‘Sun, sea and the sky; kites birds and clouds.’…as Helen said; ‘the clouds often come out in the Summer as well as in the Autumn! But the time has really flown by this week as the season changes. We certainly were talking about flight in our first session last week we had our very first session at Tullie House, working with the Amy’s Care Group.
We had a very creative afternoon, looking at some of our objects, including the beautiful Golden Eagle Eggs used by Artist Uta Kogelsberger for her project. We all thought they were quite big, and it was interesting to look at how different the two eggs were. One was white and the other was very speckled. Andy even thought that the egg looked a bit like Alastair!
‘Big, speckled, golden brown, they fly and hatch. Fluffy like a baby hamster!’- Jeanette
We also spent some time looking at how the eagles dance together in the sky. The last Golden Eagle in England lives around Haweswater, and has been seen sky dancing in the hopes of finding a new mate. Unfortunately his mate died several years ago. It was beautiful to see how they moved together in the sky.
Doreen met our colourful finches with silky feathers.
Dick told us about the challenges of farming under a Cumbrian sky: ‘ it’s very unsettled, it doesn’t take much to upset you. When it’s wet, the hay gets wet.’ And the sky on the day was certainly a bit unpredictable!
Together we wrote and drew some things for our rain cloud which you can see below.
Stay posted for an anthology of our first poems!
Cumbria Sky Map 