A lot of people are glad to see me painting again, not that I have ever stopped (as you will know if you are a regular to my blog), but the trouble is… that I don’t have much time to write my blog or my new book.

At least, whilst painting today, I have made great inroads into another book, “The Book Thief” by Markus Zusak, which we will be discussing at Bookworm club next Sunday. And if you’re wondering how I manage to read and paint at the same time – well, thank goodness for modern technology and Kindle reader. Okay, the female voice of my reader is American and doesn’t do a fantastic job with German accents but I quite like her clarity, and her pauses and inflections as she follows punctuation perfectly. If she can’t understand a word she spells it out, which is a little worrying at first but you get used to it after a while.

As for the book itself? I love it. It’s touching, thoughtful and brilliantly written. I can hardly wait till tomorrow for my gal to finish reading it to me.

Meanwhile, here is another photograph of my painting, now rapidly reaching the final stages.