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| Milou checking out the bird |
Everyday here is beautiful... but today was exceptional for a variety of reasons. Top of the list was because we were joining Chris and Roisin for a walk at Bagneres de Bigorre along a tree-lined stream in the autumnal sunshine, a trip that had been promised for the last month for the four of us.
It is about a twenty minute walk to the marble museum, which is absolutely fantastic, but it opens in the summer season April to September, so sadly it was shut, i would highly recommend a visit, it has many marbles on display from the french Pyrenees and nearby Europe. Staggering amounts of different colours and individual beauty. The museum itself is an old spa and has the original marble baths featured in it's treatment rooms.
The museum features other smaller exhibitions, this time a french naturalist and some beautiful black and white photography of the area as well as a mini exhibit about the bats in the museum and some that you may find locally.
The museum features other smaller exhibitions, this time a french naturalist and some beautiful black and white photography of the area as well as a mini exhibit about the bats in the museum and some that you may find locally.
Meanwhile along the way we were captivated by a stray visitor, or perhaps just a young visitor, on his/her way to much warmer climbs. Either way the stork caused quite a lot of stir that afternoon, i had never seen a black one and the gathering public may not have not seen one either, at least not in France.
They are a protected species as due to de- forestation they have disappeared from many countries in Europe, however it is a migratory bird.
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| this bird on it's way south caused a lot of excitement |
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| it's a youngster...a black stork wading down the stream |
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| landing on the museum roof |
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What a marvellous inspiration nature is, from helix to staircase, features and leaves..fabrics of life we look at and other fabrics we weave. William Morris one of billions drew his creativity from what was there in front of him, mostly from natures ornate patterns. Look at the bird and then look at the tiles
are they not interlaced perfectly together...tiles and feathers alike?
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| posing for the excite onlookers |
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| blase by now? |
