BROADER HORIZONS

[FUJI]

This afternoon my Dawn  walk seemed an absolute age away, I had baked my bread, spent three hours lathe turning a lidded box, had my post-lunch doze, and still it was only early afternoon.

My workshop is...a morning place... it was too warm to paint in my tiny conservatory, I had, had enough of my armchair.... ..

My mind was made up, an escape from the house and garden was the only way... so gilet and floppy sun-hat on, I walked the 500 yds to the back of our neighbouring  Castle... thankfully there was scarcely a person about. The ones I did see kept their distance, or, I kept mine.

I was a bit rattled at first to discover that, English Heritage use a weed killer on the tops of the low approach walls to the Castle entrance... this had destroyed all the tiny plants I was hoping to record.

i eventually settled in to take this assortment, stopping toward the end to remove the extension rings from my vintage JUPITER 9 lens... I was able to shoot parts of the Castle and the only bit of decent landscape close to home... .

With a sparkly cordial, I settled again in my armchair to watch the daily news conference... I didn’t see or hear any of it...I had dozed off and was being called for dinner....

Such is...Locked-in-Life.

 

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Enjoyed the blog of your little sojourn today Fooj ...  Locked  down may  feel  really hard to do  but trust me the alternative is much harder to bear  Really like the first  image ..Looks like it could be  clematis  stems intertwined ...   You paint  a real picture and I  can just see you  with your camera  at the ready, sunhat in place, peering into the hedgerows looking for inspiration , Just go careful now ... 

[FUJI]

Thank you Polly.....

   just come into the house from my workshop....another lidded box finished, plus others ready to go tomorrow..(if Im in the mood  ), all set for lunch I was.... then realised it was only 10:30 am..... mmmmmmmmm ?

FUJI

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Let's see the  box then ... wood is such a great   medium to work with and especially when using a lathe ... what wood have you used ?