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| 12x10 oil on canvas |
This was the second painting of the day, earlier, I had been to Howsham Mill.
On the way home I stopped at the
spot I seen earlier. I set up and started the rather ambitious idea of
painting the view. Suddenly a screech of brakes and loose chalky gravel made me
look across. Two apologetic men emerged and it transpired that they were pigeon
fanciers. They were there to release some homing pigeons. Apparently they were
young pigeons and only had a short distance to fly, but before releasing them
the men scoured the sky. They were looking for hawks. They explained that their
worst fear was that a peregrine might be about but in the end only a pair of
sparrow hawk were seen. So the men synchronized their actions and released
three crates of birds. Quite a sight.
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