Spent a relaxing Sunday over at Perry Green on the other side of Herts, at Henry Moore's home and workshops. Actually the workshops are closed for the winter, reopening on 1st April when you must visit! There is a footpath that circles the boundary and after a lovely walk through soon to be bluebell woods, a sunken valley and the maternity unit of a sheep farm, it cuts across Hoglands, where Moore lived and worked for over 40 years. His wife bought and landscaped neighbouring land to showcase Henry's work and the field pictured is, on his instruction, to remain 'The Sheep Field' in perpetuity. Last summer we visited the house which is just as he left it and has the same eclectic feel as my parents house: bowls of pine cones and pebbles, prints and sketches, fifties fabrics. The main difference being that the Moore's art collection is all originals and the fabrics he designed himself. The Hoops is also part of the estate so we were surrounded by more fabrics, photos and prints as we enjoyed Sunday lunch.
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