Busy but not Creative

I have had a lovely busy weekend but done no art work at all. I am in one of my usual ruts - I want to get on with my costumes but I also want to do something different. I am not sure what at this stage - I need inspiration. So am taking time out to re think things. To start I have purchased two inspiring new books....... Then on Saturday I went out for the day - first to the museum in Trowbridge - never been there before and it is really quite cute (and FREE). Trowbridge is currently holding their Textile and Weaving festival so I had a look at the small exhibition in the museum. Some nice stuff. I also did not realise that Isaac Pitman - the inventor of shorthand came from Trowbridge - there was an inspiring item in the textile show on his work. I think I could do something with shorthand - I remember learning it years ago. On from Trowbridge I went to the Castle in Fairleigh Hungerford - Here is a link to their site : http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server.php?show=nav.16178 it is a lovely small quiet place where I managed to take 180 photos!! So I will only show you a couple..... this is the 'Lady' tower. In one of the exhibition spaces they have a suit of chain mail - I did not realise it is sooooo very heavy, but also very inspirational.
Today I went for my walk only this time I walked for almost two hours.... I reached this....

Spoke to these two ladies....and I saw one of these.... Back home in the garden I cut the lavender (bush half cut here) the pile of cut lavender is twice the amount from last year - it gets better and better - then I noticed a spider wrapping an insect in one of the holes of the iron work table top - you can't really see it in the picture but I do like the composition of rusty hole. I also discovered I have accidentally grown a tomato plant - guess it is too late for it to produce fruit.... and finally I took photos of the clematis seed heads - they are lovely.

Now I am off to read.