Sculptures

Posted on September 19, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Animals, Art, Birds, Design, Plants, Sculpture, Sunshine, Trentham Gardens, VisitLeave a comment

There are various sculptures in Trentham gardens. Each time I visit there seem to be more.

From fairies to birds, animals, plants.

The original sculpture in the gardens is Persius and Medusa. A gory sculpture of Persius holding the gorgons head. The body of Medusa is draped over the column he stands on.

Later additions are several wire fairies holding dandelion heads, the seeds are floating into the air. Then there are snails sculpted onto plant leaves and a hare twisting round to look out of tall grasses. The latest ones I’ve seen are a huge kingfisher sculpture and a tree trunk that has been carved into the shape of a frog. I got lots of ideas of things to add to our garden from this visit.

Flower photos today..

Posted on September 19, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Beauty, Colours, Flowers, Garden, Plants, Staffordshire, Stoke-on trent, Sunshine, Trentham, Trentham GardensLeave a comment

We went round Trentham Gardens at Trentham, Stoke-on-Trent, late this afternoon, and at the far end of the garden past the tea shop and the children’s play area are a series of colourful and interesting gardens, a bit like at a flower show. In fact some of them were show garden winners from previous places like Tatton Park. There are an allotment garden and sensory and secret, plus other styles of gardens. Best of all there was still plenty of flowers in them. It made for a very pleasant walk around the gardens. Relaxed and interesting.

Orme Art exhibition..

Posted on September 10, 2019September 10, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Abstract, Acrylic on canvas, Art, Astronomy, Design, Flowers, Free, Gallery, Jupiter tryptich, Landscape, Mars, Museum, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Orme Art group, Paintings, Plants, Staffordshire, The BramptonLeave a comment

I got my paintings up at the Brampton museum and art gallery now until the 10th November. I’m part of a group exhibition with fellow artists from the Orme Art group based in Newcastle-under-Lyme.

I’m quite happy that they have hung my Mars painting upside down! After all in space there is no right way up! The art is along a corridor in the museum but they are well displayed and lit. If you are around you can always take a look. It’s at the Brampton museum and art gallery in Newcastle-under-Lyme .

Sitting in a park

Posted on September 10, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Environment, Life, Park, Plants, Relaxed, Summer, Warmth1 Comment

‘what is life, if full of care, we have no time to stop and stare’

W. H. Davies

Today has been lovely, we went out to see an exhibition and decided to stop and have an ice cream in the park. The sun was shining and it was just nicely warm, there was a sensory garden with large leaved plants and seed heads, the sky was dotted with fair weather clouds and the Rowan trees were full of berries. Dogs were barking off in the distance. The world was just right. I closed my eyes and suddenly I felt like I had been transported to my childhood. It was the 1960’s again before I knew about politics and anger, before I has heard of wars and revenge. I relaxed! Like a sunny Sunday afternoon in the park I played in as a child. No thought of what I have to do next. No time constraints. No I’ve got to be somewhere now. Wonderful.

Autumn flowers

Posted on September 9, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Autumn colours, Autumn flowers, Firey leaves, Foliage, Fun, Plants, Staffordshire, Stoke-on trent, Trentham, Trentham GardensLeave a comment

And foliage. At Trentham Gardens, I love the colour combinations, yellows and purples, reds, oranges and greens. Really rusty beautiful sculptures are inserted into the borders to add to the joyous jumble. Giant bees jostle metal flowers, knopthalia (red hot poker plants) and crimson and variegated Coleus add their foliage flames to the fire. Makes you feel warm on a dreary day.

Persius and Medusa

Posted on August 28, 2019August 28, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Exhibition, Garden, Lake, medusa, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Orme Art, Persius, Plants, Staffordshire, Statue, The Brampton, Trentham, Trentham GardensLeave a comment

On a lighter note this statue of Persius and Medusa is at Trentham Gardens, Trentham, Staffordshire. The statue is inside the gardens next to the lake which means you have to pay to go in. I’m sure there is information about it but this is a photo from last year. I haven’t been in the gardens for months and probably with the heavy rain we’ve been having the plants there might be a bit battered but they are usually very beautiful.

I’m going to try and finish my painting of mars that I shared a couple of days ago to get in our Orme art exhibition at the Brampton in Newcastle-under-Lyme and try and go back to Trentham again on Friday.

Nasturtium

Posted on August 28, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Colour, Decoration, Edible, Flowers, Food, Gardening, Grows in poor soil, Nasturtiums, PlantsLeave a comment

One of the most interesting flowers, simple to grow from seed in poor soil. The leaves are flat and round with veins spreading in rays from the centre. The flowers have petals spreading out from a centre that has holes in it and a sort of pointed spike on the back, (hard to describe). The flowers come in a variety of colours, from cream, yellow, orange and deep red, usually with stripes on them. The plant trails and sprawls and climbs.

The flowers are actually edible! They taste like a sort of peppery orange. You can use them to brighten up a salad. A taste of summer. I’m not sure about the leaves and the seed pods, always make sure a plant is safe to eat before you try them.

Indoor plants at spode

Posted on August 21, 2019August 21, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Indoor gardening, Interesting lighting, Photo, Plants, Silhouette, SpodeLeave a comment

Someone’s put plants in the washroom at Spode. Great to see life inside the factory.

No need to water.

Posted on August 17, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Colours, Environment, Flowers, Garden, Hanging baskets, Life, Photos, PlantsLeave a comment

Despite the sunshine in these photos the rain keeps coming down. We have had a lot of blustery showers over the last few days and I’ve only had to water my hanging baskets a couple of times. I can’t get up the bit next to the house because it’s getting really overgrown. I think I’m going to have to take a few leaves off the tomato plants soon so what tomatoes we have get some sun to ripen them!

This is the view outside the window.

Shed view

Posted on August 9, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Colour, Copper, Design, Environment, Garden, Green, Photo, PlantsLeave a comment

I like this, the way everything seemed to line up. The wind spinner, lilies and the chair, and I like the colour combinations. The copper colours with the greens and browns. The cloud cover seemed to enhance the shadows as the sun crept out from between them. The calla lily infront of the budda.

Mallaband-Brown

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