A fairly normal sort of Wednesday. Y to tram en route to Palmers Green which she reached safely. I needed to ring her mid-afternoon on Andy's behalf and she was heading for a café in the pouring rain, with 5 little girls all with umbrellas. What a picture that must have been !Then my weekly blood-test, then to Ripley Town Hall to take down the club's "Hidden Amber Valley" exhibition. The Exhibitions Lady said it had been extremely well received and would like us to fill an exhibition slot next year. Everyone talked it over briefly and I said that maybe we could illustrate something to her choice and suggested 'Victorian Ripley' which obviously appealed. But it needs talking through and Reg felt that 'Historic Ripley' would give more scope. Mike suggested an even wider alternative and both Roy and Doug were broadly in favour. It would be fun to do and reflects so well on EPS as a club.
After leaving Ripley we went to the Cromford end of the Canal that comes all the way down through Eastwood to eventually end in Nottingham. Then to the Cliff Inn near Whatstandwell for our traditional Chip Cob. And very nice it was too.
The light was not good, but we managed to avoid the rain which started quite heavily while we were in the pub. Picture 1 is a collage of some of the wild-flowers I saw and Picture 2 is self-explanatory. I knew the lady rambler's red jacket would be striking as she walked under the bridge. And I did seek her permission before I took it........ She wittily replied that a back view would be OK !
It certainly is true that a human figure immediately conveys size and scale to the photographed object. In this case a comparatively small bridge. Just enough room for a barge and a towing horse I guess - provided the horse wasn't too big.
Tomorrow I am nipping over to Mansfield to meet Bungus for lunch and we have agreed to meet in the coffee lounge at The Library. I shall be in the VW courtesy car which I have while the Civic has its tailgate replaced. If I park at the rear of the Library again, I shall endeavour not to reverse this one into the square metal post which caused the original damage.
My e-mail box is now respectable but there is so much on my favourite forums (WU and AP) that I'm afraid most of it will have to go unread.
Click here for ArtDaily. I'm publishing this link for the benefit of art lovers, or even potential art-lovers. It is a daily freebie which keeps up-to-date with 'ART' all over the world. It also publishes 'Art Videos' which are invariably short and fascinating. The leading article today is about an exhibition in Tokyo of the art of Le Corbusier. Until this morning I had only known of his Architecture but gosh! his art is great. You can see the influences of Picasso and Braque with just a hint of Kandinsky. But that is no criticism. I just wish I could nip over to Tokyo to see the entire exhibition.
This smiley is specially for Jill. But maybe she's already gone on her house-sitting adventure. Catch you tomorrow.
When the bridge picture is enlarged the detail is really impressive (not particularly interesting but impressive!).
ReplyDeleteHold on! One thing is interesting – who is the sinister ‘Man in Black’ lying in wait under the arch?
For anyone interested, who is not altogether familiar with the name of le Corbusier, he was arguably the most significant architect of the 20C. Probably best known for the Ville Savoie, l’Unite d’Habitation at Marseille, and the monastery chapel at Ronchamp, he also designed (government) buildings in India and other parts of the world. A godlike figure to students of my generation, he was generally regarded by his contemporaries and successors as the major influence within the Modern Movement and his assistants paid for the privilege of working in his atelier. Swiss born, but French by adoption, his real name was Pierre Jeanerret but he adopted the name le Corbusier (the Crow) by which he became universally known. His brother Paul(?) Jeanerret was a structural engineer of no small renown.
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A smiley especially for me! much appreciated, thanks. House-sitting is another three or four weeks away....
ReplyDeleteWent to Nat.Trust Hidcote Gardens yesterday, in the Cotswolds - just my sort of garden, a series of small garens leading off each other, divided by coper beach hedges: magnificent herbaceous border against an old brick wall. Not too much walking, it being very compact but there were steps and the stone paths were a bit slippery after rain. My friennd had her hip replaced fairly recently - this was her first 'proper' outing and she coped well. Good restaurant for lunch, second-hand book stall, shop, plant shop. Highly recommended. And the sun shone too, as a bonus, which was more than it did in London.