Tracy Saunders

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Quality Assurance Consultant, Chief Wine Ponce and Baking Ninja! Also an enthusiastic amateur artist. Based in the beautiful Garden of England!

A dark cloudy sky with some sunshine breaking through, some trees in the distance, then field of pinot noir vines with a few black grapes dangling below. In the foreground is wooden fencing separating the field from the ground surrounding a shepherds hut (not in picture).
Lots of solid green 'grapes' in a cluster on a vine. Definitely do not try eating at this stage!
A field/meadow covered with poppies, with the North Sea peeking over some small hills and trees in the distance.
A view of part of a living room with a huge electric fan in the middle, with a sideboard and various paintings on the wall and on top of the sideboard.
A frosted martini glass holds a perfectly cold Whitstable Gin dirty martini with olive garnish. A small glass of green olives on the left of it, with the bar beermats visible.
A charcoal drawing of various dried flowers and seed pods.
Neil (L) and Chris (R)
A long white canvas is attached to a trestle table, with lots of charcoal drawings of dried seed heads, pods, flowers, etc.
A tall lighthouse based on a mossy, stained rock (with stairs from the sea for incoming boats). The top/lantern room is red surround with diamond latticed glazing, the next band down is white, the next band red, and the final band is white with a red door. There are several tiny windows in the upper half of the tower.
Five miniatures of Bourbon whiskeys with the tasting notes card for the first one.
My surprise gifts from Big Green Bookshop 'book swap' were the Shaun Ryder autobiography How to be a Rockstar, a bar of dark chocolate and a pukka joy teabag.
Me, a middle aged woman with glasses, red necklace and black dress with red and white flowers on, holding a flute of fizz, looking happy!
A yellow and orange sky, with hints of purple, behind the silhouette of the ruined fort at Reculver. The sea in front of the fort reflects the sky colours, with the coastal rocks in the foreground.
A temple building towards the top of a hill, surrounded by scarlet, orange, yellow and green foliage.
A view of a couple of steps onto a luscious green grassed area, with lots of trees in the background, and a table and chairs in the middle.
A picture of the whole of the wall housing the round 'rose window' with lots of beige stone work, lots of arch windows, and a couple of turrets. A large unused door features in the centre. The background is blue sky.
A rickety wooden fence crosses the foreground, with a field full of rows of grapevines behind. In the distance there are some trees.
A tall black lighthouse with white windows, a dark green door, with a brilliant blue sky around it.
A very gnarly old tree, with several thick branches, climbing up a red brick wall but framing a window. There are plants in pots around it and some tables and chairs heading out of frame to the left. In the background you can see through to another part of the garden with a table and parasol visible.
A river flows past old white painted houses on one bank and bright floral borders on the other bank. Part of a moored punt is in the right of the picture.
Large stone cathedral with a children's carousel ride, all lit up with Xmas lights in front of it.
A rocky path between two stone walls with a grassy verge, towards the end of the lane are several trees with boughs curving over the path like a leafy arch. There are hills and more trees in the distance.
A busy harbour with lots of small boats at anchor. A working passenger boat is coming in from a trip towards the quay (on the left side out of shot). A lowlying green island with sandy beaches is in the distance.
A painting of Westgate Towers against a bright blue sky, with light sandy stonework, with greyed shadows on the left side.
A few trees framing a view to the sea and a lowlying island in the distance.
Bistro tables and chairs on a promenade looking out to a calm blue sea with sunny skies. The Garrison headland jutting in from the right hand side.
A row of brightly coloured beach huts with a golden sky. The huts are pink, turquoise, orange and other fluorescent colours, with different stripes and copper roofing.
The DVD cover of Rita, Sue and Bob Too from 1987, with Michelle Holmes, George Costigan and Siobhan Finneran.
Large limestone crag with a larger rock at the right end (the cow) and a smaller rock to the right of that on the ground (the calf). There is a blue sky with a few clouds, and in front of the rocks is green rugged moorland with a small boulder in the foreground.
Watercolour painting of a white lighthouse with blue skies and sea.
The tall white Bishops Rock Lighthouse, located south west of The Isles of Scilly, built on small rock with deep blue seas and royal blue skies. There is a helipad on the top and several windows down the tower, the lowest of which is connected to the base with a series of metal rungs built into the wall.
A watercolour painting of Reculver Fort near Herne Bay at sunset. The skies are orange and yellow with hints of purple and red, reflected in the water, and rocks and pools in the foreground. The fort and headland are in silhouette.
A white pub building (Old Neptune, Whitstable) sits on the beach, with wooden groynes running into the sea, blue sky with a few clouds, and some green plants growing through the sand. Based on a photo I took this summer. This is the pub used as 'the local' in the Whitstable Pearl TV series.
21 year old me, wearing blue t-shirt and shorts, sunglasses and ginger Permed hair, showing off next to a big reservoir!
Lots of lightning strikes near Whitstable on an app!
A watercolour painting of the sea at Hastings, with grey skies, a few sparkles of light on the turquoise waves, and three mini palm trees and some border plants with red flowers on the foreground.
A painting of the back of beach huts with a small roadway and speed bump. The huts are all different bright colours, the sky is metallic gold and the roofing is metallic bronze.
Two white cottages with red roofs on the horizon with 4 bushy tall trees, a pale blue sky, and a field of rows of Lavender bushes running from the foreground to just in front of the cottages.
A woman with huge blue framed glasses, a Tandy staff badge and a grey waistcoat suit stands in front of 90s tech display
Big black bird sat on guttering
A castle with beige and reddish brickwork, 2 turrets protruding forwards, with grass, tree and bushes in front, and a pale blue sky.
A tall, narrow painting of a black lighthouse with small silver windows going up it, shiny lantern room at the top and a bright blue sky around it.
The tap wall at Stoneworks in Peterborough, with over 20 beers written on the diagonal chalk boards above each tap
The fabulous Pauline Collins playing the title role in Willy Russell's Shirley Valentine. Sat at a table for 1 with her glass of the local wine, on the edge of the sea.
Beach huts on Western Esplanade, Hampton, Herne Bay
The most recent Google Maps image of the same location as in the Vic and Bob photo above. The building is royal blue with emerald green windows and doors.
A painting of Westgate Towers in Canterbury, with brilliant blue sky, sandstone walls, and some shade from the nearby Guildhall.
A painting of a Japanese Anemone (pink and white petals) on a green background