Not always a good thing….

However sometimes a little thinking is a good idea.

This birthday coming up is definitely on my mind. A lot of things I thought were important are now in the past and I’m not sure how I want to spend the time that I have left.

I’m not sure what is important.

There have been  a lot of good things written about living alone. Mostly I enjoy being on my own. ( Now that I’ve learned to be kind to myself.)

One thing I realised today is that if I want to finish this portrait I need to find something special about it that excites me. I’m not lazy, I’m just bored painting portraits to look like photos. I would like to paint portraits which look like paintings.

And I need to nurture the little things I like and not let them get cast down before they have time to develope.

This latest series of round paintings is important to me.

I didn’t get on very far today. But I love these. 

So I guess that’s something to be happy about whatever age I am.

It’s been another lovely sunny day. The courier phoned me to tell me he’d be in the piazza in ten minutes this morning. It was nice to go out. 

Wine time now.  Tomorrow I’ll have a break from portrait painting.

Cheers 🍷🍷