The Bird Lady

Yes, I spent the day with The Bird Lady today - also known as Leanne, or Painter Girl! We had such a great time! This is Leanne feeding the birds in... umm... someplace in London! (She had more of an idea of where we were than I did!) This bird actually perched on her finger and ate from the palm of her hand. I think it takes a special person to be so at one with nature, and for nature to recognise that in you.

We went to the National Gallery and saw the Picasso exhibition. I think I have a greater appreciation for his work after seeing it in the flesh. I wish I could have felt the texture of a lot of the paintings, but of course I couldn't do that. My favourite was a portrait of his first wife, Olga. Although it was definitely not the largest or the most colourful painting there, it seemed to stand out from all the others, grabbing my attention from inside another room.


Other highlights of the day included meeting Will (Leanne's hubby, really great bloke) and seeing lots of incredible sculptures, including the beautiful lions at Trafalgar Square, which strangely I didn't take a photo of even though I meant to. I told Leanne I'm going to make pieces like that one day, and she believed me. That's what I call true faith!

A beautiful sculpture opposite Buckingham Palace

Leanne (Buckingham Palace to the left)

And how could I forget the moment when I got trapped between the doors on the tube? Thankfully I don't have the bruises I was expecting, but it hurt! I was squashed! I wished Leanne had taken a photo because it must have looked hilarious! I couldn't stop laughing for ages, but I suppose you had to be there!

I really didn't want to say goodbye this evening, but tomorrow Leanne is coming to my little town, and to my clay class in the evening! Yay! We're going to clay together!