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Lots of lovely things.....

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 Salts mill is filled with lots of lovely things. All of which I wanted. We went into Salt's mill through the main big entrance instead of going in at the far end , we came upon a film room with The fax pictures and a film of them being made. David Hockney made these pictures by sending them by fax to Salt's mill from Brazil. These fax pictures can be seen in this room.  Fax machines can produce a lot of prints cheaply.....and Hockney designed pictures that can be sent as a series of fax sheets.  The pictures were designed for the  machine as he determined how the machine "sees" colours and shades. This big print is the first thing I saw today straight through the entrance...... Portraits by David Hockney in the 1853 gallery. This is a massive space of an old textile mill filled with art and delicious gorgeous things to buy. All the tables are heaving with books I would own in a flash of my mascaraed eyes. Lee's eyes started to water as soon as I ...
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a good last minute visit.

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 Salt's mill and Saltaire in the beautiful sparkling sunshine is where we went today. It was a last minute thing, and it was well worth the visit this day. Walking up to the vast Salt's mill complex.....  Then cutting through to the Church and canal....on the way to lunch.  Ah. Lovely! Lunch. We had a Christmas sandwich followed by Chocolate eclairs if you really want to know.....we sat on this bench which stated "love that never ends"....  The church was locked, but that did not matter. We walked back past it and went to the river.  Past the canal....  Where Lee fed the birds with bits of lunch he saved.....  On the river Aire we spotted a heron.....  This made the day!  We are out of money yet again. So no junk shops today and no shopping . Which leaves not a lot to write about really. "what do we know about heron's?" I asked Lee as we walked "They eat goldfish. T...
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