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I Love my Garden. Not because I'm a great gardener, I'm not, but just knowing I have a lovely private place to sit and enjoy nature is important to me. The thrill every year when there is a Throbbing Buzz in the air..... and what must be thousands of Bees have taken over the Laburnum Tree when it Flowers. Letting my Buddliea get enormous just because it will be covered in butterflies. The simplest things the Sounds,  Birdsong of course but the best of all... the wind rustling the leaves on the trees. So I think it was inevitable that...

A little sad today as I write this. I'm really looking forward to another weekend at the 'Art Farm' as we now call it, but It's the last weekend and on Sunday we 'Wrap it Up'. We had a plan, if we all worked together and exhibited in one place we could create a wonderful experience for all those who visited us as part of the South East Open Studios. There are ten of us Artists.... Neal, Anna-Marie, Lucy, Mike, Katie, Sally, Vanessa, Julia, Beverley and our honorary member Neal's Mum Maggie. So as a group we decided that we...

I'm exhibiting alongside a great group of very talented artists as part of South East Open Studios You'll find me there over three weekends 9-11th June, 16-18th June and 23-25th June so plenty of dates available for you to come and see me, purchase on the day or discuss and order bespoke pieces of Art, Lamps, Tableware, Tiles, Interior and Exterior Textiles and more Town Court Farm, Bayham Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN2 5HU Private View is a whole day with the theme Mad Hatters Tea Party, and I'm the Cheshire Cat!!!! ~~~~ I will have the new shower proof...

Martine Cajkler is an ex Staff nurse who gave up her life in the UK to move to the idyllic Greek island of Meganisi in the Ionian Sea and although she misses the job that she loved so much, it was all worth it for the life that she now leads on the beautiful island. She is married with two grown up children and is now a grandma to 2 wonderful granddaughters who like to call her “nanny”. Meikie Designs asked Annie Dixon from Writing and Blogging to find out more from Martine about how her designs are now adding...

What is Silk Painting?   Are you looking to enhance a room in your home with a silk painting that has been designed especially for you in the colours of your choice?   Here we explore what silk painting is and what sets it apart from batik and silk screen printing which it is often confused with.     Batik   Batik originates from Java, Indonesia and is a centuries old tradition involving decorating cloth using wax and dye. The word batik originates from the Javanese tik and means to dot. The art involves blocking out selected parts of the...