Gray cloudy damp till 12 ― then rain till 5 or 6. Worked ― but not much, ― at Corfû A ― trees. Count George Henckel von Donnersmarck came, & his brother-in-law: a better bred man ― & a gentlemanly fellow. Afterwards ― just as I was getting to work again, came someone else ― [...]
Pouring rain, & Thunderstorms: high S. wind all day. More angry still that there are neither letters nor papers ― Διατὶ;1 In a horrid rage. Looked out Tennyson Illustrations from his poems. Wrote to R. Martineau. A deadly doleful day ― dark pouring gloomy ― & I gloomier. At 5.ˇ[20] called on the Goldsmid & [...]
Cloudy & sunny at times: once or twice a half shower of rain. Very calm & open window=no fire weather. ― Worked at Corfu A ― trees & foreground ― but, tho’ none come, little things interrupted me. First, paying Παραμιθιόττι’s rent: I asked for the refusals of the upper floor ― but got no [...]
Cloudy gray all day ― a little rain before a gold sunset. Worked at Corfu A, ― trees, all day ― stems ― off & on, from 9.30, to 6.15. Letters from Mrs. Shakespear ―― & Ellen. Did not go out. The Goldsmid wrote to say she sould not drive, as I had written to [...]
Gray & cloudy calm all day. We seem to have gone back ― years. Worked at trees in Corfus, B. C. & D. till 2: ― after which Miss G. & Mrs. N. were to have driven, & I with them. But they wrote to say they would call at 3.30 ― & so they [...]
Cloudy early ― but fine, with a North sudden breeze from 12 to sunset[.] Painted at Citadels of Corfus A B C ― & D, from 9 to 5.30. Col. Maude came in ― he is going to Albania for 10 days ― & away from here in 3 weeks: & it becomes a question [...]
Paradise weather all day. Sent letters to Ellen N. & C.F. Paradise without, for I cannot move. Began to work on Corfu D ― the little one: ― but worked ill. Fear of noise ― (which presently came in 4 Artillery men carrying up wood ―) & disgust at repetition of subject made me work [...]
Perfectly lovely all day. Went to Taylor’s early & paid his £50: ― what loveliness of mountain & sea! Worked at Corfu A till 3. Letters from Grenfell, & B. & Jane Husey Hunt. No paper ― whereat angry. Walked to Manducchio & the long round. Dined with Miss Goldsmid & Mrs. Naylor: a pleasant [...]
Fine all day. Slept well in the new room. Wrote to C.F. & Ellinor & translated some of A.P. Stanley’s Eastern Church. Invitations from Woolff ― & other bothers. Calls on the kindly Decies ― & Sargents. At 2.30 on Julia Goldsmid. Went to Church with Mrs. Naylor ― & returned & sate at the [...]
Lovely, & calm morning ― & all day through. Painted at Corfu. A. Removed all things out of the back room, & the Bedroom things with it ― turning the Bedroom into a “Showroom.[”] Read Turner’s life. Count G. Henckel v. Donnersmarck came ― returned from Alex.dria; ―― & brought letters from the Saunders: ― [...]
