Jodie and Adam's visit

Jodie and Adam came for a weekend visit to sunny Newcastle Emlyn, lots of walking the dog Bonny, who kept us amused with her inane antics, such as jumping into every available patch of boggy water. The Iron Age village was good, where we learned that Misteltoe makes an interesting cocktail, being drunk in neolithic times for its psychotropic effects before being killed three times by first getting your head kicked in followed by strangulation and then the coup de grace of slitting the throat, a new idea for X-Factor perhaps?

Michael Foot

Fossil hunting in Carmarthenshire

I had heard rumours of large well preserved trilobites in the rocks near Llandeilo.So it was exciting to find some fragments of Nobiliasaphus tyrannus in a small quarry close to Dynevor park. My friend discovered the best find of the day which was the hypostome or mouthparts of this predatory trilobite which lived 460 million years ago during the Ordovician period.

Graptodytes sp

I have been sent some water beetles by Will Watson which are proving quite hard to photograph. They are only a few millimetres in length and are a member of the Dytiscidae which are diving beetles. The difficulty is that they will not keep still for more than a few seconds and seem to be constantly on the go.

Alpujarra holiday

A refreshing breeze blows through the olive groves at Alan and Tina's house at the western end of the Alpujarra valley near Orgive in Spain. I have just witnessed the weekly event of water cascading down the acequias which are irrigation channels built by the Romans. The temperature is 36 degees Centigrade and the Cicadas are singing their heads off. The water splits into smaller channels and ends up as pools of water in the vegetable garden or washing around the roots of mature trees.

Retro Blog 1960

The children are on a walk in Surrey heathland probably Tunnel Hill, Angus Ekserdjian is on the left, he became an eminent barrister, next is Richard Ramage he is a senior librarian, Julian Stammers is a musician and artist, David Ekserdjian on the right is Professor of Art History at Leicester University.

A family walk while on holiday in Cornwall, from the left my sister Susie who worked in the pop music industry during the sixties and had a long association with the Rolling Stones, Julian, mum, dad, Mabs Ekserdjian and David Ekserdjian.

The watersplash or ford in Chobham on the river Bourne was a favourite spot for picnics, my father had the bright idea of driving along the river, which we had done before but this time he underestimated the depth and got stuck, hence the disgruntled looks!

Art Exhibition

The vibrancy of Eloise Govier's work speaks for itself, with broad strokes of the palette knife she creates canvases of arresting beauty. Pendre Art Gallery Cardigan info@pendreart.com