i am kitty valentine

happy new year

2012-01-06T06:17:00.000-08:00

i am working on an exciting new project for spring 2012, watch this space for an update soon x

pierrot pearly queen cushions

2011-12-22T15:50:00.000-08:00

new cushions for the pearly queen range featuring pierrot cat and   pierrot hare, decorated by hand with mother of pearl buttons, nepalese   felt balls, guipure lace and crystal tears.  the cushions are 18" square   and will be for sale for £45 on my etsy site (please follow the link  to  the right) and at the tearooms market on brick lane, london e1. 

santa is not your friend

2011-12-22T15:30:00.000-08:00

giant cat project

2011-10-31T13:42:00.000-07:00

i am very proud to be involved with the giant cat project in the city of london. i shall be hanging the exhibition and donating two works to this delightful fund-raising project in aid of great ormond street hospital children's charity, which is in memory of a little girl called maymunah, just five years old when she died, who loved cats. a framed print of 'crow girl with cat and a new 'cat people' collage will be auctioned alongside many other works by shoreditch artists, including my dear friend mr martin, whose painting 'ginger and me' and joyce wan's collage 'the assistant' and all the other artworks will hopefully raise plenty of money. to see the project and to donate, please click here:
www.giantcatproject.com

the silent auction exhibition will be open for a week at st. botolph's church, aldgate high street, city of london, ec3n 1ab, near aldgate tube, with an opening night on monday 7th november from 6.30pm-8.30pm. bids can be made on the night or during the exhibition week.

for halloween

2011-10-29T20:16:00.000-07:00

water

2011-10-21T12:47:00.000-07:00

london aquarium

october 2011

fire

2011-10-20T13:38:00.000-07:00

chimney sparks,
windsor october 2011

hobo island

2011-08-28T20:20:00.000-07:00

the end of the boat trip

2011-08-27T14:17:00.000-07:00

twenty-eight locks


old windsor
romney
boveney
bray
boulter's
cookham
marlow
temple
hurley
hambleden
marsh
shiplake 
sonning
blake's
caversham
mapledurham
whitchurch
goring
cleeve
benson
day's
clifton
culham
abingdon
sandford
iffley
osney
godstow


...and back again

some more boat life

2011-08-27T13:55:00.000-07:00

narrowboat trip upriver to oxford

august 2011

we also saw kingfishers, fishing

several teal

two young hobbies

a field full of black llama

beautiful little egrets

evil deadly nightshade berries that looked so enticing

twenty-two buzzards circling over a field

a biplane endlessly looping

chinook and apache helicopters

more boat life

2011-08-27T13:45:00.000-07:00

boat life

2011-08-27T13:32:00.000-07:00

narrowboat trip upriver to oxford

august 2011

kitty's dewberry fool

2011-07-28T17:11:00.000-07:00

pick lots of dewberries, or blackberries if you can't find those, and simmer them to a puree with a little caster sugar and a splash of lemon juice then allow this to cool.
very carefully fold a small tub of whipped cream and the same amount of greek yoghurt into the puree to make a delightful violet swirl. chill and serve in a champagne glass with a fresh dewberry garnish. heaven.

boat life

2011-07-27T09:21:00.000-07:00

heron

male banded demoiselle

egyptian geese on a rowing boat

birthday canoe trip along the river near windsor

white satin moth

2011-07-13T07:18:00.000-07:00

leucoma salicis

clock

2011-07-11T11:50:00.000-07:00

lightning mary + broken arm jesus

2011-07-08T09:44:00.000-07:00

photographs taken in sicily and london

meadow life

2011-07-07T13:46:00.000-07:00

one afternoon in the secret meadow

bumblebee on cat's ear

wild garlic

grasshopper

red soldier beetle on freckled skin

naughty bee watching soldier beetles having it off. on knapweed.

injured ruby tiger moth

also spotted since march but not captured in a photograph:

beautiful skylarks, singing

giant blue dragonflies

mayflies who only live for a day

banded desmoiselles, with delicate cellophane wings

swallows plus fledglings

swifts

house martins

tiny pipistrelle bats swooping low over the river at night

great spotted woodpecker

a kingfisher (at last)

tiny shrews

herons, mostly on one leg

arctic terns

mallow

queen anne's lace

great crested grebes and stripey babies

yellow flag iris

egyptian geese

ox eye daisies

mandarin ducks

fairy ring champignons

buzzards

our kestrel
devil's bit scabious

a golden pheasant, dead the next day

delightful cormorants

a giant dead bream, stinking

a female stag beetle

tufted vetch

hundreds of cinnabar moths
ribwort plantain

perfect glowing poppies

brambles, very soon ready

a murder of crows

meadow life

2011-07-07T12:42:00.000-07:00

male emperor moth caterpillar. huge.

my swans

2011-07-07T12:19:00.000-07:00

five babies i have been feeding since they were very small indeed

boat life

2011-07-04T15:13:00.000-07:00

yes

2011-06-30T13:46:00.000-07:00

boat life

2011-06-26T17:31:00.000-07:00

life on the water at old windsor is peaceful

the tea rooms market

2011-06-26T15:56:00.000-07:00

all of these delightful treasures can be found at our stall - the two magpies - at the tearooms market in brick lane, london E1 every saturday and sunday.
come and see us soon x

three easter bunnies

2011-04-24T01:01:00.000-07:00