…lovely day out at Derwent Pencil Museum Keswick and a chance to try out the new Artbars! launched in UK today. Very excited about getting some and experimenting. …lovely beef stew done in the slow cooker! What a brilliant invention
…Roses and chocolates in the post!!! …excitement and expectation about future artistic projects this year ! …this is getting easier!!! Happiness is cumulative! It needs nurturing, dwelling on,giving time to!
…wonderful healthy crunchy braeburn apples. …Snow Leopard! The furry and the digital kind! (Mac users will know what I mean!) …Blurb and Lulu. How great it is to be able to publish your own books through such easy to use
…ticking 4 things off my ‘to do list’ which had 7 things on it. …my darling daughter getting a university offer from York …managing to successfully negotiate the icy patches on the way to school and back …AND getting ideas
…hot soup and beans and tinned sardines and sandwiches and things!(from Percival Pen Guin) Actually ‘Fish Soup’ by R was very good tonight. …approaching ‘That Time of Life’ , hopefully gracefully. …Little Jessie wearing all her jewelry at once and
…the birth of Charles Dickens …digital microscopes, have asked R for one for my birthday so I can paint small things big! …very cute hamsters! We have a psychotic one called Sooty and a fluffy friendly cute one called Ginge
…the opportunity to discuss important theories with likeminded people …the opportunity to practice acceptance in the face of rejection! …a safe journey to work in snowy conditions
…Millie running around in the snow in her cute red coat! Tail wagging. …A mug of hot choc!!! …Heather hoovering the stairs for me …..Happily! Not just the stairs but the hall, my bedroom AND the lounge! I am triple
…SNOW SNOW SNOW—————ooooooooo—————0000000——-!!! …looking out of my back window today watching the snow and a colony of fieldfare land on a tree in the valley. I get the binoculars to check in case they are redwing and they all move
… the beautiful day, clear blue sky. Richmond looked fantastic this morning. What a very lovely place to live! …inspired to paint a watercolour of the view from my balcony. …just feeling great today..2 good merlots may have helped somewhat!