A fossilised deer vertebra from Shropham, Norfolk. This is one of the attempts for 'Nature' tomorrow. I just clicked Notifications on here, and got Forbidden as a response. Nice! Faults may be my PC? #theferrisfiles #metaphorsaplenty #frustration #mycottenham

2 toys I picked up in a charity in Ely to serve as drawing stimuli on the rare occasions I now get to teach. The theme on X was ' Manacing,' so I had a go at some surreal indoor pics. Was bluesky glitching today? #theferrisfiles #metaphorsaplenty #ferrisphotos #mycottenham

Giant Impact. Not sure if this'll actually post or not. Fed up of the old hp glitching, but new Acer didn't intitialise properly, so both open, and causing me huge stress. Having to restart lots of apps and platforms! #theferrisfiles #metaphorsaplenty #frustration #mycottenham

Emerald City. Watercolour on paper. It's very rare that I use that medium - maybe because someone gave me a load of unwanted tubes? Second breakfast shortly. #theferrisfiles #mycottenham #metaphorsaplenty #nostalgia

Ascension. Oil pastel and ink in a small sketchbook. Working on a couple of large canvases at the moment. I do set myself hard tasks. But it has to be done! #theferrisfiles #mixedmedia #metaphorsaplenty #mycottenham

Above the Flower Shop. First sexual experience with Mick. I didn't like it really. Bit of a puritan me! That's completely changed over time. Inevitably. #theferrisfiles #nostalgia #mixedmedia #metaphorsaplenty

The village sign being engulfed by new growth. Made liver and bacon casserole yesterday. Enough for 8 meals. Froze ,uch of it. Have to try to spend less on food; it keeps getting more expensive, Starmer! #theferrisfiles #ferrisphotos #mycottenham #metaphorsaplenty

Nettles absolutely everywhere in the woods along the cut. They seemed to have dies back completely over winter, then exploded into life very recently. Love nature! #theferrisfiles #metaphorsaplenty #mycottenham #ferrisphotos

Angry birds? Beautiful blue sky out there today. That's nice. Really tired yesterday, working on 2 paintings at once. A week before C comes basck from holiday. Aim to be done by then. #theferrisfiles #ferrisphotos #metaphorsaplenty #mycottenham

Blackhall rocks. That could be the title for a new collection of short stories, if I ever get round to publishing them? The sky is a grey slab again today. I hate it. But at least the new Saturday is a bunny! #theferrisfiles #ferrisphotos #metaphorsaplenty #nostalgia

The Rijksmuseum. I am making a mental reverse bucket list: places I fear I may never visit again. Add to that people I will not see again, not because they have passed, but because contacts fade and time is short. #theferrisfiles #ferrisphotos #metaphorsaplenty #nostalgia

Posting some past pics. I accumulate masses of art materials, some of which get used a couple of times then they languish is some corner almost indefinitely. These crayons had to come all the way from Mexico. #theferrisfiles #ferrisphotos #nostalgia #metaphorsaplenty

Back in the day how the garden planter looked. It was replaced by a hellebore which dies when I was abroad. Need to go to the garden centre with T to buy yet another. There's a message in there somewhere! #theferrisfiles #mycottenham #ferrisphotos #metaphorsaplenty

Be nice to say the red spot was mine and I had bought this, but then I don't have dosh squittering out of my orifices. I should have asked what was the most expensive piece? Possibly the Gormley statue? #theferrisfiles #metaphorsaplenty #ferrisphotos #Cambridge

Westminster College from Castle Hill. Only posting 3 today. Too busy. Off to Classical Archaeology Museum to draw. #theferrisfiles #ferrisphotos #metaphorsaplenty #Cambridge

In The Picture. Better hurry up now. Thinking about those I lost contact with: Julian Braidwood, Nigel Brittain, Keith James, and so on, and social media fails to make the links! #theferrisfiles #mycottenham #metaphorsaplenty #frustration

Communism. Might grab a Turkish delight before I go out. I do what I want in retirement, but it's a struggle most of the time. Artemis press conference. Bit glib sometimes. #theferrisfiles #mycottenham #mixedmedia #metaphorsaplenty

I have seen a marsh harrier, an avocet, a spoonbill and a bittern recently, and this little guy. Must rush and do a little on the painting downstairs. Giorgia just referred to herslf in the third person. Bit weird! #theferrisfiles #metaphorsaplenty #ferrisphotos

Really on it yesterday. I got SEVEN notifications. Almost made it. Decisions about when a picture is finished bothering me this morning. I am doing a large version of a stolen work, but have begun to alter its shape. #theferrisfiles #metaphorsaplenty #mycottenham #frustration

Dead dogfish, Dunwich. Listening to Meloni on Rai. At least she seems more presidential that a certain orange alien. But it's no wonder the people no longer trust ANY of their politicians. #theferrisfiles #ferrisphotos #frustration #metaphorsaplenty

House Boy. I adore pizza, and I love repurposing the packaging they used to come in. I now rely on th authentic variety at 'Giovanni's' in town. The 'house' here is a boarding school thing. #theferrisfiles #metaphorsaplenty #mycottenham #nostalgia

To 'celebrate' my reaching that awful milestone. I was hoping that the new model might have fixed another date to come pose, but no such luck; then I was born under an inauspicious star. Believe me! #theferrisfiles #metaphorsaplenty #mycottenham #mixedmedia

Boy and Biomorph. Rubin would have it that the latter characterises BOTH branches of Surrealism, the abstracted and the veristic. Have been doing them since I was 18. Weird, eh? #theferrisfiles #metaphorsaplenty #mycottenham #mixedmedia

Blue Arrow. Just opened up a sort of forgotten folder. I used to work as a casual for a company called that, though the meaning is more oblique. About to have second breakfast - a loaded brownie from the deli! #theferrisfiles #mycottenham #metaphorsaplenty #mixedmedia

Sculpture Gallery. My brother-in-law threw out most of my previous work. Some might be reconstructed, but doubt it. That'd involve money and assistants. It's all just too much! #theferrisfiles #metaphorsaplenty #mycottenham #drawing #frustration

The Solution. I made an installation for COAX, with the help of local schoolkids. It was a joy, but garnered no notice anywhere. I am so tired, both physically and emotionally. Putting off the sertraline for another while. #theferrisfiles #mixedmedia #metaphorsaplenty #frustration

And here after the fall of ordure. But almost everyone bumbles along as if the end of everything was not on its way. And it's not just the fools like Trump and his blind followers. The earth is poisoning itself. #theferrisfiles #metaphorsaplenty #frustration #mycottenham

End of the World. Got 740 views on TikTok for a 'Revealing my Art' post. Got 8 likes on here yesterday. Feel I am so close to making it. 3 chocolate biscuits now for second breakfast! #theferrisfiles #drawing #metaphorsaplenty #frustration

Gigantic Sh*t. Done a long time ago, but so pertinent. At least there's a bright blue sky out there today, but it feels like a sham. I should stop watching the news! It's all too bleak. #theferrisfiles #drawing #metaphorsaplenty #frustration

Skins. Reminds me of school. PE would have one team play with vests on, one bare-chested. Can't imagine that happening now. Far too suspect! #theferrisfiles #mixedmedia #mycottenham #metaphorsaplenty