September 2, 2015 - Posted by Cara Lockhart Smith | Art, Photography, Uncategorized | Coldstream, photograph, scottish borders, walking
I’m Cara, and I live in Coldstream, in the Scottish Borders As well as writing and illustrating books for children I have recently been painting on canvas, in my octagonal studio (aka The Tardis) which inhabits a corner of the vegetable garden. My work for children has been published in several countries, and translated into different languages. My favourite form at the moment is the picture book, but I have also had published poetry, children’s novels, and illustrations for the work of other authors, and have worked extensively on projects with children. I go out most days with my camera and create blog entries from the results. Some of the pictures I take will be used as background material for the picture book which I am working on at the moment. My son Matty set up this WordPress blog for me, and it has added a dimension to my life which surprises me. It is also interesting and inspiring to read the blogs of other people from different parts of the world, and to look at their sometimes fascinating pictures.
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Makes me wonderful how old this structure is and where does it lead to – very intriguing Cara.
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It leads to some old stable buildings, which have now been transformed into residential properties. The stables are part of the Lees Estate, owned by one of the old families round here. So much of Scotland is like that – big estates. There is right to roam over the estates, so there are some great walks around. Politically the set-up may not be very equitable but I like the feeling of tradition and history. Much better as it is than if the old houses were transformed into spas, or hotels, or were bought up by rock stars – or even fell to bits and vanished, as has happened all over Berwickshire.
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Wonderful,capture….and I do love the vagrants sign
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