Diary extracts for February 1946
5th Feb 1946:
The garden needs some thought.
The Food crisis in the world seems to call for more effort than hitherto, and yet people don’t seem to be making it.
5th Feb 1946:
Another letter from K. Harrison saying if I wanted to spread myself he might go to 500 gns!”
9th Feb 1946:
Caroline’s 4th birthday tea with 4 other children.
I found afterwards that Mavis had been balancing lighted candles on her upper lip to amuse the kids!
10th Feb 1946:
A fox has got two of our hens, curse it!
11th Feb 1946:
Letter from Crispin
. . . he enclosed some funny drawings for Caroline. And a splendid one of two boys with the parts of a lorry in a field, hens and garage and trees etc. all most convincing. It is an illustration to a story we are writing.
19th Feb 1946:
To Eton - boys just coming out of chapel and the provost still having breakfast
Couple of hours working at windows of upper school. Saw hoods and cassocks for colour and made a sketch of the provost himself.
21st Feb 1946:
Painting foreground of Eton picture. This space is difficult to fill with nothing but dull colour and texture.
22nd Feb 1946:
Started painting the figures on the chapel steps, starting at the top. It seems almost impossible to make portraits from such tiny photographs. It looks as though Indian Red will just about meet the requirements of the cassocks against the grey stone.