#virtualfieldtrip

As the year rolled on the sense of being trapped indoors was still my main experience. Volume 5 of the Book of Days opens with two drawings of my favourite place I’ve ever been -which was San Francisco. A lifetime ago I had finished paying my student loan off and because I was used to paying out an amount each month instead of having more money I opened a savings account. The payments built up over a few years toward the deposit on a flat and was working full time so it was possible. I suddenly had a change of heart and realised that with the savings I could afford to take my amazing and wonderful mum on holiday. She was a proper old school socialist hippy who believed in peace and love and equality right through to her core. (So much so that I’m all my life I never met anyone who knew her who didn’t love her). She had done without for us all her life and never expected or asked for anything else so when we organised a surprise trip she was blown away. Scott McKenzie “If You’re Going to San Francisco” had been her favourite song so it could only be one place. It was the happiest week of my life wandering little cafes and hippy places in the sun and the best decision I ever made (because none of us knew how little time she had left before she got ill and we lost her just a few years later). I’ve missed her every year since and when #liverpoolindependentartschool started our virtual field trips on Zoom during lockdown I had a hankering to wander San Francisco again. The first is Union Square and the Second Haight Street. The next drawing, back in the physical world is a view from Saint Luke’s with the outdoor drinking tables, where it felt safe enough to sit out doors and have a pint with Antoinette. That was very welcome though the weather wasn’t great but was the only time that year I’d actually gone out for a pint. The last is sitting on a bench in the empty precincts of the Uni that were like an empty film set, drawing on the way back from food shopping. #dontknowwhatyougottillitsgone #lockdown2020 #observationaldrawing #virtualfieldtrip #sanfrancisco #unionsquare #haightashbury #sketchbook #sketchbookdrawing #isolation #missingmum #happierdays (at San Francisco, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cascg_FMKq2/?utm_medium=tumblr

Posted @withregram • @vanderlaandthebarnyardzoo 1 was ask to share with a class far away. Was a neat experience covid style of course. They enjoyed some of our videos. Thanks to my cousin Julie for asking for me to participate. We now have some new fans in Bangkok, Thailand. Charter International school . The 11 hour time difference made it interesting to answer questions for the students . #virtualfieldtrip #farmerruth #sharingthelovearoundtheworld https://www.instagram.com/p/CQpGoIXFvD1/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Year 4 students of The Winchester School enjoyed virtual field Trip.

As the year rolled on the sense of being trapped indoors was still my main experience. Volume 5 of the Book of Days opens with two drawings of my favourite place I’ve ever been -which was San Francisco. A lifetime ago I had finished paying my student loan off and because I was used to paying out an amount each month instead of having more money I opened a savings account. The payments built up over a few years toward the deposit on a flat and was working full time so it was possible. I suddenly had a change of heart and realised that with the savings I could afford to take my amazing and wonderful mum on holiday. She was a proper old school socialist hippy who believed in peace and love and equality right through to her core. (So much so that I’m all my life I never met anyone who knew her who didn’t love her). She had done without for us all her life and never expected or asked for anything else so when we organised a surprise trip she was blown away. Scott McKenzie “If You’re Going to San Francisco” had been her favourite song so it could only be one place. It was the happiest week of my life wandering little cafes and hippy places in the sun and the best decision I ever made (because none of us knew how little time she had left before she got ill and we lost her just a few years later). I’ve missed her more this year than usual and when #liverpoolindependentartschool started our virtual field trips on Zoom during lockdown I had a hankering to wander San Francisco again. The first is Union Square and the Second Haight Street. The next drawing, back in the physical world is a view from Saint Luke’s with the outdoor drinking tables, where it felt safe enough to sit out doors and have a pint with Antoinette. That was very welcome though the weather wasn’t great but was the only time this year I’d actually gone out for a pint. The last is sitting on a bench in the empty precincts of the Uni that were like an empty film set, drawing on the way back from food shopping. #dontknowwhatyougottillitsgone #lockdown2020 #observationaldrawing #virtualfieldtrip #sanfrancisco #unionsquare #haightashbury #sketchbook #sketchbookdrawing #isolation #missingmum #happierdays (at Liverpool) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJv0y9whem-/?igshid=1stqde3kdcqi3

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