Monday, 24 June 2013

Pat Bentley art exhibition at York street Gallery in Ramsgate and a quick Monday ramble

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This week’s exhibition lasts until Wednesday and I will use the pictures of the paintings to illustrate this post. I am s...
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Sunday, 23 June 2013

Watercolour in Ellington Park and a ramble

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I am trying to learn to paint nature, trees, skies and so on with watercolour at the moment. It is a very hit and miss business, mainly beca...
Saturday, 22 June 2013

A ramble, no a moan about the airshow at Manston, technology and the problems for secondhand bookshops.

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I had to work today which meant I missed the airshow and while Manston airport are normally perfectly happy to overfly Ramsgate, this did...
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Thursday, 20 June 2013

Thanet District Council Cabinet Meeting and Ramsgate’s Royal Victoria Pavillion

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The only information about tonight’s meeting seems to be some tweets from the council’s communications team. Tweets 1.          ...
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Wednesday, 19 June 2013

Defeat into victory, a continuation of my thoughts on secondhand bookshops and the Amazon effect.

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Sitting behind the till in my bookshop, the books immediately beside me are the ones on military history, fortunately most of the boo...
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Sunday, 16 June 2013

Cloud over the sea from Margate watercolour

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I have spent the last few hours trying to master painting the cloudy skies we are having at the moment. I think this is the best attempt s...
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Saturday, 15 June 2013

Saturday Ramble, Tesco, Arlington, Ezekiel, Brutalism, Books and the Internet

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Tesco in Margate first, my take here is that the fault lies with English Heritage for not making Arlington House a listed building and t...
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Thursday, 13 June 2013

Dornier 17 in Ramsgate Harbour pictures and a day off ramble

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  Not fantastic pictures but I assumed that people would want to know what you can see of the plane, both looking down from the westcliff ...
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