Artist, illustrator and part time bookseller at Sam Read Bookseller, Grasmere. Author of Beginner's Guide to #Cyanotype - Search Press 2024 witchmountain.co.ukhttps://bsky.app/profile/witchmountain.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/witchmountain.bsky.social/post/3mhjd3jdqny2pLove and Pride Today marks the long awaited Spring Equinox and after a wet dark winter here in Cumbria I've been celebrating. Sweltering and recklessly "casting clouts" all over the place in the 13 degree heat, which it turns out is my ideal maximum temperature because I was actually a bit too hot… https://witchmountain.wordpress.com/2026/03/20/love-and-pride/20 Mar 2026 20:09 +0000at://did:plc:v77ya7t34zu3d2dnmc3ieqar/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhjd3jdqny2phttps://bsky.app/profile/witchmountain.bsky.social/post/3mfrmgpgdgj27Writing, thinking, reading. A blog post about having 3 jobs, being distracted and making space for what matters. https://witchmountain.wordpress.com/2026/02/26/looking-sideways-at-stars/26 Feb 2026 16:27 +0000at://did:plc:v77ya7t34zu3d2dnmc3ieqar/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfrmgpgdgj27https://bsky.app/profile/witchmountain.bsky.social/post/3mfd27flpjk2zI'm sharing this on behalf of a very very dear friend and a family who really deserve a break. I've known Robert for almost 40 years, his wife Jane was one of my closest friends, I was their childminder for a while, our children grew up together gofund.me/5f05460b0 https://gofund.me/5f05460b020 Feb 2026 21:24 +0000at://did:plc:v77ya7t34zu3d2dnmc3ieqar/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfd27flpjk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/witchmountain.bsky.social/post/3m7p7jphons2e [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Dec 2025 09:00 +0000at://did:plc:v77ya7t34zu3d2dnmc3ieqar/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7p7jphons2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/witchmountain.bsky.social/post/3m7hopszm5s2m"We keep buying things 'that'll look better and it just doesn't " #MartinParr by Val Williams, (Phiadon 2002)08 Dec 2025 09:10 +0000at://did:plc:v77ya7t34zu3d2dnmc3ieqar/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7hopszm5s2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/witchmountain.bsky.social/post/3m7afbswse22rI made a booklist on @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social about some lovely people I've met (many through my job at @samreadbookseller.bsky.social ) and their beautiful books. https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/name-dropping-books-by-people-i-ve-met?&new-list-page=true05 Dec 2025 11:33 +0000at://did:plc:v77ya7t34zu3d2dnmc3ieqar/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7afbswse22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/witchmountain.bsky.social/post/3m3mcbq6uzs23My most popular recent Instagram post is this flaming marshmallow on a stick, not the art I spent hours making 😏... still, when seen together like this they do have matching eerie and Autumnal colour schemes.20 Oct 2025 07:30 +0000at://did:plc:v77ya7t34zu3d2dnmc3ieqar/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3mcbq6uzs23https://bsky.app/profile/witchmountain.bsky.social/post/3m3bbde6q322rI mean, Peintmaking has to be worth checking out doesn't it 🙄😂 [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Oct 2025 22:14 +0000at://did:plc:v77ya7t34zu3d2dnmc3ieqar/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3bbde6q322rhttps://bsky.app/profile/witchmountain.bsky.social/post/3m3bb4w5tg22r#Cumbria Printmakers Out of Ink exhibition opens at the Kirkgate Centre, Cockermouth tomorrow with an evening PV. #handmadeprints #peintmaking #LakeDistrict (and Uffington 😏!)15 Oct 2025 22:10 +0000at://did:plc:v77ya7t34zu3d2dnmc3ieqar/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3bb4w5tg22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/witchmountain.bsky.social/post/3m2t67rudds2cThe one exhibition you need to see if you're in London this month 💗 https://www.jacobsongallery.com/exhibitions/273-william-tillyer-the-watering-place/ #WilliamTillyer #painting10 Oct 2025 07:41 +0000at://did:plc:v77ya7t34zu3d2dnmc3ieqar/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2t67rudds2chttps://bsky.app/profile/witchmountain.bsky.social/post/3lynd2uf4ob2gDrift Summer drifting away into Autumn again; there's always the initial feeling of sadness, wanting to cling on to something ephemeral, until the joys of the new season are remembered. The plunge into Autumn seems even more sudden this year as we have been away a bit and returned to hedgerows… https://witchmountain.wordpress.com/2025/09/12/drift/12 Sep 2025 13:01 +0000at://did:plc:v77ya7t34zu3d2dnmc3ieqar/app.bsky.feed.post/3lynd2uf4ob2g