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| The Poet Reclining by Marc Chagall (1915) Chagall painted this work remembering the Russian countryside where he and his wife Bella spent their honeymoon. Whenever I look at this painting I'm immediately transported to my grandparent's farm,where until the age of seven, I spent many happy and carefree holidays. The field where Tommy the horse lived looked much like this,behind the farm buildings and backing on to a wood of fir, birch and rowan. |
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| The farmland as it is now. These photos were taken when I visited the area in June. Click to enlarge |
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| Looking towards the hills. |
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| Birch trees beside the trout burn. |
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| The farmhouse, as I like to remember it. |
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| In front of the house is the sole surviving tree of a copper beech plantation which housed a rookery. |
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| The old hump back bridge over the nearby river. It was originally built to carry horse drawn traffic, but went out of use with the introduction of heavy motor transport and is now in a state of disrepair. |
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| Wildflower meadow, glowing with buttercups and clover. Click to enlarge |
