New e-cards

Two new e-cards have been posted recently: The Tomb of the Pharoah and Diwali.

The 'Tomb' has ended up with an Abbott and Costello feel at the end - well, it doesn't do to be serious all of the time.

I mentioned the Diwali e-card in an earlier post. It's a simple e-card with a message (hopefully)of bringing light into the darkness.

The Diwali e-card - and the earlier Day of the Dead - mark something of a change of direction, and I'll be designing further e-cards with specific occasions in mind.

(Thanks to Luis Castro at Manchester Uiversity for his helpful comments and advice of the Day of the Dead -card.)

Latest cards

Been quiet on the blog for the past couple of months but still busy with the e-cards.

The Buddhist e-card went on last month and I've just (a few days ago) uploaded a Mexican Day of the Dead card. This one marks something of a departure; I originally set out to avoid cards for specific occasions, but have begun designing one for less usual occasions (from a white, British perspective at least).

More to follow ...

Has Spring sprung?

April's half way through and winter still hasn't quite loosened its grip. Despite the chilly weather there are some signs of improvement. Curlews have arrived on the moors and are well into their mating displays. The group in the photograph were near High Bradfield, Sheffield.

I've temporarily abandoned the desert cards - but will come back to them later. There's a recent underwater card and I'm now close to finishing my first 'Birthday' card. I hadn't planned cards for birthdays, etc, but, as you'll see when it's uploaded, this one isn't strictly conventional.

New Cards

When I started to plan Mayflye-cards, one of the things I wantd to do was create cards based on well known films. Well, I've finally managed it. Two cards, 'loosely' based on Brief Encounter and Casblanca, are now available on the site.

These are suitable for Valentine Day's use (or whenever you feel romantic).

For next month, and beyond, I've been working on cards based in desert locations. Perhaps it's becaue of the near endless rain we've been having in Britain.

New Year

New Year's Day.

I went out for a walk on the moors to blow the cobwebs away and to get away from the cats, who were hanging around as if expecting something: one's trying to walk across the laptop even as I write.

I find walking's usually good for generating ideas for new cards, although today was an exception. The poet, Ian Duhig, quoted another poet to me once (can't remember his name),who when asked where ideas came from said that if he knew he'd go there. Or something like that.

Perhaps it was the mist and drizzle, but I didn't get there today either. I took the photograph as it somehow represented this place being off in the mist - except I was going the other way when I took it.

It'll get better.

Happy New Year.

Seasons greetings to everyone.

A newspaper report said that Monday 10 December, was 'officially' the most stressful day of the year. If so, that's over and we can all start to relax again.

I'm currently working on a number of new cards that will be released after Christmas. Some of these will be possible contenders for Valentine’s Day; but, as ever, the cards are intended to be okay for more than one occasion. In any case, if you love someone, why only send a card on one day of the year?

The Nepal Trust

Here's a little more information about the trust:

The Nepal Trust is a registered Scottish charity and Nepalese NGO which, since 1994, has been working in one of the most impoverished and remote areas of human habitation in the world, the upper Karnali river zone of North-West Nepal. 

The Nepal Trust is a grassroots, cost-effective organisation, dedicated to supporting the Nepalese people by working with them on sustainable community development projects.  Working with health, education, sanitation, renewable energy, eco-tourism and heritage preservation, the Trust emphasises local participation and recognises the local people as the ultimate custodians of their communities.   Find out more at www.nepaltrust.org