The Local Regular

Loose Leaves – Art Inspired

 

Dod Procter - Tolcarne Inn (1935)

 

TOLCARNE INN

 

Listening to the soft

creak of floorboards

by the bar, and the low

murmur of warm and

gentle conversation.

 

 

 See also: Leaf 366

Sisters

Loose Leaves – Reflections

 

Jiwoon Pak - Fade to Grey (2015)

 

My wife and

her sister –

their voices merge.

 

 

 

Rural Rush Hour

Loose Leaves – Looking Back

 

C.F. Tunnicliffe - Welsh Hill Farm (1949)

This illustration, although set in Wales, reminds me of a very Withnail-esque time several years ago when, while out walking down a country lane in Cornwall, we were overtaken by a herd of cows heading back to the milking shed.

 

 

Caught up –

evening commute

back to the farm.

 

 

 

Morning Snow

Loose Leaves – Art Inspired

 

Claude Monet - The Magpie (1869)

Crisp and clean –

a magpie amid

the morning snow.

 

 

 

Exciting Women

Loose Leaves – Art Inspired

 

Allen Jones - Exciting Women (1964) Tate

 

Unsure if

they are laughing

with him or …

Allen Jones - III (1976) Tate

 

Strike A Pose

Loose Leaves – Reflections

 

An unblinking Supermodel stance, striding the catwalk, straight into the cameras’ bright flashes … zeroing in, hitting her mark.

 

 

PINS

 

Looking long and hard –

her smooth, sharp stare;

walking a new line –

her long, long legs like

twin sticks of liquorice –

sashaying, stop: about turn

                                        bye, bye!

 Photograph credit: Next

The Deal

Loose Leaves – Reflections

 

Changing the

terms and conditions

– poison ivy.

 

 

 

Photo: Ryohei Takanashi - Model/Musician: Ringo Sheena / Numéro Tokyo, "Nom: Boucheron, Prénom: Frédéric" (2026)