Well it varies! My favourite which we bought last year was £15, ($ 28) it had a good number of flowers but was rather “leggy” and so in the “sale” at half price. This year it is doing well but still a bit “leggy”. I think when it has flowered you can prune it so […]
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Camellias
Camellia Sunday, here are the first 8 of the 16 or so I photographed at the annual sale. You may love or hate looking at plants, on the whole I get bored quickly except for Azaleas and Camellias when in abundance. I recommend Exbury Gardens for Azaleas. If it is Camellias you like then you […]
Amanda Sisk
I am slightly in awe of Amanda’s talent and this little computer can give you only a fleeting glimpse of that talent. Sculpture has presence and sculpture has depth in every sense which a two dimensional computer screen or a photograph can not begin to communicate. With this handicap and only these three pictures, “borrowed” […]
My Dormitory Ghosts
I wasn’t really interested in ghost stories but I was in demand as a teller of them. This constantly got me into trouble for talking after lights out in a classic English prep school in the late 50s early 60s. The Vicar of Seaford was chosen for his power of story telling too. He preached […]
Drax
Everyone who comes to visit us for the first time asks, as they arrive, “what is that great arch with the deer on it just up the road”? We call it Stag Gate. We live in an interesting part of England. The answer is Charlborough Park, The Drax estate. The Wikipedia entry is well worth […]
Dorset Port of Lyme Regis
I flew away t’ other day t’ visit ’nother Regis. Lyme ’t was; ‘nd here’s time t’was Pretty place Lyme Regis.
Something a little less somber
My favoirite Camellia
Two pictures promised
For Chris as promised! For Gawain as promised. The reserves in the Louvre.
Some more of the V and A
Coffee House window. I am so sorry my hand is not steady enough. Here is a further selection of works in the new exhibition. One thing is especially noticable and that is the lighting. Important!
Studios
I have started a new blog. I am inviting Sculptors and Painters living or dead to send me pictures of their studios to upload. Taft was very helpful, here is a sample above:
