Exmoor

Thank you for sharing your trip, Lulu . . . what a beautiful place, and you must have had it more or less to yourselves? I love the boot planters, and agree about the gorgeous slate - specially the "multi" one in bottom RH corner of last pic! (Next time the sun shines I'll take a photo of mine like that in my Japanesy patch).

Look forward to your photo Sheila. and yes, we really did have the moors to ourselves!!

Do like your planters,it brings back pleasant memories ,a few years ago we traveled down to Dunster by steam train in December to see it all lit up for Christmas and watch the candlelight parade through the streets, the Gallery was open as were all the other shops plus of course many roadside stalls as well.

That must have been a lovely winter trip Bjs, would love to go back. Apparently they have a fantastic Country show.

Yes they do but not seen that.Have seen the west point one outside Exeter,

Looks like you had a great weekend Lulu, as well as hubby and the dogs. I bet Millie missed you all. Can't wait to see the results of that wonderful slate, providing you can find it , if Suggs doesn't get there first.

Lol L.Legs! Dying to get started, now if I didn't waste so much time blogging on goy.............!!

ahh!! the memories, perfect excursion & superb photo's.

lovely trip lulu, great open spaces, nice to know you were able to keep the dogs in your room to, also love the planters, great, :o)

10/10 for planters just love them! 10/10 hubby, jazz and Pru for good behavior and 9/10 Sluggy who snuck into our bed!

another great blog and plenty of smashing photos, glad you had a great time

lol lulu :o)

Exemore is a wonderful place to visit. I think you will enjoy using that slate. It's beautiful :o)
Nice planters too. Don't blame you for keeping them to yourself !

Looks a lovely place Lulu. Glad you enjoyed your weekend. We had friends over and took them to the Scottish Antiques and Arts Centre. They loved it, we were there for HOURS!! Which is great because my OH won't go there normally..he hates old stuff! I got a lovely art deco vase..amber coloured glass. I am very pleased with it! Thanks for sharing your weekend with us!

Antiques and art, what fun! The vase sounds nice too.

Lulu, thank you for telling us about Maurice Bishop . . . I have "had" to order a couple of prints - they are fabulous! Will try to visit Dunster, too, after seeing Spritz's garden in June. Such excitements to look forward to. :))

Oh Sheilabub, thats great news that you looked up Mr Bishop AND ordered a couple of prints!! Which ones did you choose? I had a quick look at his site yesterday and was amazed at how prolific he was. It was an amazing gallery, his work is so different from most other artists. We should find out when the county show is on and maybe some of us could meet up there, we will be the ones with the 3 big black and white dogs!!!! Not easy to miss the Girls!

Lulu, I meant to tell you....at the SAAC the other day, there was a mosaic. Nothing like yours, just a fairly unimaginative interpretation of a box topiary. It was framed. It was about 9"x20" as I recall and it was priced£265. I thought of you when I saw it and wish I'd had my camera, I'd have snapped it to show you. Honestly, it was nothing like your beautiful creations and I thought I'd never pay that amount for it.

Blimey thats pricey, had better hike mine up, which I will do when a have more confidence. Was the mosaic made out of square tesserae? I find them very hard to make anything truely interesting. There was a mosaic stall in Cirencester over xmas, they were a bit boring I thought and funnily enough lots of topiary ones!

Yes, exactly right...terracotta tesserae. The Romans seemed to be able to make great stuff with them, but then they had huge floors to work with.

That's true, the Romans were quite good were'nt they! Have you ever seen a micro mosaic, 1,000 tesserae per cm!!
Still prefer mine though!

Whoa? For real? that would require some strong lenses to work with! No I haven't Lulu. I prefer yours also, and I think they are a lot more valuable than the one I saw on Saturday! Your designs are truly original and creative. Not to everyone's taste I suppose, but then what is? I LOVE them!

Lulu, I'm amazed at how prolific MB is too. My choices are "Sunrise at Lyme Regis" and "Bluebell path along the Lyn". Thanks for the name! :))

will take a look at them Sheilabub. There are a couple I would like to order as well............!

Glad you had such a good time, Lulu!

thanks Balc, we sure did, we rarely gettaway! but when we do. it's just fab!

Hi Lulu33,I couldn,t believe what i was reading, The bridge at Lanacre is a very favorite of ours, we have spent many happy hours there on our motorbikes,and in the car, like you, with our dog Mojo,(she is no longer with us ).We have a caravan over near there and we spend all the summer going to these sort of places. Withypool is just over the hill. about 2 miles away,I will try and send you a photo of it.We just can't seem to keep away from there.My husbands blogs will perhaps explain.I will PM you.

It's such a lovely place to walk isn't it and especially at this time of year, hardly anyone else there!