Shard. Up late today: 5.45! Had a restorative nap though. Tomorrow will help put Northstowe show up. Annoyed that the green sea turtle drawing won't be hung. Their rubric demands a size restriction. #theferrisfiles #mixedmedia #metaphorsaplenty #mycottenham

Religious. Lunch today was PURE comfort food: a bacon sandwich with a fried egg running out the edges, followed by tiramisu. This is a copied drawing with acrylic added. happy with it really. #theferrisfiles #mixedmedia #metaphorsaplenty #mycottenham

This is one of the new batch of postcards. I had envisaged selling them and sending them through the post, but that's yet another stpid idea that has fallen by the wayside. I am asking a frind to SEO me. #theferrisfiles #mycottenham #postcards #metaphorsaplenty #frustration

Trophy. I have to go at this thing like a bull at a gate. I contemplated going for the ArtGemini Prize with a set of photographs called 'The Suffolk Series.' But the £65 for 8 entries is beyond me, even if the BullionByPost payment comes through. #theferrisfiles #mixedmedia #mycottenham

Stairway. I have recativated my YouTube channel, or rather, 'they have altered my pathway so I can access it.' It's @steveferris5498 if any of you lovelies ever look at that platform. Vids so far are clutzy. #theferrisfiles #mixedmedia #metaphorsaplenty #mycottenham #frustration

Locomotion, a train museum up north. Very fond memories of the palce as I went with Dad and my stepmother. The Flying Scotsman was there. I can remember travelling by steam on British Rail. I am old! #theferrisfiles #ferrisphotos #mycottenham #metaphorsaplenty #nostalgia

For Foundation Course I had to find 100 black objects. I slaved over the summer painting Hammerite on rusty metal. The sculpture was ruined in a Knebworth downpour in Mum's garage. A few elements survived. #theferrisfiles #ferrisphotos #mycottenham #metaphorsaplenty

Going for a surge of photographs, rather than paintings. Might not suit followers, but indulge me. Snapping is a second string to my bow; it is Art, not something less. Northstowe hang tomorrow. #theferrisfiles #ferrisphotos #metaphorsaplenty #nostalgia

The Fitwilliam. They had to close the main entrance when a worker inspecting the dome found it in danger of falling. That would have been a different sort of ending. Should wtrite a short story about that. #theferrisfiles #ferrisphotos #metaphorsaplenty #Cambridge

In a way, I should be posting about 15 new ones, as I said I'd do one more than the number of resaponses I get. May join RPS in the New Year, if I am closer to solvency. This is what you get when you advertise for a non-smoker cotenant! #theferrisfiles #ferrisphotos #metaphorsaplenty #mycottenham

Tata are taking over Teacher Pension Scheme. So far the latter has [redacted] around for almost 3 years. I expect the new lot to be as hopeless. I need to bugger off to Italy. NOW. #theferrisfiles #mixedmedia #metaphorsaplenty #mycottenham

Can't remember what these last 2 are called. They just get a photo import number. Still fuming that the possible lodger declined. People just want jam on it! Have reactivated my YouTube, so may suggest a look later. #theferrisfiles #mixedmedia #mycottenham #metaphorsaplenty

Sneezing and coughing. Andrew wants me to go to lunch tomorrow, but not sure I should. We'll see in the morning. Food coming at 8 and I have tried to sell some coins. Sorry, auntie Pat! #theferrisfiles #metaphorsaplenty #mycottenham #mixedmedia

Northamptonshire. Lots of my schoolfriends came from Raunds, while I bussed there from St Neots. Sport on the BBC. Goodbye! Off to Rai News24. Might have a bath; is that sensible with such a cold? #theferrisfiles #mixedmedia #metaphorsaplenty #mycottenham #nostalgia

Ad for a holiday competion; the Sydney Opera House. Made into a sphinx, but that mixture of oil pastel and acrylic not ideal for restorers (once I am famous). You can see the skein of lines to stimulate imagery. #theferrisfiles #mixedmedia #metaphorsaplenty #mycottenham #nostalgia

I love making biomorphs. It's dead easy and perfect therapy. I want this cold to disappear. My father was a hypochondriac. I am not. In fact, I struggle through the debilitation coughs and colds offer. #theferrisfiles #metaphorsaplenty #mycottenham #nostalgia

Smoking mirror. There's a lot of poured painings out there now, decoration, not art, but I feel I was well ahead of the curve. Notice how some of the oil pastels 'tainted' the enamel. Long before I moved to Mexico. #theferrisfiles #metaphorsaplenty #mixedmedia #mycottenham

A second bite of the cherry. listening to the Beeb, a report about people being scammed. It appals me that there are these vile people out there. Why is the world descending into darkness. #theferrisfiles #acrylicpainting #mycottenham #metaphorsaplenty #frustration

Did this when I was 10. There was a great outpouring. I was then sent to a private school where they tried to knock the srt out of me, because I was in the academic stream. Oil pastel on paper. #theferrisfiles #metaphorsaplenty #mycottenham #nostalgia

I took advertising boards from M&S, before they were baled. Here a woman inverted and made into Demeter, or some other vegetable goddess. I tried so many different things, some far more successful than others. #theferrisfiles #mixedmedia #metaphorsaplenty #frustration #mycottenham