The Landscape Art of Gordon Frickers
Foggy and chilly, lingering to mid-day then mild and sunny with frequent rain in the evening and over night. The view from my bedroom window at 10.00. Autumn is coming early this year. September feels today more like late October, already I feel the need for a blanket over my duvet. More of the same … Read more
Cat called, an uninvited visitor and very, cute, persistent. Normally I like to be a good host; I make few exceptions. He / she was apparently determined to make my house his/ her new home. I was less keen, particularly when this young cat demonstrated an enthusiasm for clawing my furniture and salon rug. Cat … Read more
Shabbat shalom. Today despite wet n windy weather, I’ll be taking Ellen into Redon for more shopping, again, shopping therapy for her. Shabbat Dinner, we had a very pleasant Shabbat evening & dinner last night, lots of laughter and with me making Chinese nosh & Ellen made a starter and desert. To accompany the meal … Read more
A pleasant evening in La Roche-Bernard . I work as hard as I can so sometimes get to feel ‘wall crazy’ so the need for a change of scene, for adventure. Tomorrow, I have an invitation to a picnic before a fete with live music in La Roche-Bernard. I intend to accept, like to join … Read more
BBQ ? BBQ for dinner here, as an overdue thank you for their hospitality and gourmet foods, friends of mine, a couple, one French the other Russian, from La Roche-Bernard proposed a BBQ which seemed like a good idea. Despite my protestations they insisted on arriving with enough food for six. Upon arrival they promptly … Read more
wash car/rain ⛈ I gave my aged car a very overdue wash, headlight restore, wax n polish🙂. Now we have heavy rain with full sound & lightening effects ⛈. Washing my car, this works almost every time, wash car/rain ⛈. It works better than any rain dance I’ve tried🙃😄⚓
BalaBala, bistro and Bar in Redon, produced another winner last Friday. Amelik treated us to an hour of rare music, singing in French, Breton, Turkish and Kabyle Kabyle? By the way, the Kabayle tribe/people are a Berber ethnic group indigenous to ‘Kabylia’ in the north of Algeria. The Kabyle way pre date the arrival of … Read more
I’ve resumed painting this week. J’ai repris la peinture cette semaine. The Six Legged Elephant painting is on the move, progressing (at last!), getting the architecture ‘right’ is time consuming, has to be done even as you will soon see, though I’ll loose most of it in the finished painting. La peinture de l’éléphant à … Read more
Vin du Coq; do you know, the symbol of #Gaillac #wine is a cockerel? Maybe you know I have numerous spectacular Gaillac paintings available? All created in and around Gaillac S W France on my website. Refresh yourself https://artfrickers.com/s-w-france/tarn-and-gaillac-paintings/ Vin du Coq Vin du coq, very good #wine though it is, this doesn’t translate quite as the Gaillacois intended … Read more
Mr. Charles-Octave Count DE NOBLET D’ANGLURE has finally lost the unequal struggle we all face. Mr. Charles-Octave Count DE NOBLET D’ANGLUREa finalement perdu la lutte inégale à laquelle nous sommes tous confrontés. My very sincere condolences go to the family and friends of Charles-Octave DE NOBLET in loving and grateful memory of a grand friend … Read more