I was walking back towards home after being at the supermarket and looking out over Dirupo towards the mountains thinking  that I still found it difficult to believe that I have been living in Italy for nearly twenty two years. Unless I live till I’m  very old I won’t  have another twenty two, but hopefully I’ll  be here for a few years yet.

It was very pleasant walking up town.

As it’s  Saturday  I tried not to do too much work. However it was not too much work to more or less finish this.

I thought that I’d have a little practice with my new water soluble wax crayons.

Really, I want to draw something with my fude pen, but couldn’t  think of a subject. I settled on painting/drawing a button box which I think was Nella’s.  ( the old lady who used to live upstairs and cooked for me.)

I’ve  painted a couple of pages black in my sketchbook now as I prefer using crayons on a black background.

There is something on in town tonight, but I don’t  think I’ll go.

I have a lot of things to do….or that I want to do. I’m  looking forward to spending a few days in Oliveto before I get going on various projects I have vaguely planned.

Tonight I might watch another episode of a Swedish noir series on Netflix, but as the hero seems to have become the bad guy, maybe I won’t. 

Am listening to to 1940s Noir jazz…..must be my thing. 

Wine time now. 

Cheers🍷🍷