Well, they were frosty a few days back. There was a beautiful bright blue sky and many of the trees up on the plateau were covered with a crunchy coating of white.
It was the coldest time of the whole winter so far - just when I was considering jettisoning the thermals and looking forward to Spring. There were some lovely landscapes though. The temperature on the plateau of the Hunsrück or the Eiffel (it depends on which side of the River you are - east is the Hunsrück, west is the Eiffel), can be a lot colder than down here in the Valley - it's still nippy enough though when the wind blows along the Moseltal.
I had the opportunity to spend a bit of time on my painting - I had to make up a new batch of teal and go over the whole area again. It took a while to do the lettering - first I traced off an old Celtic font, scanned it into my computer, centered it up and printed it out the right size. Then I cut it out, scrunched the paper up so I had some authentic creases to look at, traced it out and painted it on. I wanted the lettering to have an uneven look to it, but it looked a bit too uneven, so I had to straighten it up a bit. I was originally going to put the lettering inside the circle by the mountain, but I was reading my Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera books over Christmas and they used to paint pictures with messages painted on, as if they were on a piece of paper 'stuck on' to the painting. 'That's a good idea' thought meself, which is why I had to add a bit more to my original teal background.
And what does it mean? - it's the last line of one of my favourite books.
The real Wilbur inspecting the work in progress. Isn't he sweet....!
Soon,
Tschüss!
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