Regular readers of these pages may well remember Simon Natelson-Carter (#0372). For he is the curator of the Tamsin Pastelle museum in Wiltshire. It was he who introduced us to the fine telegraphic depiction by Ms Pastelle entitled “Insulators 1” the summer [sic] before last.
He writes again, two-fold. Firstly to inform us that the museum has acquired two new pieces; one of which is an example of her” butterfly and cupcake poles”, and another, a “moody full-portrait of poles, bringing out their root, stem and plant-like nature”. Our breath is bated, a lot, in anticipation. Apparently, we may well get clearance to see them by December. Watch this space.
Meanwhile, he has also sent us the photo (right), captured by his friend, Mike Barratt, also of Wilthsire, showing a rare sighting of the twilight-gyre ceremony performed by bullers and pot-head insulators immediately prior to roosting for the night on the crossarms. Puts me in mind of the Rainham Marshes at sunset.