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Well; welcome home hubby, from your wierd and wonderful business travels! He looks quite knackered really. His eyes don't seem to be focusing correctly at the moment  Comes of sitting some 12 hours on a plane I think. Nasty having a numb ££££. I was looking for my star symbol, but could only find a pound symbol instead. So, there you go........

Unfortunately, he was ambushed on all sides by five screaming babies. And, when one stopped, another set off, kind of like a 'mexican baby wave', I think. Nasty! That could surely be a method of torture: being constantly kept awake by screaming babies. And don't they have such great lungs? Awesome. For myself, I have earplugs, which I find very useful. Keeps most alien sounds - like  snoring out! Not so good if there's a mosquito on the lose though. Cos it'll eat you, and you won't know until the morning, when you've got a lump on your head the size of a golf-ball. Rather a lot of huge mosquitos here. Of course you probably know it's only the women mosquitos who suck your blood! They need it for the strength to bear baby mosquitos. So, blame the women. We also have very strange species of spiders here in Switzerland. Not British spiders, they're far more European - so they have tiny little cigarettes hanging from their tiny mouths (just kidding) they prefer roll-ups

Been working on a horse-race commissioned oil painting this week. It's a nightmare in terms of detail: hats, numbers, saddles, forelocks. Actually, I have no idea what a forelock is, I'm just making that up. But, there's an awful lot of detail to capture. And it's quite difficult to achieve a look of a 'moving' race, without doing cartoon lines, to effect the action (well, maybe I have added a few subtle cartoon lines) I shouldn've told you that, now you'll look for them, and probably find them too!! But horses are very difficult animals to paint correctly, especially those beautiful arabians. So powerful and muscular and graceful at the same time. I love trying to capture those muscles and the beauty of their coats. Well, coats, really doesn't seem the right word? Skins? Flanks? I'll stop there. But, there's such subtle play of colour as the horses move, too. Those rich chestnuts browns change to orange, to blues, to blacks. It's really fascinating. Honest!!

Hey, don't get me started talking about a painting, I'll go on forever!

Anyway, real windy winds have been heading our way now. I guess it is good ol' autumn. But, they've been chasing me, wherever I've gone - or do think perhaps I'm just paranoid  But, even our dog Axle has started growing a thicker coat. Wish I could do that. Could be very handy really. If a bit wierd! But those hats and gloves have already been creeping on, and those winds are starting to make the eyes water. It's been so long since I've heard those strong winds, from inside the house. Since we have had such a warm and still summer. Still, gotta let the summer go!  

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Hello bloggers  Hope you are well.

Well, Damien Hirst sells his 'The Golden Calf' for 9.6 million. Are you impressed? Well, my feeling is that surely 'mother nature' should get those profits? After all didn't God/other do all the creating? Do you think he/she will profit from this? Hmmmmmm!!  

As an artist, would you want people to buy your art for money, or love? Hmmm, that's the age-old question, isn't it?

Anyway, it's been getting really chilly on the willy these morning now (not that I have one) I'm just guessing! But these mornings and evening are getting colder. I'm sure I saw a frost on our lawn the other morning. I even had a real fire the other night. Couldn't seem to warm up, or get the heating to come alive. I think it's still in hibernation. Anyway, the fire was gorgeous! Leapt up like a golden thing possessed -whilst the dog looked on bemused. Of course I was sweating in about an hour.

Watched a very funny film the other night: 'how to lose a guy in 10 days'. Both parties take a bet: the one that she can lose a guy in 10 days, the other that he can make her fall in love with him. So, each are at opposite places in the spectrum. You've probably seen it anyway. I'm just a bit slow on the uptake sometimes. That's the punishment I get, for living in my own world!! And of course, they do both fall in love of course! And nothing she (Kate Hudson) can do, can put him off! Oh, for that quality in a man, in the real world!! Hey, perhaps it would be fun to try. A real test for your partner! Oh, think I already do that actually!

I love the way she stuffs his flat with teddies and tampons, then ruins his gaming night with cucumber sandwiches and tantrums. Very funny.

Anyway, I realize I have been remiss in showing you my completed painting. So, here she is, in all her feminine loveliness! Hope you like her.

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Hello bloggers,

I think the season of 'mists and mellow fruitfulness' is upon us now. It's getting quite cold in the morning now. Then we are treated to the most glorious sunshine. Or cracks can show, it clouds over, then rains for the rest of the day.

That sweetcorn has reached at least 8 foot or more now. Will it be harvested, I wonder? How big can a sweetcorn get? Or maybe it's used for animal fodder? Don't ask me.

All that lovely fat wheat has long since been harvested. Probably even in someone's breakfast bowl by now. It's sad to see the empty fields though, after the crop has been harvested. So barren and depressing. I love all that green around me. And all that green will go soon enough.

Was woken last night by the most horrendous cackling noises in the garden. Screeching and cackling really. My God, if this was the middle-ages, I would have thought satan and his helpers were in the garden making mischief. Or a herd of witches. Or is it a cackle of witches?  I mean, I'm guessing it was a fox, but my God, what a terrible noise in the dead of night! Even Axle was mildly interested, and thought to take the opportunity of my presence to wander into the garden. Of course there was nothing there for him to see by then. He just ambled out, just noticing a new range of smells to sniff.

I've been working hard finishing my commissions, and also a new portrait, I'll show you a little photo when I can get my computer to work properly again. But it is having a few issues! Most of them user-inflicted, no doubt. I did managed to pick up another virus by opening one of those 'you've been sent an online card' messages. So, I guess the moral of the story is: never open your junk mail. But, somehow for a girly, it's difficult to resist it, when it says: someone has sent you an online card! You start thinking: how nice, who can it be from..........and before you know it, you've been had!

There's some very funny noises going on in this house at the moment. And I've found pants on the floor, and things fallen over. I'm starting to wonder if there's a ghost in this house (or maybe just a bad housewife  It's probably just the crows walking on the roof again, that sounds funny, in itself. But, you know those crows with those high-heels. They always look good in black, don't they?

Had fun managing to grab the very last sale items in the shops recently. I mean, some of those tops were 5  or 9 francs, I mean that really is a bargain! And I do love a bargain. So, I've bought a few long sleeves for the cooler weather now. And I'll have to start looking for my coats and boots soon.

Keep warm www.moorethanart.com and www.boundlessgallery.com