We have cleaners round today. This is in honour of Jean's visit tomorrow. Jean is an old neighbour and friend from Calne, she has known Karen my daughter since she was small and when I moved to Calne with her and our Labrador Kim.
I liked Calne, a small town, once famed for its bacon at Harris's factory though I must admit it probably turned me vegetarian. Jean liked to travel round the world, so we are different in that sense, but her three boys and Karen grew up together.
So we been making plans, who does the cooking, what we are going to eat and where are we going to go. Well one good thing, though it stops us from going to the Wakefield Sculpture Park, is that it is raining, so at least the moors are dampened down and not so ready to catch fire. The weather is iffy up to the weekend so it has been decided to go to one of my favourite places which is Salt Mill. To wander its cavernous realms and poke around the books and art materials. Also have lunch there. There will be art displayed and of course David Hockney's works.
I came across the following painting of Garrowby Hill, obviously very steep and it reminded me of the Sutton Bank road, which in winter because it is so steep people are warned not to drive up it with a caravan in tow. But we have a print of Sutton Bank, the print slightly similar in style to the Garrowby Hill painting and I wonder if the artist had imitated it. Steep hills are always a nightmare to go up by car, willing the car to make that extra effort. I remember my old camper, would slowly go down to about 10 miles an hour up the steep Lansdown Lane, with a long trail of cars behind ;)
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| Garroby Hill David Hockney |
While nations are convulsed with rage, how quietly the flowers and grass grow.
E.H.Chapin (1814-1880)
Sounds like it will be a pleasant visit! I love that print of Garroby Hill - it would make a colorful patchwork quilt.
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