Welcome to #TheBlackCountry, lol 😆 😂

A morning walk over the local nature reserve in the snow: chaffinch, bullfinch, jay, buzzard, long-tail tits, a flock of redwing, and badger tracks under a cloudless sky. #TheBlackCountry #ItsGrimInTheWestMids

St Mary the Virgin Hurst Hill.

Glass by Albert Edward Lemmon born in Ladywood Birmingham. Trained at the Birmingham School of Art and worked at the Bromsgrove Guild before establishing his own studio.

#owlishmonday

#bilston #sedgley #theblackcountry
#stainedglass

Working on looking to announce an exhibition of paintings for later in the year. ‘Yam Yam Boy’. #blackcountry #theblackcountry

This piece ‘Toys Am We’ (59 cm x 84 cm painting on wood panel) pays homage to the ‘Arcade Toy Shop’, it was in Dudley for nearly a hundred years & gave countless kids fond memories of going in the shop as strong as the memories of the toys.
#dudley #theblackcountry #originalpainting #art #nostalgia

Sarnies With ‘MarMate’
Saturday teatime treat. Sandwiches in front of the telly at Nan and Grandads whilst everyone ate their tea in the kitchen, everyone apart from Kez their dog who really loved watching The A-Team. Or, really loved marmite.

#nostalgia #art #the80s #theblackcountry #TheATeam

‘Down The Road’ - a series of paintings paying homage to the local is coming soon.

‘Pubs, markets and corner shops,
Purveying pints, cobs and cola tip tops’

#blackcountry #riffy #theblackcountry #localshops

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky
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#Books
#BookChallenge
#Day15

15/20 Liz Berry, The Home Child
#Poetry
#TheBlackCountry

Woofers must love Autumnal days at the pub. Warm welcome, ice cold water bowls and no parasols blocking up the snack holes. #pubdog #porkscratchings #theblackcountry #bathams

By day, queen on the Tesco checkouts.
By night, queen of the pub darts league checkouts.

#theblackcountry #pubdarts #riffy