31. 12. 11 Saturday Took my two grandaughters out to dinner last night. It has been a busy season so far. Besides the usual festivities I have managed to catch The Guard, The Artist, Tintin and Tinker, Tailor plus the Chagall show at the AGO and the Jack Chambers and an expo of 19th century Industrial photos.
Friday 16. 12. 11 I have been back here nearly a week now. As usual it has been busy catching up with everybody and today I went to Poppy’s Christmas Carol Concert and tomorrow Julia, Carole and Daisy move into their new house.
Thursday 08. 12. 11 Above is Poppy’s portrait of Chagall from the exhibition that she saw at the AGO in Toronto and my portrait of Poppy which is for her Dad for Christmas. Also sold another couple of fish today which means # 2, 5, 6 and 12 are sold.
Tuesday 06. 12. 11 Have just spent a wonderful day in Sète with Claire. We started with the Agnés Varda show at the Musée Paul Valéry and then went on to MIAM where we saw a show called My Winnipeg featuring 70 artists from Winnipeg. The Varda show is magnificent – everything she does has a depth, a diversity and an integrity, well worth the visit. The Winnipeg show, not so much. In between we had lunch at the Bistrot de l’Horloge excellent food at amazing prices, 3 courses including glass of sangria for 9.90 euros.
Sunday 04. 12. 11 It has been a busy week completing various projects before Christmas and also finishing Christmas presents. This year I have been painting mirrors from Ikea. They are perfect as the ‘frame’ around the mirror is so large.