I spent Christmas in Toronto visiting friends and generally trying to stay in touch, house sitting Maryann and Gregory’s house and looking after their dog Jake. Julia and Daisy stayed with me whilst they were in town so Jake was quite happy having all this new company and in particular he enjoyed Daisy who was always either taking him for walks or bathing him! Snow before Christmas allowed Daisy to renew her tobogganing skills and just after Christmas I was also lucky enough to be around when Poppy first began to walk. She is now really mobile and is constantly exploring and keeping everybody on their toes too. En route back to Clermont stayed with Julia and Daisy in Windsor for 10 days before heading back down here. Whilst in the UK visited the Sir John Soane Museum in London and also went to an exhibit of Sickert nudes at the Courtauld. The Soane is really worth a visit to see what he did with natural light in a Georgian house and also to see the collection of original Hogarth paintings.
