I went to London for a couple of days. The main reason was to return to the Victoria and Albert and see the Chinese painting exhibition again and also to try to find out what is happening about the Textile Galleries. The exhibition was worth the return. The Textile Gallery is a farce. It has been completely relocated to the Clothworkers Study Center in Hammersmith. And don't even think about dropping by. They require an appointment to be made - with a list of what you want to study. I ask you! If I don't know what they got, how can I list what I want to see? So I will write a detailed email (not too inflammatory) and see how that goes.
This morning I visited Saville Gardens on my way home. Lots of winter colour. Birches, maples, cornus. And camellias, mahonias and hamamelis were in flower. But it was very muddy and I stuck to the hard paths.
Baby daffodils or Narcissus bulbocodium in one of their alpine troughs
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And waiting for me at home was this iris. There are lots of them this year.
I got on with weaving on the 12 shaft loom at once. This needs to be completed tomorrow and a new warp put on Friday. On Saturday the Guild annual weaving course starts. Next week I must get back to the Megado as the Yardage entry date is 2 weeks away.
We lived on Bishopsgate Road not far from Saville Gardens, and it was always my favorite place to walk to - there's a wonderful path from Bishopsgate Road to the gardens called Rhododendron Ride, and I think I must have deepened the path by at least an inch, I used it so much (even in wet weather).
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