The Story So Far ...

We said farewell to our work friends at the RSPCA and BBC on 14 September, farewell to our families on 3 October, and set off for Africa to save cheetahs, decorate school buildings, and look around a bit. After a trip home for Christmas, we headed for South East Asia on 6 January -- where we were stunned by Qatar and Cambodia, taught novice monks in Laos, and acted as security guards at an Elephant Festival. It was back home for four weeks to look after John's dad, before we tangoed our way through five South American countries in fifteen days. We then snooped our way through New Zealand, dipped our toes into Fiji, drove-thru California and were home from home with family in Vancouver.

Now, we are home itself. Fulfilled, happy, and ready to earn the respect of our friends and family by knuckling down and earning some money once again ...

Sunday, 26 September 2010

Operation Painterman

Operation Painter Man has been launched. "What fun to learn to paint while I'm away", I had thought in July.  So yesterday I found myself sitting down with a charmingly bonkers lady in fashionable Kemp Town.  In my satchel, a set of paints and brushes given to me by Henry for my birthday.  And she proceeded to teach me not to paint -- but to draw.  One step at a time.  What I saw, not what I thought I saw.   I returned home with an upside down drawing of a Picasso portrait, that looked pretty damned good in my view.  Today, I set to waterpainting with her husband.  The speed of it is what thrills me.  Ten minutes and you can have a result.  And if it's not quite the result you had in mind, nobody need ever know.
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