To town again and out to Culzean on the bus for the trial commute.
I think it will work quite well. It is only 15 minutes walk from the bus stop to the courtyard where the gallery is situated, so even on a rainy day, survivable with a coat!
Stocktake done and a nice chat with today's duty artist..and after a much needed cuppa, a browse around the secondhand bookshop was called for!!
A phone call to friends...their call had gone straight to answerphone...the signal there is not always constant! Then a short wander with future prints in mind...I took a few arch photos..
Then back up the drive
To wait for the bus back to town
Above the bus shelter....good to see that there is a shelter for the stops both sides..as the bus was 15 minutes late!
Which gave me time in town... which I didn't need...but arriving home the "meadow" was looking lovely
I don't think that the white form of this orchid is usual?
An afternoon nap on the sofa was definitely needed after all that!!
Which recharged the "batteries" enough to finish making the gooseberry jelly after the extract had been dripping into a bowl since last night! I sliced a good chunk of fresh ginger root and added that ...I think that it has added a nice touch to the taste...the slices came out before the jelly was potted.
Oh I love the ferns! That would make a beautiful stamp.
ReplyDeleteYour public serves is so much more reliable than ours. Our busses and trains can be half an hour or more late. Some don’t even arrive at all and you have to wait for the next one.
Not ferns, looking up through Leylandii branches
DeleteYes, ginger is often a nice taste addition to things.
ReplyDeleteSounds like the bus method will be a good one for you. And oh, how I love ginger in just about anything!
ReplyDeleteThat couch nap sounds good to me!
ReplyDeleteWe used to make goose berry jam and pie. We never made jelly.
ReplyDeletemmmm - gooseberry and ginger. Have you ever tried scented geranium in a fruit jelly (possibly best in quince or apple)?
ReplyDeleteNo I haven't.
DeleteBeautifully clear jelly. I bet the ginger just lifted the flavour perfectly. My friend visited Culzean House when she was on holiday in Scotland this year. It looks a lovely place for the gallery.
ReplyDeleteThose orchids are wonderful.
ReplyDeleteA beautiful house. I love arches!
ReplyDeleteYou can stay at Culzean Castle I think
DeleteThe bus to the gallery makes transport easy.
ReplyDeleteYour jelly looks delicious.
Fields of grass and flowers are lovely views.
A busy day! Ginger in the jelly sounds like a great idea. Glad the gallery commute will work out! You have a lot of orchids in your "meadow."
ReplyDeleteLooks like an old castle, liking the image of that brown grass waving in the wind.
ReplyDeleteAs castles go, it isn't that old...1700s originally I think, with additions and changes in each following century.
DeleteI suppose technically it is grass...but it is ripe barley!
Love the infinity arch
ReplyDeleteThere are many arches around Culzean
DeleteWe were at Culzean yesterday and saw your work you are so talented. We couldn't resist a print of starlings in the other gallery as we seem to have most of Galloways starling population in our garden every morning. Will you be displaying your pottery there this year. Jessica
ReplyDeleteFrom next week I won't have the framed prints, just the hand-printed cards in the Smiddy..I also have work at Souter Johnnie's cottage gallery.
DeleteWe will have an exhibition opening on 30 August I think at the Barony Centre in West Kilbride and I will only have pots in that.
I've just started making again!!