As long as the sprogs bring you back it sounds good to me...go for it...I have added all my contact details to my 'Blog Information Panel'...perhaps we all should?

Thank you but I'm still not happy with landscapes. Isn't it difficult to match galleries with owners with blogs? Thank goodness the ice is now melting although I still can't go out. I'm disabled and my scooter just won't go on the ice that's left in our lane and I absolutely dare not try to stand up on it. I would have loved to get some photos down by the river when it was frozen so I had something to work from. Maybe I should have got the neighbours' children to pull me down on a sledge! The toe's just about healed up thank you.

Hi Diana...gets brain in gear and matches: blog to gallery, gallery to forum, etc...I'm happy to say I like all that I see in your gallery and that I often only put a single comment in to cover the entire gallery. I hope the toe still forces you to rest-up with a suitable tincture...rusty links? brilliant...as ever thanks for your encouragement & support in my gallery too...Your landscapes seem good to me.

We just had a few days in southern Scotland near Moffat. I managed to break my toe the first night so had a good excuse for just sitting. Did go on the road to the Devil's beeftub. A shocking road but so beautiful yet I looked more for close up pictures like the rusty chain rather than the landscape. I'm not very good with landscapes.

Pleased to read your update...OK you too were away in October...where did you go? what did you see?...and inspirations to paint? I agree the calm of the studio is upset by the roar of the fan heater, the fingerless gloves, woolly hat nearly covering the eyes while stopping the ears from falling off. I'm glad we have global warming this Winter too.Then there is tripping over the power cables to the 'daylight' lamps it is all a bit of a demotivator...not to mention the ice between the patio door & the studio door which was frozen-up one morning this week...