It occurred to me that if I cleaned my little old fan then it might start working again.

I didn’t really want to unscrew the cover so I tried cleaning it with the hoover, ( nope! And spent 20 mins finding an adapter to plug in the hoover. On the plus side I did hoover the workroom rug. ) Then I used a paintbrush., ( not very satisfactory….), so I tried a feather duster.

Finally I did the sensible thing and found a screwdriver and unscrewed the cover . It immediately started to work .

40 minutes later it died and is now waiting to be thrown out.

Fluffy came in once or twice to get out of the heat.

I have a vague plan for placing fans at strategic points. I think it might work.

On the other hand a four hour lunch break spent pottering about, sleeping and reading in the gallery is probably a more ” going with the flow” idea.

On that basis I started work at 4pm. ( I had drawn a grid on a canvas in a very slapdash mood earlier.)

Tomorrow I mean to make a big canvas and draw the next commission, which is also a copy of one of my paintings. ( I’d better do that before my 4 hour lunch break/siesta.)

And finally I’ve given my brave starving plants some nice dark compost. First time in 3 years.

I thought I’d take a photo of the valley as it’s now changed to a more yellowy colour . It proved quite tricky as I can’t stick my hand round the side of the fence like I used to do as the plant growing in the drainage tube is now enormous.

I had planned to go out to the supermarket this evening about 6pm, but as usual I decided that I didn’t really need to…..

So, it’s wine time now and a quick search through youtube politics and then maybe a few episodes of FAUDA on Netflix.

Cheers 🍷🍷