Rainy, cloudy, gleamy. All excursion=plans are absurd. S. Salvador has not been visible for days. The weather is just like November ― but warmer. Worked at Grenfell’s Philæ ― not very well. Nervous, & irritated. X3 By 2.30, I had worked every bit of the colour out of the painting, & apparently spoiled all my […]
Cloudy ― & rain early. 2X Woke at 6. But the weather evidently will not do for Paleocastrizza. Increasing cloud all day, & a little rain. Mrs. Boyd, Mr. & Mrs. Mussouri, & one or two more, came. Worked somewhat at Mt. Athos ― & ‘showed’ the large Corfu. Made ready to go tomorrow, if […]
Cloudy ― till noon. Then clear. Worked a very little at the Col de [Baleno].1 Col. & Mrs. Wynne came: ― & M. Grasset. The sending away so much unfinished work is no small vexation ― & altogether I am bored & stupid & sorry. Better perhaps to go to Paleocastrizza tomorrow ― yet, although […]
Rose at 6.30. Quite cloudy all day: ― & warm. ― towards sunset, N.E. winds ― & a little rain. Painted skies to small Corfus & seas ― &c. Mrs. De Vere came. & later, Ὀικονόμος. & G. Παραμυθιόττι. At 2 walked slowly to Ποταμὼ ― & drew at Πανταλείμωνα till 5.30. Saw the Dwarf […]
XXX1 Very unable to paint: ― walked about ― suffering no end. Painted somewhat at the small Corfus. No letters. At 3.30 ― to Miss G.’s, & at 4, with her & Mrs. N., Captn. Hillier, the maid & Cagiati, to the Captn.’s Boat ― & so to the Steamer. Unpleasantly rough. So. She is […]
Perfectly calm & gray. Quiet is a blessing. Wrote to Mrs. Clive. Ellen Newsom F. Lushington C. Fortescue W. Holman Hunt J. Edwards. At 1 called on “Julia Goldsmid.” ― At 2 on Sir C. Sargent. Lady S. Miss R. Walked with Sir C. Sargent ― beyond Alipù ― alack. Hastily returned by 6.15. Warm […]
Very calm, warm, fine, windless, all day. And, spite of predictions, ― the Ancôna boat came in at 8. Brought, 2 papers, & letters from, Ellen, Holman Hunt ― (Egg’s house has been burned.) & Mrs. G. Clive. Worked at Gastouri view: Captn. Balfour called. & at 4, Miss J.G. & Mrs. N. ― I […]
Gray [warm]1 early: rain at 11 ― at 2 ― finer ― but always ― barring that it is pleasant & warm ― like a Northern Summer to see. Began painting No. 11―: ― at 12 however, came Mrs. Woolff & Ἐύφ. Κυρκυμέλλι & they stayed nearly 2 hours. ― But their stay was really […]
Gray Rose before 7. Painted skies of Dead Seas. Very warm soppy-looking gray scirocco, but no wind. Painted ― at the small, & larger Dead Sea, & Olympus: having now pretty well decided to take ― or send ― all the paintings ― 25 or 26 ― to England ― unfinished: & to get the […]
Dull gray ― Horribly nervous all night ― no sleep till 5 A.M. ― Causelessly wretched ― but no lack of shaking it off as far as possible. ― Worked a little ― very little, at the small Dead Sea. At 12 ― Miss G. & Mrs. N. came & staid a long while. I […]
