Waiting in the surgery

I sat in the sun shining through the surgery windows this morning, while waiting for my appointment with a doctor. I don't mind the wait, because it is a reflection of the time that doctors in this surgery allow to be with patients. I have never felt rushed and always been given the time I thought necessary.

I am lucky in being part of an NHS practice working with anthroposophic medicine.
The practice was started by Dr. Norbert Glas, one of the doctors who attended Rudolf Steiner's medical lectures, who came to England in 1930's from Austria. He was able to register with the General Medical Council and after first working with another Gloucester GP, started his practice in Tuffley, Gloucester. With the start of the Health Service in the late 1940's it became an NHS practice. Eventually the main practice moved to a purpose built centre in Stroud

There were several children waiting too, with a mum or a granny, and they were free to roam about the children's play area as well as out onto the open balcony over looking the gardens and a local river, close to its junction with the River Frome.

One small boy hid behind one of these blue chairs, when his granny emerged from her appointment. She of course couldn't see him. When they left, this view was empty for a couple of minutes so I thought I might blip this woven wall hanging. It is very typical of the anthroposophical art work which is practiced locally and is part of art therapy provided by this centre, along with eurythmy (movement) therapy and massage and counselling.

I don't know who made the wall hanging; I just like the colours of the hand dyed wool, the woven patterns and the tassles. A young girl kept going up to stroke them and asked her mother what they were.