Feeling a bit broken today. So I decided to stay close to home and fill my lungs with fresh air and my heart with greenery and rushing water. Sometimes I really wonder what it is that motivates me to try and make drawings of anything when I can see such magnificent sights as rain drops caught on the fine downy buds of willows or the drama of the river carving its route down the![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theheuch.co.uk\/Kirsty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_8128-Large.jpeg?resize=225%2C300\")
gorge. Such incredible beauty. Then remember that it is about putting as much energy as I can muster into drawings which shout ‘thank-you’ to our mother earth and all of the wonderous life forms that we share our home with. These trees have been quietly standing here for decades and in the case of the oaks possibly centuries. I will be here for a fraction of the time of any of them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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