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Woke up to our first day of sunshine today! In what must be quite a few weeks. Everything has been looking so sad and soggy. I think even the slugs have had their fill of all that rain. I went to these woods in sandals the other day. Big oversight. How the mud had squelched up and around the sides!

Hey, look who I found on my Swiss travels. Isn't he a cutie? He was in a glass cabinet near a children's play area. If he wasn't locked up, I may have run off with him. Could you blame me? Was he happy there? Locked away. He looks quite happy, doesn't he? He hasn't got a funny head of hair, that's just an odd shadow. I called him Tommy. That's Tommy Ted.

Just finished a lovely oil of Lake Geneva. It's a big-un too.

Lots of lovely swiss spring flowers in the fore-ground: Poppies and Oil Seed Rape. Hope you like it. Though we haven't seen much of those blue lakes and skies lately. I think the weather is picking up now though. Enough to enjoy the fruits of the season. Used my palette knife for the flowers and the water, which is always messy fun. Always managed at least one huge streak for my face. This time in emerald green. Nice.

Forgot to show you some of my snaps when I visited Chichester. Looking through my photos today, I remembered how quaint it is. I managed to get this shot in the morning, before the crowds and traffic and rain had arrived.

Chichester town.

And here's the Chichester Cross a one-time site for the market, which stands at the intersection of the four main roads in the centre of the city.

Very sweet. Lots of roman interest there, too. It has been argued that the area was a bridgehead for the Roman invasion of Britain. And, yes; I did just copy that information from an article about Chichester. Gotta make it look as if I know what's going on, haven't it??

Anyway, well worth a visit. Shame about all the sweaty travelling in between though.

Our dog has had the sulks if he doesn't go the the woods now. So, getting a new car, has had a bit of a reverse effect! Nothing seems to be good enough but the forest now. So, he lumbers around, determined not to enjoy his ordinary wood-less walk. But that wasn't the idea Axle, it was meant to be a treat! Every now and again. He won't sniff around and walks really slowly, so that I have to put him on his lead to drag him along! Mind you, he does hate the rain. Even though I put his coat on. Maybe, with the sunshine today, he'll find a little spring in his seemingly old bones!

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