Anyway we met up outside the church to visit their annual Art Exhibition, it's quite a large exhibition compared to the others I've been to this year. Some interesting art in all sorts of medium, some I wouldn't let into the house at any price. It was good to look round with someone who has done lots of art things - we mostly have quite different taste in what we like.
I was feeling extravagant and spent out for these two. Now I need to find some frames, and decide where to hang them, somewhere where I can add other little pictures as I find them. They are .....Original lino prints, hand printed on Japanese Hosho paper using vegetable oil based ink, then hand painted with acrylic.
Last year I took lots of photos, but this time photos except general ones were Not Allowed, shame. Makes life difficult for bloggers.
The church puts on a good refreshment stall with home made cakes which have to be tried .........then home.................. I was glad I'd parked in the shade, even hotter yesterday than Sunday.
All through the spring I'd been watching the thatching being done on an old house that I pass on my way through Eye when I go swimming.
Now being on foot I got a photo of how good the new thatch looks. That's EYE CASTLE - or what's left of it on the mound or motte behind and the church tower on the right.
A good way to spend a Bank Holiday Monday morning, thank you Rachel for the idea.
Thank you to everyone for comments yesterday about the flower festival and jigsaws. The charity idea for arrangements was certainly different and some lovely colours used in the arrangements. A jigsaw puzzle has been started already - with 6 to do I thought I'd better get going.
Back Tomorrow
Sue
I'd never have one myself, but I do love a nicely thatched cottage and that one is splendid!
ReplyDeleteAnd the prints are fabulous.
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I allowed 30 minutes for the 15 miles and that is what it took, including getting behind a baler and a combine soon after I left home. It was a great exhibition in a lovely church. Your prints were a good buy. Thanks for joining me there. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
ReplyDeleteLovely prints, what a lovely way to spend a weekend.
ReplyDeleteSplendid thatch and prints.
ReplyDeletePleased you had a nice time with Rachel and enjoyed the Show. My son has a little thatched cottage and it was interesting to watch one tat was being done in the village. Gong out with my Daughter and G.D. Today I am going to have an interesting day I don't know where I am going. But I don't think it will be so hot has yesterday.
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What a lovely way to spend a BH. I love the hare picture. Putting Eye on my list of Places To Visit in East Anglia now!
ReplyDeleteThat thatch cottage is something else, although I am not sure I would wish to own one all the same.
ReplyDeleteI understand your frustration over only being allowed general photos, but the trouble is these days we have such high resolution cameras that it's all too easy to take a quick, close up pic of something we like and get it printed out thereby doing the artist out of their living. Sad, but true.
A lovely way to spend a Bank Holiday, Sue. I love your purchases, the greetings card print! When I was young, I always wanted to live in a thatched place. Then I grew up and realised how much a replacement thatch and insurance was! So now I just admire them. The one in Eye is gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteWhat a splendid BH. I also would have bought the hare and owl prints....just gorgeous. I have always wanted a thatched cottage so that one would suit me down to the ground.......
ReplyDeleteAn enjoyable few hours not far from home for both you and Rachel. The prints are lovely and I would have been sorely tempted too.
ReplyDeleteMy sister-in-law had a thatched house/cottage and I was put off them when she said that it is quite common for rats to be in the thatch. She told us that they can hear the rats scampering about when they are lying in bed. So, no thank you!
If anybody has rats living in a thatched roof then they should deal with them.
DeleteIsn't this a common thing with thatched roofs? I was given to understand that it was.
DeleteIt may be common but it is also common to get rid of them.
DeleteWhich they did, otherwise they would have been over-run with them.
DeleteA stone church with tall ceilings is probably one of the cooler places to be on a very hot day. Add an art exhibition with good refreshments and it is a win win.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful thatch and cottage but not so sure about living there after reading Joan's comments.
ReplyDeleteI love the two pictures you bought. The thatched cottage is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteWell, I didn't know there was a place called Eye! I love the hare picture. I don't know what it is about them but I have a real soft spot for all things hare.
ReplyDeleteYou and Rachel had a lovely day out. It is fun to share opinions over art. I love the lino prints you found!
ReplyDeleteI love the artwork you chose. Also liked hearing about the process by which they were made.
ReplyDeleteThatched cottages was one thing I took lots of pictures of when we visited the UK.
ReplyDeleteLove those prints.
God bless.
I like your choice of artwork. The process seems very technical.
ReplyDeleteEye is a beautiful village. Not much left of that castle though!