Hello! Now for some random thoughts about the meaning of life!

Life has all sorts of twists and turns here in the countryside. Photography has been slow as I have been playing with paints and pencils. My head is so full of ideas I find it hard to focus on one particular thing. I've also found it hard to settle down to work as I feel scattered between different rooms and buildings at our home. Photography needs more headroom than I have at present and also more room to leave lights set up and ready. My painting equipment was moved down to be near my computer and photography as I combine the two but then it was just too darn cold in the conservatory where my paints were. That has now meant that I have moved them all back into my attic studio (though I still have not finished moving everything). 

I want a studio where I can put everything with computers and printers, paints, cameras and lenses, backdrops and lights - I don't know whether its just me or the fact that I'm a Capricorn, but I just can't seem to focus when I'm not organised! So guess what, I WILL get organised...

We were snowed in for a few days, which was lovely (freezer was well stocked and there was wine in the rack), the woods were magical to walk through with the dogs and they enjoyed chasing each other and following scents. The birds emptied the feeders in a day so it has cost a small fortune in peanuts to keep them well fed, and we seem to be feeding the poor pheasants that have managed to escape being shot, only to find themselves without the food that the gamekeeper has been putting out for them. I hate the shooting: what a pointless and cruel exercise - just killing birds for fun. Argh....  could rant on this topic for a while but will move on and get my peace back. Sigh.....

We have been making work plans, art plans, life plans, in fact we have planned out everything we want to do while we can. We think we are getting to our ultimate plan of how to enjoy ourselves which is what we really want to do. For me, prosecco and lobster are still pretty near the top of my list along with sea, crashing waves, safety, community. Watch this space.