Wrapper's delight

Up at 7.00am to work on Defenders of Guernsey. Some time later Lorraine and Mum surfaced. We went down Trafalgar Street to Nia where we had a rather nice breakfast. Slightly pompously I told them afterwards how much the service and food had improved since I was last there.

Then a lengthy period of wrapping and pricing Mum's framed watercolours, unframed watercolours,and her Giclée prints. This process rendered slightly more problematic by the fact that Mum is on heavy duty tranquillisers which appears to be the standard treatment for shingles. Although it is understandably making her a bit vague, it has eliminated the pain, which is great.

Moments of realisation that prints that had been laboriously wrapped hadn't been signed and so on. Eventually, after splendid help from Lorraine, and a trip to Rymans from me, everything was wrapped and priced and packed into Lorraine's car and driven off to Janet and Ken's house. There Janet is presenting her Diva open house as part of the Brighton Festival. There was a good deal of coffee sipping here and setting the world to rights with broad left-inflected brushstrokes, as is only proper. Janet has assembled a good deal of lovely work, and her own textiles are looking fantastic too. Beautiful colours which go excellently with Mum's work. A definite must-see on the Brighton open house trails.

Home and took advantage of Lorraine offering to cook some of the mounds of vegetables purchased in St Alban's market yesterday to talk to Mum about how Lorraine and I have plans to move in with one another. Also had a long chat with the Tobster this evening, on this and other themes. I am finding few are propelled yelping from their chairs in surprise or alarm at this news, which is rather nice.

A gold sofa evening, sipping teas and waters watching Match of the Day 2, featuring Manchester United being beaten and Chelsea's win yesterday. There is no better footie viewing to be had.

Below one of Mum's abstract paintings. Softly, as in a morning's sunrise. For more go here. Her site needs revamping but you get an idea.

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