And discovering the state of the wall when I took my paintings down. It was not so good, looking a strange orange and pink, so I sprayed it with bleach, cleaned it and brushed the loose paint off. Now I’ve replaced  the paintings and everything looks fine again.

However the paintings are fine and not damaged. Years ago I would take a painting off the wall and it would have mould on the back.

This afternoon I had a call from a friend who had a copy of my book. She said that a passage in it caused her to cry. ( she is otherwise enjoying it.) I don’t think she was expecting me to cheer, but I was so happy. I always wanted to write something that would make people both laugh and cry. So I’m getting there. Hurray!!

One of the best bits of being in Scotland for four months was catching up with old friends. I’m going to do my best to keep in touch. Now with the Internet it’s  not that hard.

I think I ought to have a weekend of painting edges, cleaning, unblocking drains , fixing doors and suchlike. Might need to go out for a coffee and some more wine to help get started.

It’s still relatively  cool. Only 28C inside. It’s strange how 2 degrees more and I need to turn on the aircon.

I think I heard the fire plane a little while ago. There was a bad fire in Metaponto a few days ago. So far I don’t smell smoke…….

Cheers and Happy Weekend 🍷🍷