Finn update

What a wonderful dog Finn is becoming. He's really settled in to our life now and seems to be very happy in his new routine. He's very loving and obviously up for all the walking that is expected of him.

It was Gra's birthday last week so we spent the day out walking, beachcombing, collecting and photographing. Plus a bit of eating and drinking too - the perfect day. Below are pictures of paint on the bottom of boats.

East Head at Wittering was very stormy but beautiful. I did a #2minutebeachclean and in the picture of the sand you can see the tiny pieces of plastic littering the beach - all the black and white bits are plastic too. They can be found all along the sand dunes now and this shocks me every time I see it. I also collected some shells and seaweed to draw.

Found objects

As well as focusing on nature, the other thing I'm visually attracted to are brightly coloured plastic objects. I found this broken toy down an alleyway and had to pick it up. When we were children we noticed strange characters, eccentrics who were not like everyone else, these people scared us and at the same time fascinated us and sometimes I wonder if this is how I appear to local people. Walking the streets picking up rubbish, wood for the fire or pushing a wheelbarrow full of garlic from my allotment along the pavement.
I think when I'm an old lady I'll be pushing a pram full of terriers!