Interesting, useful and inspiring sites
Musings from a Muddy Island
My blog
Rachel Sharp
See Rachel's lovely paintings on her new-look website.
Jonathan Doyle photography
Mersea Island
Mersea Island. Britain's most Easterly inhabited island. Populated by a surprisingly large number of Doyles . . .
See also www.mersea-island.com
And en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mersea
Now you can even watch us driving on and off the island (or indeed, at high tide, NOT driving on and off the island) on Stroodcam www.stroodcam.co.uk/
How exciting is that?!
Mersea Wildlife
Dougal Urquhart has been the ranger at Cudmore Grove Country Park in East Mersea since 1983. His blog is crammed full of fabulous photos of Mersea and its wildlife, with topical updates nearly every day.
Cathy Savels - 'Nature as art, in absolute detail'
"Everything has a spirit, a voice that needs to be listened to. Creativity is my passion."
Working from her studio amongst the vineyards of south-west France, Cathy creates the most amazing works of art from canvas, paint, string, paper and cloth - they have to be seen to be believed. Visit her site and also see her ArtWanted gallery at www.artwanted.com/artist.cfm?artid=33552
Laurelines - paintings and drawings by Laura Frankstone
Laura Frankstone's entrancing art blog - you can explore this site for hours and hours and hours . . .
The Company Shed, West Mersea
Fish doesn't come fresher than this . . .
See also www.squaremeal.co.uk/restaurants/uk/view/82437/The_Company_Shed
and www.richardhawardsoysters.co.uk/
and www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style ... _eating/article474841.ece
and www.roganmacdonald.co.uk/site/pop.html (go to 'food' and then 'oyster fishermen' for some wonderful photos of Richard Haward and the Company Shed)
Shedworking - not just for shedworkers
This is a fantastic blog, which describes itself as the only daily updated guide to the lifestyles of shedworkers and those who work in 'shedlike atmospheres'. Actually it's a goldmine of interest and amusement for anyone who works from any part of their home or garden or who employs any kind of shed for any purpose at all. Give it a try and I guarantee you'll be back again for more!
What the media say: "the thinking sheddie's blog" Lucia Adams, The Times; "written sharply and humourously, we cannot praise this site enough." UK Ecology; "a fabulous blog that we have been brazenly milking" Lloyd Alter, Treehugger; "Encyclopaedic" Simon Busch, Financial Times; "testifies to the growing popularity of the shed as a thinking space."Greenfingers.com; "Our favourite shedworker" Enterprise Nation; "Tapping into that super-articulate but hard-to-reach growing market." Antonia Swinson, The Scotsman; "one of those highly specific blogs that you would never really expect to exist but does, and successfully so." Mark White, Better Business Blogging.
So you see, I'm not the only one who thinks it's fab.
Jean M. Laffitau
'Film Noir: la passion de l´art...'
Jean M Laffitau's fabulously atmospheric black and white photographs of musicians - and lots more besides, can be seen on his new, redesigned site. Just plain brilliant.
Jean's photos can also be seen at www.artwanted.com/artist.cfm?artid=21795