Kirsty Stonell Walker

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• Many A Heart Is Aching, If You Could Read Them All...

  

  When I was looking for muff pictures for Muffvent I came across this painting...After the Ball Henri DoucetWhere shall I start with how much I love this image? ... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2016 CULTURE

• Stringing Along...

  

  One thing people who have known me far too long will know is that I love puppets, so much so that when I was a teenager I wanted to grow up to be a puppeteer... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2015 CULTURE

• Thursday 24th December - George Henry Boughton, the King of Muffs

  

  Happy Christmas Eve, my dear Reader, and thank you for joining me for the last day of Muffvent. I have for you a veritable Muff-extravaganza (Muffaganza?) this... Read more

  Posted on 24 December 2015 CULTURE

• Wednesday 23rd December - Old Market Hall and Fountain

  

  Are we almost there yet? Lawks, I just got back from one of the seven circles of Hell, or the local shops as it is usually known. The only nice bit was when we... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2015 CULTURE

• Tuesday 22nd December - Clarice Honor Edwards

  

  Today's post had to wait until I had seen the new Star Wars, and so I am writing from a position of happiness and comfort as I sit on the sofa listening to the... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2015 CULTURE

• Monday 21st December - Collette Gervex

  

  It poured with rain yesterday and a goodly part of the day was spent erecting a shed in the garden (yes, yes, I'm sure you can imagine the level of humour we... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2015 CULTURE

• Sunday 20th December - Portrait of Mme X

  

  Goodness me, it is dark this morning, but I suppose we are a day away from the solstice and the shortest day of the year. After that, I can get the seed... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2015 CULTURE

• Saturday 19th December - Frost Fair, 1684

  

  It is the last weekend before Christmas. Have you been doing any last minute shopping? Have you been wrapping pressies? Drinking mulled wine? Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2015 CULTURE

• Friday 18th December - I Did but See Her Passing by

  

  So, we only have a week until the big day! I've finished work until next year and not a moment too soon. Tomorrow I can look forward to a bit of a lie-in... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2015 CULTURE

• Thursday 17th December - A New Year's Nocturne

  

  Ugh. I am ill. I have the dreaded cold and so feel mildly unwell and filled with sneezes, so I am wrapped up in a blanket and feeling sorry for myself. Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2015 CULTURE

• Wednesday 16th December - Young Girl With Muff

  

  This has been a busy day already. Look! I have bottled four bottles of sloe gin!At least three of your are getting very lucky at Christmas. Maybe two. It depend... Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2015 CULTURE

• Tuesday 15th December - Too Posh for Pockets

  

  When I was searching for muff images for these posts I found there were some muffs that deserved a post of their own. These weren't paintings but photographs... Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2015 CULTURE

• Monday 14th December - Girl in Red

  

  With only ten more days until Christmas Eve, I think we can say we're on the downward slope in Muffvent. I have my father visiting today and I have to assemble ... Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2015 CULTURE

• Sunday 13th December - The Warrior's Daughter

  

  Isn't Sunday meant to be the day of rest? Well, our tree is now up, our very cute Dick Bruna nativity is up and I am making mince pies. I think we still have... Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2015 CULTURE

• Saturday 12th December - Couple Walking in the Snow

  

  Well, we are half way to Christmas Eve and I'm delighted to find it is Saturday. It does give one the chance to snooze and not take off one's dressing gown all... Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2015 CULTURE

• Friday 11th December - Girl with Muff

  

  Here we are at the end of another week! Goodness, how the muffs are flying as we gallop through Muffvent! Here's today's fluffy offering... Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2015 CULTURE

• Thursday 10th December - Study in Purple

  

  I have a particularly splendid muff for you today...Study in Purple (1912) Theodore WoresIsn't she wonderful? Subtitled 'Portrait of Gertrude McFarland',... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2015 CULTURE

• Wednesday 9th December - My First Sermon

  

  After yesterday's filth-fest I thought I ought to clean it up a bit for the sake of your moral wellbeing. Today's image is one of cutesy innocence at its best... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2015 CULTURE

• Tuesday 8th December - Naughty Muffs

  So far in Muffvent there have been plenty of sniggers and chuckles at the muff-tastic pictures and all the saucy euphemisms. Heaven knows that's what I have... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2015 CULTURE

• Monday 7th December - A Winter's Dream

  

  Monday again and we are a week into Mufvent already! Goodness me, doesn't time fly when you are larking about with Victorian art? Anyway, on with the... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2015 CULTURE