A strange thing has happened to my website

My website has been playing up for a couple of weeks now in different ways, but yesterday it became most alarming. It looks like my site has been taken over by Microsoft IIS7. Also, from being the first few results for a number of years, I am suddenly almost impossible to find on google.

Does anyone have any ideas as to what could have happened and what I can do about it?

It feels a bit like I'm in an alien B-movie...

If I don't blog for a while, it's because they've got me.

Lesser Spotted

As promised, here is the work of Dominic Greyer for his card company Lesser Spotted Images.

I love the pictures that he takes; the black and white serenity of the countryside along with the humour of the names. 

We often find ourselves as show companions, and I must say he is a lovely person to have on the next stand. Always cheerful and with a ready supply of chocolate. :)

You can buy cards, cushions, coasters, mugs and his great book from his website

Road signs

On the way out to the motorway yesterday I stopped off at the village where I grew up to take these photos. As kids, Boozer Pit and Sandy Hole always used to intrigue us. On the way over to Taunton there is also Folly Drove, which I really like because I love Follies as buildings. I also play this little game with myself where I build sentences around it, like Folly drove…me round the bend, or Folly drove…a rather battered 1968 Ford Cortina…Folly drove to London to see the Queen…

But I wouldn't have thought to photograph them if it weren't for a man called Dominic Greyer. Tomorrow I'll show you what I mean.

Happy Valentine's Day!

I've come back to flowers all around and bubbly in the fridge. It's good to be home :)

I just came across this lovely Valentine's entry at this blog thanks to Camilla Engman who mentioned it on her blog.

It's a bit of a grey day

Do you ever just need a burst of colour?

 

  

For me it's like food. I feel better now.

When I was little my favourite colour was brown, but only because that was the colour of my teddy and I loved him so much. He went everywhere with me. He lived in my arm pit. When I was about 4 or 5, he changed into a she. I made lots of little outfits for her.

If s/he looks a little shy, it's because s/he doesn't really like having his/her photo taken.

Still haven't figured out how to comment, but I am working on it.

Commenting

I would really like to be able to respond to comments on my blog but I don't seem to be able to. Does anyone have any top technical tips they could share with me?

I'm going to make a little side table out of this tray.

A little drawing of a bicycle made for two. I think that might be the man of the house up front.

 

Wu and Wu

Yesterday I visited the Spring Fair at the NEC in Birmingham. It is the mother of all trade fairs. I caught up with some friends, talked some business and then went for a wander.

We visited Wu and Wu, whose work I adore. At each trade fair I treat myself to something from their collection.

 

 

 

http://www.wuandwu.com

Today I am leading a pirate workshop. Yo ho ho me hearties! I might need a bottle of rum by the end of it...