22nd December 2008

Bleak mid winter, no sales in view.
I've been Christmas shopping in the local book store and all I can see are the same old suspects, namely Steven Fry, Clive James and Andrew Motion.
What shall I do differently next year?
My elder brother, in Somerset, knocks out photographs of local scenes, framed on canvas: they sell like hot cakes.

29/10/08

Said daughter and myself finally bought a camera, after half and hour of haggling,comparing specifications,arguing about the price, driving the sales assistant to distraction- but the right choice was made because daughter is happy and would have resented my cheapskate choice.
More Brand-Ross madness. It takes a tabloid editor to point out the obvious. Namely that Jonathan Ross is a clown. Certainly not worth £6million of the taxpayers money per year. Apparently Ross is the BBC's top star.
Pictures shows daughter's view in the forest of the lake at Epping Forest, which I am recasting as a painting. Tomorrow we are going back there to take some more pictures, courtesy of the aforesaid. Will post paintings and new photographs as they are produced. Daughter wants a vintage Polaroid land camera from the 1960s or thereabouts. Does anyone know where to get one, other than Ebay, for a reasonable price?

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