Mrs N Thompson

Day off and as it's a Tuesday I was able to attend a session of Art in the Hothouse :-)
Today's subject was a clematis Mrs N Thompson.
A very enjoyable morning was spent at the Hothouse at Glenbarr and my image is the painting I made of this very pretty clematis.
After lunch at Glenbarr we headed home to Campbeltown and after we had settled Maeve in the flat we headed out to see an exhibition in town called Campbeltown -Success built in stone.
Fascinating little exhibition which tells the story of the town through its architectural heritage concentrating on the boom times of the late 1800s when there was farming, herring fishing, shipbuilding of ocean going vessels, and a huge expansion in whisky distilling leading to there being more than 30 distilleries in and around the town. The distillery owners commissioned Glasgow architects to come and build them large houses and several other buildings were commissioned for the town around the same time including churches, a large social club for the well to do, and blocks of tenement flats.
On the way home I popped into the Curiosity Shop to see what was on offer.
Couldn't resist an old glass jar approximately a foot in height.
The old glass had such a characterful dimpled surface.
Now cleaned and has pride of place in our downstairs toilet :-)