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15/04/2016

In Which I Learn to Spell Chrysanthemum

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April 2016, Colour, Dogs, Paywall, Photogenius

Aldi, April showers, chrysanthemum photographs, English weather, Indifferent Ignorance, spring weather, writing a murder mystery
16/09/2014

A Tourist’s Guide to Being a Tourist: Gallery Different, Central London

If I was one of those people who values their worth by the artistic talent and/or success of their friends, I’d probably think quite a lot of myself. I do think quite a lot of myself. I’m not sure how I’ve done it, but most of my friends are into illustration, game design, writing or something similar… Continue reading

Animals…, Art, Colour, Dogs, September 2014

animal paintings, Art, art gallery, Bernadette Marbrow, contemporary fine art, Fitzrovia, Gallery Different, Indifferent Ignorance, Penelope Timmis, Percy Street, realistic animal portraits, Rosa Sepple, Society of Women Artists, wild animal art
03/09/2014

Slight Smugness and a Poster About Slugs and Snails

Today is the day I would have gone back to school were I still a student, and it felt really, really strange going about town seeing people in my old uniform trotting to and from that wonderful institution/seventh layer of hell. My feelings are kind of mixed about the whole thing; on the one hand,… Continue reading

(All Hail) Creation, Art, Colour, Complaints, Internet, September 2014

change, Etsy, feminism, gendered marketing, going back to school, Indifferent Ignorance, ironing, learning the WP post editor, my art, Society6
04/06/2014

It’s Time to Out-Sparkle Eurovision, Folks!

Happy Rainy Wednesday snowflakes. Is it Wednesday? Can’t tell, but I have two hoodies on the go and Mum and I got new wellies for walking the dogs. Happy June! Anyway I am mostly writing this to point out the very cute little icons now on the sidebar. I found them for free at this… Continue reading

Colour, DISCUSS., Indifferent Ignorance, Internet, June 2014

Carrie Loves Design, Eurovision 2014, football, Indifferent Ignorance, sidebar icons, the weather, World Cup

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When I began this blog in 2009, I was a teenager. That’s why you’ll find some posts have been hidden behind a paywall. I was an incredibly different, less eloquent person when I was a teen, so if you want to read the thoughts of that teenager, you can join the No. 1 Readers’ Club for access.

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Colour

In Which I Learn to Spell Chrysanthemum

A Tourist’s Guide to Being a Tourist: Gallery Different, Central London

Slight Smugness and a Poster About Slugs and Snails

It’s Time to Out-Sparkle Eurovision, Folks!