Milldale Cottage, Warter. Original oil painting 3x2 feet.

The weather was still warm so I drove to the Wolds to get some height and a cooling breeze. However, once there the wind proved too blustery and I found myself seeking lower, more sheltered spots. After a dozen stops to check views I came across this cottage in Milldale, Warter, where I noticed a profusion of wild cranesbill, sometimes referred to a geranium, growing amongst tall grasses and umbels. The pale blue flowers, delicately vapourize grasses bringing the blue sky down to earth. The estate red brick cottage is amazingly situated, seemingly growing from the verdant hillside. Mill Lane, a hidden road, from Warter passes by in front of the house and crosses The Washdyke as it heads for Warter, which is to the left of this view. As I set up to paint several dark spiders ran through the grass as moths and grasshoppers became airborne. I had been bitten by a spider recently so I put a blanket down on the grass.