Artin' the art

I'm starting off with some heritage poultry, then moving on to bees and plants! So check it out! Enjoy and I would love to spread the word a little, since it is a small hobby and it helps support my art. <3

The shop opens this weekend! Check it out and sign up for emails to get an extra early coupon!

I'm starting off with some heritage poultry, then moving on to bees and plants! So check it out! Enjoy and I would love to spread the word a little, since it is a small hobby and it helps support my art. <3

The shop opens this weekend! Check it out and sign up for emails to get an extra early coupon!

Effort

“I came across a particularly overgrown part of the Lucus one day.  It was hot, unbearably so.  The fruit hung over ripe from their trees with an almost sickening sweetness, but I stayed to explore its source.  It wasn’t long before I came to the center of the gathering, trees and bushes full of berries, covered in flowers.  There they were, hands outstretched like roots, or were they branches? The tangled mess was indistinguishable from their own form.  They were silent till they noticed me, turning their weathered masked face to the sound of my feet on the overgrowth.

“Do you like it?”  They whispered

I didn’t know how to reply, I was unsure, maybe even afraid to reply, but as I returned their question with silence, they turned away slowly, as if I had faded from notice.  I left, running away, tripping on the growth around me.  

On the edge of the glade, looking back in, I was in awe, but of what kind I was unsure.” 

Fence 21, the Vicarage Vee, was the big, bad wolf of Badminton 2016. A tall, solid rail spread diagonally across a yawning ditch, the iconic fence requires absolute bravery and accuracy in equal measure — and it leaves zero room for error.

Get there a little long or a little short, with a bit too much or not quite enough or not quite on your line, and things can go south, literally, in the blink of an eye.

The Vee is no new Badminton development. Horses and riders have been testing themselves against variations on its theme for decades. When I spoke with Mark Todd, the four-time Badminton winner who has probably been over it more times than anybody, his take was that the Vee is just the Vee: you either ride it right and get over it, or you end up in the ditch. Period. (x)