Christine Larsen Illustration & Design: Ink on Paper Sketchbook

Christine Larsen Illustration & Design: Ink on Paper Sketchbook

Being always the adventurous fellow that he is, the Colonel has ventured once more into the deep, dark denizens of the internet jungle and has returned with amazing and life-enhancing discoveries such as these wonderful, handcrafted pictorial images by Ms. Larsen.

The Colonel commented: "I dare you to venture into the labyrinth of her exotic fluid forms, into her temple of inky profundity and not come out (should one choose to return) transformed. Well, that's probably enough of the purple prose for now. Always like to disinfect the old mundane bloggery with a few sprays of the old purple every now and then. Lifts the standard of one's text no end, I say!"

Erm, yes, Colonel, however he is right about the capacity of Ms Larsen's artwork to bedazzle and amaze and to tickle one's fancy. Tres excellente!

The Woodcutter's Song (Traditional)

Continuing with the arboreal theme, the Colonel has a fancy for the occasional traditional English folk tune and this one especially tickles that part that gets him jigging around madly.

'Tis The Woodcutter's Song with music by that grand bard of Albion, Mr. Robin Williamson.

The woodcutter's song Lyrics

Words traditional English, music RW with fugal ideas by Chris Caswell 1978
Oak logs will warm you well
That are old and dry
Logs of pine will sweetly smell
But the sparks will fly
Birchs long will burn too fast
Chestnut scarce at all sir
Hawthorn logs are good to last
That are cut well in the fall sir
Surely you will find

full lyrics

more Robin Williamson lyrics

And 'ere be a wee clip of the phonographic recording of the aforesaid bard with his Merry Band together with a jolly animated pictorial of each of the trees mentioned therein.


Should you be curious about the chap's current doings, here's a link to his site:
http://www.pigswhiskermusic.co.uk/index.htm