Thursday, 26 May 2011

Fox on my land!

This fox is certainly making him/her self at home.

Friday, 20 May 2011

The Foxes are back!


A nice pair!

© al hayball
One Fox lying on the compost heap and one on the earth.
I managed to sneak down and take this close-up through the crack in the fence.


Yes, they are back..Two quite healthy looking foxes, quite happily wandering around our gardens, this morning. These I photographed at about 8.00 am in next door, through my bedroom window glass and also wandering in my garden, leaving their scent, in the early morning sun...Bold as brass! ( It is no wonder Tilly is going mental to get out into the garden at night.)




Horses head in the van?


Tilly,..was not impressed by a big horse's nose coming into her own personal space today, in the new forest!



Friday, 15 April 2011

Tilly the bedlington whippet cross lurcher


" mmm..I'd really like to get at that wood pigeon."


PRE-head-hair-cut, not looking forward to it.

Wood chewer!..but at least i can see better now.

ave a scratch!


Monday, 14 March 2011

West country game fair


roo, till n willow.
Some pictures at the weekend of Tilly and her two sisters, Roobarb and Bellatrix at the West Country game fair, where we had a little litter reunion!

roo till n willow.

roo, till n willow.

Now this IS...roo, till n bella
humans: Sam, Neil the stool maker and me.

sisters

We were photographing the hounds together when all of a sudden some 'gentlemen of the countryside' appeared out of nowhere.
it was really odd, they stood there looking very stern, quizzed me on if they had bedlington in them, how old the dogs were and were they good at rabbiting etc. and i replied that they were old dogs, not sure of the breed, a bit of a mix and they were quite slow.
" do you want to sell any of them, guv? " he replied.
What a surprise, I didn't see that coming,,..much. mmm " No thanks."


Tilly

Tilly and Bella

Friday, 11 March 2011

Cow 53

The latest al hayball cow painting available as a limited edition print.

SPECIAL LAUNCH PRICE of £29 + £3 P&P
(normally £39 + £3 P & P)
(for a limited period only. A Limited edition print, including mount is size 15 1/2" x 17 1/2" ,
image area approx: 10 1/2" x 12 1/2", a 'gyclee' run of 195 copies,
printed with high quality light-fast inks on archival paper.)

Please go to:
Farmlife gallery page

£159 each plus £10 P&P
Go to: ORIGINALS PAGE
Thanks for your continued interest in my art.
Regards,
al

Monday, 28 February 2011

A blustery walk on a bleak February day



A few photos of our walk over hengistbury head, to blow away the cobwebs, early on a monday morning.
Weather was a bit bleak at the moment, but that didn't stop Tilly sprinting around with every dog it could find. No blue sky photos, but I thought a couple of pics looked good in sepia.
Around the head via the lily ponds and back over the top, before the rain came on and then back to the drawing board, quite literally!






Mmm...beef!

Friday, 25 February 2011

Fox and Hounds



New portrait of our friend living behind the shed at the moment with his misses,..its Renard the fox...and here we have Bill the black lab, belonging to my friends the Fordingbridge Hurdlemakers and another portrait of Matilda, looking quite inquisitive?

http://www.ahayball.co.uk/galleryindex.html

Wednesday, 16 February 2011

New puppies joining the whiplington sisterhood!


Baby Bedlington whippet crosses


Tilly's Mum, 'Noodles' just had 8 new babies today (only one boy again). ..This year they have the luxury of an Infra red lamp! If you fancy a little whiplington puppy like Matilda, contact me and give you details of the breeder.


Saturday, 22 January 2011

PLACEMATS, MUGS & SOCKS!


NEW AL HAYBALL PRODUCTS!
This is just to let you know about some exciting news.
'Al Hayball' contemporary art is now featured on some fantastic new products.
Please click on these links for more details:

* PLACEMATS
* MUGS
* MOBILE PHONE /MP3 PLAYER SOCKS

The artworks look absolutely fab on these items as you'll see when you go to the new website pages,
They are exclusively available to buy only from our website.
You can order directly online, but please do contact us if there is anything you need to know.


Thanks for your continued interest.
( Even if you aren't buying at this present time, all feedback is gratefully appreciated )

All the best,

al

© al hayball
http://ahayball.co.uk



Friday, 21 January 2011

One year old today!


Happy Birthday Matilda! x