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DRAWING & PAINTING:
6 October
These Artshades Marigolds will remind me of summer when all the flowers are finally gone and it is cold and wintry.
Fuchsias are good dependable flowers for our garden, and almost no work to look after. Just cut last year's dead branches next year when the new growth comes up through them. We put piles of leaves over them in winter, just in case of hard frosts.
The sun was illuminating a patch of Pyracantha berries. The blackbirds will strip these and it will probably be gone by Christmas.
9 October
We went to the National Gallery today, to see these two paintings. The left one is by Ingres and the right one is Picasso's version, painted 100 years later.
Gauguin, Bowl of Fruit and Tankard before a Window
Van Gogh, Long Grass with Butterflies
Renoir, The Skiff. A very peaceful summer's day on the river.
Vernet, A Shipwreck in Stormy Seas. A horrific storm with huge waves, and people in the foreground doing their utmost to get out of the sea. You can almost hear the thunderstorm and smashing waves.
In one of the exit halls is a large area of modern mosaic. This is Winston Churchill in "Defiance" of the monster from Europe during World War Two.
This is much nicer, Rest and Be Thankful, yes we certainly will!
Lots of birds and other creatures all round the edges.
You could make these with little squares of coloured paper on black card.
We walked the short distance to Piccadilly Circus. This is the status of Eros. The pigeons were sitting lazily, watching people eating their snacks on the statue steps.
What a wonderful seat, a matching pair of swans outside a hotel.
I wonder if there will now be His Majesty's Theatre and a King Charles III street. I hope so.
13 October
In between shopping areas, we had our snack in the Old English Garden in Danson Park.
I am glad to see the hedgehog escape ramp is still in good order!
22 October
We went to Kelsey Park today.
This is one of my favourite autumn views, but the tree needs to be more orange with the sun shining on it!
Here is where the pigeons all settle down while waiting for the next person to come along with food.
25 October
We saw a partial eclipse of the sun today, wearing our special Eclipse Shades.
Later on we went to Beckenham Place Park. This is the wet woodland, it is quite mushy and pondy in winter but it has a high raised path all round the outside.
It is fairly mild for the time of year with sunny intervals, but no-one was in the swimming lake.
We like to see the old logs left lying around and turning to mossy toast!
We put some bird pellets on the park bird table, and the pigeons and crows came straight down to get it all. Some crows preferred to walk round on the ground for the dropped bits.
No pellets for this bird.
These late blooming dahlias may just make it onto my paintings list.
31 October
Today we went to Ham House to the west of London, on the river Thames.
The front was covered in scaffolding for repairs, so this is the photo on the notice board.
In the gardens we first went in a little door to see the ice well.
Then into a tiny courtyard where they have things for sale and a shed selling second-hand books.
I just love a mysterious door with something interesting beyond - the kitchen garden with the last leavings of vegetables and flowers.
Lovely very very tall dahlias.
Lots of the crows were fussing about in this tree, picking things off it. After having our sandwiches, we wandered down and found it was an oak tree and the ground was covered in acorns.
Rear of Ham House.
At the far end of the back garden are long avenues of criss- crossing grassy paths with flower beds in between.
There were several of these bothies for walkers to take a rest.
The bees were indeed very busy coming and going.
We watched a jay for some time, throwing leaves around looking for snacks.
A very regal gate top but it needs some new gold on it! The seats are the same pattern as ones in the big house, but unfortunately in white resin they look like they should be in a bathroom!
I think this long avenue is going to be much better in spring and summer.
Next to it is this area of clipped lavender and box.
Into the grand entrance of the house.
That seat again, much better in wood! Up a dim staircase covered in carvings of fruits and weapons.
These narrow staircases were for the servants to get around unseen. We could not guess why this basin has three taps.
The upper gallery. This vase of dried flowers looks like a very good painting project for me!
There were lots of rooms all opening off a long corridor. This is the ornamental inlay on top of a table.
Wall hangings, embroidered and woven.
Back to modernity at Waterloo Station.
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