Birthday

It's Saturday and it's my birthday, so we're off to the seaside.

Decorating

I can paint walls quite well.  You should see my flat, but then they never look as good as the moment you want to sell them.  Anyway, I spent over 20 years in my own business, painting wooden things, from 2 inch tall boxes stuffed with wooden animals to 20 feet high mobiles.  I have a Noak's Ark in Le Galerie des Jouets at the Louvre in Paris - yes, that Louvre - as well as other places all over the world.  So, as I say, I can cope with painting walls.  I don't like it much, however.  I've done enough of it in my time.  What I do enjoy is walking into the DIY store in the filthiest, baggiest pair of paint-spattered trousers, knowing they can't touch you for it, call the security people or set the dogs on you.  In fact, they look at you and say to themselves: 'There goes a professional.  You can tell by the trousers.'

Busy

It's been such a long time since I updated my blog.  First of all, I wanted to get the first draft of the third in the series of English books off to my publisher.  Job done.  Then we went to India, as you can see from some of the photos and a few comments.  That was immediately followed in April by 2 weeks work on the flat in Bath I'm about to sell.  It needed freshening up.  That's all.  But whenever I repainted one door, I though I'd better do the skirting board as well, which led on to the window frames, followed by the bedroom  and the hallway.  It looks so bright and cheerful now it's a pity to sell it.   Oh well.  I'm sure somebody will snap it up - so close to the centre of such a beautiful city and the railway station.  We'll see.