A bad influence

Call the sugar police!, originally uploaded by Racmol.

I love this photo for many reasons: the expression of intense concentration, the motion blur and the resourceful use of the stick from the first icecream as a spoon for attacking the second one!

We had a great time in Ireland - more tomorrow.

A walk in Constable country

Yesterday we caught the train from Liverpool St to Manningtree, to go for a walk in Constable country - that is, the area where John Constable lived and the setting for several of his major paintings. We walked from Manningtree to Flatford Mill along a muddy lane with white blossom in the hedges on either side.

This is Flatford Mill itself, on the Stour.













And here is Willy Lott's house, and Constable's painting of the same view.