The the bird shown here is suspected to be a Chiff-Chaff. Its song is very repetitive and persistent all day long. There seem to be more of them at the bottom of the hill. I spotted an early Swallow on the 12th of April this year.
Animal Character Reassessment
As a child of the fifties, enjoying such literary delights as Graham’s Wind in the Willows, Mole, Ratty and Badger have always been high on my list of loved and respected animals.Last night was heard across the length and breadth of merry England a blood curdling cry from our newly resident hen.Leaping about the garden […]
Harry R Mileham Painting
Bob Speel mentioned this painting by Harry R Mileham on his website, so here is an image of it, see also a post about St Peter Mancroft herehttp://dorsetsculpture.blogspot.com/search/label/Sir%20Thomas%20Browne There is to be an exhibition of Harry’s paintings in Brighton later this year, details to follow. Bob Speel’s Victorian Art site can be found here http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/speel/index.htm
Varieties are back
I could forgive a man for not enjoying Milton; but I would not call that man my friend who should be offended with “the divine chit-chat of Conrad Roth“. apol. C Lamb
Save Vancouver Sculpture
How very sad. They are threatening to remove this “structure” in Vancouver. On my visit to Canada I noticed a lack of preserving things especially old buildings which seem to be abandoned and a new one built close by. This seems to epitomise that.I will admit that if I were to be going to Vancouver […]
Plumber Manor Bronze Sculpture
I took a video and photos of some of my works at Plumber Manor today. I thought I would test out the video on blogger!
More Martyrs from Dorset
As an addendum to this I recently read about some more Catholic martyrs from Chideock. There was once a castle there and was a significantly Roman Catholic area in the first Elizabethan era and to the present day. (Picture borrowed from the Chideock website.)
Ceramics and Sculpture
This delightful group, picture courtesy of Jan’s Antiques in LA, is after a model by Clodion and illustrates Terra Cotta (Baked clay) A fun mug on the right from Jerusalem, a gold fish in the bottom, about 1953. This is parian ware again (Baked clay) from a collection at Athelhampton House. This is a child’s […]
Sculpture Figures and Animals
Building one’s own website is a bit frustrating. I am now going “live” with mine at last. “Under Construction” so please forgive.https://robertmileham.com/
Rodin’s sketch book
I am again indebted to Chris Miller for this delightful link to Rodin’s sketchbook. I wonder how many gems like this there are on the net?http://www.rodinmuseum.org/micro_sites/exhibitions/rodinSketchbook/flash2.html
