BLOG about PAINTING

Funny day today. It was forecast to be cloudy (it was) with showers (so far none), heavy at times. In the icon, there was one of those little suns peeping out above the clouds, and, lo and behold, there have been very tiny episodes of sunlight. When they do happen, the effects can be quite stunning. I've tried to capture one such time, but paint can never capture the brilliance of the contrasts, can it? (And I can't seem to manage it either, though I must say this photo is quite dull compared to the painting.)

Valley

TODAY'S TIDBIT

I think I've mentioned that they have real postboxes here. You know the kind I mean - individual ones, rather than a boring slot in a whole bank of uniform boxes. Well, we don't seem to be the only ones using our friends' mailbox. Some bird - and it must be fairly small to get into it through the little slot at the top - keeps trying to build a nest in there. Every time we go to pick up the mail, we have to clear out handsful of grass.