that contained My tools, an inked pad, like the ones they had at school, and …

Landmarks

Salford,30th June 2017 Hi folks. The prompt for today’s post comes from a strange source – in that its not technological at all – it’s the humble letterbox. Aside from my scribbles – and photography – I am a keen philatelist – or stamp collector. There’s a reason for this – the pictures give me …

On the Edge

Edge Its a dangerous thing being a postmark – pressed down on envelopes by the postmaster. Your message lost by the recipient … all they are interested in are the contents, and after they have them…you end up in recycling. but day after day you appear on the stamps, hanging by the address of your …