Celebrating a 50th Wedding Anniversary

This house holds many dear memories for my Mum's family. In fact my Mum was born at home here so it was a treat to create and give it to my Aunt and Uncle as a 50th Wedding Anniversary gift.

Campbell College Cottage

Recently, we had a day out with my parents to Tollymore Forest Park. When M is at work I need adult help to visit Tollymore as the children love to walk the river there and I can't safely handle a 3yr old and a 2 yr old in the river by myself. My Dad had other ideas about how we would spend our morning and produced a rather old OS map with the notion of finding a little shelter where he used to hike to with friends in his school days. With the prize of a snack for anyone who made it to the destination we huffed and puffed our way there. The building is still standing 40 + yrs on, just, but looks like it is no longer used. Now we are dreaming of purchasing it, renovating it and using it as a beautiful off grid retreat!

Architectural Sketching

I have a few Architectural sketches commissions on the go...wedding venues and houses to be sent as wedding gifts and wedding anniversary gifts. I'm loving my ipadpro more and more as I get used to drawing on it although I still have a love/hate relationship with my temperamental printer.

Dharampura Haveli, Old Delhi

Our opportunity came, to explore Old Delhi without the kids. Willmer and Lyn offered to take the kids home after our visit to the Rail Museum so that M and I could go into Old Delhi, explore and have dinner at the beautifully restored Dharampura Haveli.

The Haveli is set in the narrow alleys of Chandni Chowk, Old Delhi. It lives amongst the residences and small shops which this area is famous for. It dates back to 1887 and its design reflects the Mughal period. A Haveli is a multi storey townhouse set around a courtyard. It is visible from the busy and noisy street by a simple door which opens up to a peaceful courtyard beyond. From its rooftop we were able to see across the roof tops of Delhi towards the largest mosque in India. The Jama Masjid.

The narrow streets below where we entered the Haveli.

 The Haveli courtyard viewed from the rooftop.

Traditional dancing as entertainment.

Millbrook

There weren’t many personalised Christmas gifts this year but I enjoyed doing a little sketching for my brother and sister in laws.