Following the advice of my consultant surgeon I have been ‘doing
as much as possible within reason’ and spending time walking outside looking at
the horizon. The dogs, as predicted, love it. With the exception of a
dizziness/vertigo episode last night while watching ‘Blue Planet’, which put me
to bed early, so far so good.
This morning after a good 12 hours sleep I walked the dogs
over one of our favourite walks. From the centre of Holt we walk over Spout
Hills – The site of the towns’ water supply during the 19th Century where
it was drawn up from a bore. That is long since gone and Spout Hills is now
14 acres of common land given over to wet meadow, bracken heath, woodland and
pond. There are trees smothered in blossom in spring, orchids in summer and fungi
and golden beech in the autumn.
Beyond the common land we descend down some steps through sloe
bushes onto a path that was the old Midland
and Great Northern railway line. There is no longer any track just a path and
the cuttings are now heavily wooded either side. Much to the delight of Elgar
and Turner (my dogs) this is home to dozens of squirrels and some Muntjac deer so
they get plenty of exercise chasing them while I get a great deal of amusement at
their unsuccessful yet valiant efforts to catch something.
At the end of the track we pass through a wood of huge beech
trees which is full of Bluebells at the end of April and the start of May and
now has a carpet of crunchy autumnal leaves. The path leads us out onto a field
given over to pasture where the dogs chase each other and I take in a
magnificent view over rolling fields and woods as far as the eye can see. Facing
west, it’s a great vantage point to take in the sunset during evening walks. We
continue on over fields of sugar beet and winter wheat to an old ford adjacent
to a water meadow close to the small hamlet of Letheringsett from there we
return home.
This morning it was marvellous - crisp, cold, bright and
sunny – barely a cloud in the sky. And at a time when it doesn’t seem like a
week can pass without the media telling us it was the coldest, hottest, wettest,
or driest day, week, month or year on record its reassuring that the weather occasionally
behaves vaguely as it should for the time of year.
Right back to the linocut for me . . .
Here is today's (bargain) painting (but bigger this one):
Here is today's (bargain) painting (but bigger this one):
Tomatoes & Spring Onions
Oil on Canvas Panel
Oil on Canvas Panel
9.5" x 9.5"
Framed
SOLD
And framed it looks like this and measures 15.25"x 15.25":
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