Art for Art's Sake...

Really very little to report from today save for the fact that it is midweek and so far there have been very few entries into the lockdown challenge.

Maybe the subject "Something Sporty" is proving to be a bit more difficult - I have to admit that I am rubbish at people so had to think somewhat out of the box and ended up with a psychedelic shuttlecock as my art entry and a stylised photograph of someone on a surf-board for the photographic section.

I took the opportunity to get my paints out whilst John was helping Les with a sliding door that wouldn't slide and got a bit carried away with my Jackson Pollock-ness (paint spatters) and ended up having to clean off the laptop and the dining table!!!

The weather has changed somewhat as the evenings and nights are much cooler and we get rolling mists and heavy overnight condensation which means that although the days are still very hot I don't need to water everyday - we don't mind but we guess visitors probably find it a tad chilly!!  We have noticed that the cats seem to stay in more at night which we are happier about although this just might be because there are more people around at the moment.

I had read a review of last night's television in the paper this morning and it was praising the final episode of Our Yorkshire Farm which had been filmed during lockdown, not by a professional TV crew but on their mobile fines, one of which was often stuck to Sidney's forehead!   What an inspirational programme with Amanda working the land fully glammed up and not letting standards drop and her delightful children just getting on with life and sometimes death.   When Clemmy (also referred to as Tilly) announced there was a lamb in the oven I never expected it to be a struggling prematurely born one I was thinking more hot-pot!!!

Despite the fact that the childrens' home schooling was being delivered to them via 21st Century technology they remain grounded and unassuming and a really tight knit family.  Their lockdown was as idyllic as their lives normally are because as Amanda observed ...

..."By the time the filming of the series got to episode 6 I was filming it myself, but as for life on the farm, nothing changed and life went on as normal, we still had lambing time, the only thing that changed was that the tourists didn't come which they tend to do around the second week of May. The children might not have been to school but living on the farm has given them a good learning in life. How many children can change a wheel on a trailer?"