La Tienda

Walls have been high on the agenda for the last couple of days - walls that shelter, that separate encompass and protect. Walls that are the definition of spaces and walls that quite frankly looked .............. a bit tired. After some thought though, an ancient pack of La Tienda - (a powdered earth pigment) was unearthed (no pun intended.!) and we set to work, mixing the powdered pigment with water and PVA to wash over the courtyard walls with big loose brush strokes, to produce a soft undulating Mediterranean colour that filled the day with sunshine.

The pigment caught the texture of the surface

This morning

enveloping and cosy

tucked beside the house

the shadows cast against the lovely worm surface by the evening sun

The house this evening



The light catching the carving on one of the hand carved pots that line the steps beside the Parterre

Olly found the purrrrrrrrrrfect spot for soaking up the evening sunshine