Shrewsberry....wild roses #277

Daily painting #277. 6"x8" oil on primed canvas panel 

I found these beauties growing along the side of the cricket field. Portions of the rose bush were entangled in a mass of other shrubbery with heavy heads of full blooms popping out in different directions....

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A day in Berkshire #276

Daily painting #276. 4" x6" oil on primed canvas panel

The boys played a game in Berkshire yesterday at a school called Eagle House. Such beautiful grounds and the boys were still playing cricket at 7pm! We had a beautiful day with sunshine until 9pm....and no rain! A good day of cricket for our boys and beautiful weather to sit outdoors and paint!

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Wild raspberry #275

Daily painting #275 pen, ink and watercolor on primed canvas panel

Amy and I had the most awesome day in London yesterday, visiting galleries and walking around. She was an absolute star ...on and off the underground and walking more than I think her little feet ever have! I love being able to walk around so much .... London I have missed you and visiting again is just awesome! On our walk home from the train station at about 7pm last night (feeling safe...something I miss) Amy and I were marveling at all the beautiful gardens and window boxes. We came across a wild raspberry bush which was growing along a fence. It was heavy with fruit and the ground was littered with little crimson spots. This is one we picked up off of the floor....

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One pound #274

Daily painting #274 pen, ink and watercolor on A5 watercolor paper

With a 20/1 rand/pound exchange rate visiting England can be quite an expensive trip if you are South African and so I had forewarned my daughter.....'No shopping!!!' But yesterday she discovered the one pound store in Putney High Street....and we walked Wimbledon Village yesterday looking for Loom bangles while the boys were playing cricket! I have forgotten how much you walk here...and how lovely it is to walk and feel safe! The weather was kind, the boys managed to finish a whole cricket game with a good win and although I was still cold (typical Durban girl) the sun did come out for a while! Gallery hopping in the morning....can't wait!

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England...cloudy with a chance of rain! #273

Daily painting #273  4" x6" oil on primed canvas panel

Sunshine one minute....pouring with rain the next! Welcome back to England! Our boys have yet to make it through an entire game of cricket without rain interfering, yesterday they didn't even get onto the field! This afternoon I was freezing cold and sat inside at a window to paint....

I don't think I have yet to feel this cold in our Durban winter. These English summers are a shock to a Durbanites system...I should have packed more 'Durban winter' clothes!

It is good to be back though....after 16 years! Heading off early to Putney tomorrow to show my family where I used to live and then off to Wimbledon to watch cricket (yes not tennis) ...weather permitting....

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Fading protea # 272

Daily painting #272. 6"x8" oil on primed canvas panel SOLD

Late night last night and up REALLY early ....painting done! Bags packed and have bid farewell to Durban for 2 weeks....

I am sitting in the Johannesburg airport waiting for our connecting evening flight now to London. I am loading the daily painting onto the blog this evening (I normally send it through first thing in the morning) but I am not sure I will get around to logging in tomorrow morning.....so I am sitting being anti-social at the airport with my nose in my iPad ....but another daily painting is loaded! Two weeks of traveling and keeping up my daily painting is going to be interesting.....

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Tomatoes on the shelf #271

Daily painting #271. 6"x8" oil on primed canvas panel

The house is stocked up with food for people and furry children alike! Time to pack some bags now....nothing like leaving your packing to the night before (and it's late and way past my bedtime!).

I thought I would share with you 2 paintings I will be taking to London for someone. They are the first shoes of her little twin boys who have just turned 2! These are sitting ready and waiting to be packed into my (still in the top cupboard) suitcase....

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