Beatrix Potter blog P2.

Tell me your experiences of Hilltop.

Welcome to my interactive blog.

                   

Q1. Can you picture Beatrix
 feeding her sheep?


Q2. Do you know the breed
 she was famous for?

One Beatrix Potter's outbuildings

 

Q3. Do you think 

Beatrix kept pigs in here?

Q4. Can you picture her working 

hard as a farmer through the long,

dark days of winter?

Q5. Which stories did she write 

here?

Anything to do with pigs?

 

Q9. Which story did she base here?

Q6. Did you recognise any 

places from her books?

Q7. Which was your Favourite Book?

Q8. Can you picture her working

 out who, what, where, the plot, 

inside this house?

Q10. Does this remind you
of any of the Characters?

 

 Beautifully characterful.

Q11. Do you love 

the way she dresses 

up her characters 

in clothes and shoes?

Q12. Who do you think may

have come through this gate

in her stories?

Q13. Did the peace and quiet 
help her to write so well?


See the art of the dry stone walls.

Feels very homely 

 

Q14. Can you picture Beatrix sitting 

in her study sketching her pictures?

Q15. What gave her inspiration 

do you think and ideas to create 

such clever characters?

 

 

Do you think Beatrix made her own fruit jelly?

Q17. Was she a strong,

determined, take no

nonsense kind of a

woman?

Q18. Where did she get

her independent streak

from do you think?

Please share your stories and tell me 

what you loved about Beatrix Potter's 

life, books, home, skills, creations.

Leave me your comments below.

 

Q.19 Do you think Beatrix would

have chosen this?

Outside her Gallery
at Hawkshead.

 

Q21. Do you think Beatrix

 

             plotted her stories on this hill?

Q20. Do you think good

writers need beautiful

scenery to help set the

scene of a story and picture

their characters, be they friends,

animals or acquaintances?

How are you all doing 

so far? Please do let me

know! Who has been here?

I would love to hear your stories.

Q22. Who might you find

hiding in her Veggie Garden?

 

Q23. Who lost their beautiful

jacket?

 

Q24. What names come

to mind?

What makes Beatrix Potter so 

special is that she 

was very down to Earth. 

She worked very hard, 

with the help of others, 

but never gave up!

She was very adaptable 

and could turn her hand 

to anything. She seemed to 

be a tough woman and 

was so commited to her cause.

This is a view Beatrix will
have known very well.

 

 

 

 

 

 

A fascinating character 

that we can connect with.

A woman loved by so many 

but someone who was so 

focused and cared for the 

outside world.  

Her world became 

our world.  

Q25. Do you think Beatrix 

grew Rosemary and other 

herbs?

This is outside the Gallery 

in Hawkshead, a few miles 

away from her home at Hilltop. 

The exhibition there

is changed regularly

showing her work. 

Q.26 Do you know how many 

books Beatrix Potter wrote?  

Q27. Do you think Beatrix grew her 

own produce and 

had lots of animals to supply her 

with eggs, milk, butter

etc at Hilltop? 

Healthy summer crop of onions

Living far from anywhere meant 

a lot of creativity in Beatrix's life.

She worked 

with local farmers 

as people did, being connected 

in theire own community.

Q28. Do you think there were 

any shops in the Village?

Q29. If there was a shop 

what 

do you think it

was called?

 

Marrows growing at Hilltop

Q30. Do you think Beatrix 

was happy to settle here

as she had to move about 

a lot before hand?

Q31. Do you think she 

enjoyed being on her 

own a lot?

Lovely summer colour
at the front of Hilltop

We all need colour to make 

us feel good 

but in a special Garden

 it is an added bonus. 

Nature at its simplest

 

 

Allium and Evening Primrose
 at Hilltop Garden

Hope you are enjoying reading 

my blog and getting
some quiet time out of your busy day.

Has anyone been here recently?
Please share your stories.
Would love to hear what you did here.