I noticed this intriguing portrait painting while exploring The Bowes Museum last week.
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A Google search throws up several more portraits, all rather more flattering than this one.
Her Wikipedia article describes her as 'charming, pretty and graceful'.
Why the strange blue tinge to the skin? It's not just my camera; the painting really did look like that.
I feel there's a story here, worth exploring. And I shall.
After troughing at the Blue Cow in South Witham we visited Easton Walled Garden for the umpteenth time.
Highly recommended if you are ever anywhere near Grantham and looking for a garden to visit. Sweet peas are a specialty.
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Visited the Watts Gallery and Artists' Village during February half term.
It.is an art gallery in the village of Compton, near Guildford in Surrey.
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The gallery is dedicated to the work of the Victorian-era painter and sculptor George Frederic Watts and is a must-see if you love Victorian art.
Also on show was an exhibition of paintings by Evelyn de Morgan. Just amazing.
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When I started at the school in 1997 the then head, Jane Allison, was already keen to start a nature garden, so when she found out I had a background in countryside management it kind of was inevitable that I would have something to do with setting it up.
Read more: Ely St John's Nature Garden - before it all began
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It rained. A lot.
But the pubs were open and there were newspapers, so all was not lost.
2017 is going to be the year when I finish book 3 and also get them published. Well, I can live in hope
Happy New Year, by the way, and buy my books. Peace.
We've played with Crumbles. We've played with Codebugs.
Now, here comes the Micro:bit, the Microsoft/BBC collaboration project to get more young people coding.
Click the Read more to see a video clip of the Micro:bit controlling an LED usng an input from a photo cell. Not exactly earth-shattering but OK for a first go. I was quite pleased the code worked.
The boards were sent out to secondary schools last year for distribution to Year 7 pupils. So far, I've not met on who's actually received one, so who knows where they all went?
Looked out the window - thick fog!
Took the LX100 out for a walk, and glad I did.
Ely was spookily quiet. Hardly anyone out on the streets, very unusual for a Saturday night.
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Click the Read more to see a video clip of the Christmas lights that could be seen seen in Chapel Street, before someone cut the wires. Thank you, mister; your lights were great. Don't let some spoilsport put you off doing the same next year. |
Out with the LX100 for a tour round.
Taking the camera for a walk - a bit like having a dog but involving less Bonio and bags of warm dog crap.
Perfect mid-winter afternoon - sunny, still and not too chilly. For anyone visiting it was the perfect day.
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In September we visited the Gibberd Garden in Harlow - our second visit.
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