My Maggie intruders I left our back door open this morning, so Zoe could go out for a wee. Walked back into the kitchen to find my magpie mates Heckle and Jeckle sitting there, large as life on our kitchen bench! Lol Fortunately they’ll do anything for a feed so I was able to entice them out again with some meat, and no, they didn’t poo everywhere like the lorikeets did when they came in. | Col Stringer

At the JP Morgan Library & Museum where they have a stunning collection of books, and also in a special collection, draft musical scores including this very scratchy piano sonata by Beethoven. | Leigh Stringer

RetroTober visit to what was basically my first stringer line design. I called it a #draftbead - it referenced an architectural rendering class I took with my highschool art teacher and best art pal where I learned these lines as a representation of a corner. The dots were important too - my rendering instructor insisted "no dots, not done". I hear that echoed back to me from the bead making world sometimes now. #fullcircle #origins Here's to a design that's been on the cover of books and magazi

19K views · 355 reactions | My son did this for,our 64th anniversary, it’s amazing what they can do now | Col Stringer | Facebook