Forecast Summary

Forecast Summary [1/-1]
Today: Dull and cloudy, and with occasional mainly light snow for many areas, and with further slight accumulations possible. However snowfall will die out for the most part later. Cold easterly wind persisting throughout.
Tonight: Staying cloudy with a few snow flurries in places. Light snow may become rather more widespread later. Very icy once again as temperatures generally fall below freezing.

Let's get things straight about operations, finances, development, collecting and art and wine...

Heavy snow has fallen outside

It has been a lovely day, today! Heavy snow has fallen outside.

Almost chilling out-side

Almost chilling out-side

Seduced by Art: Photography Past and Present

Martin Parr, 'Signs of the Times, England', 1991.

C-type print, 51x61cm

© Martin Parr / Magnum Photos / Rocket Gallery

Unlike a photograph, a painting is a smooth synthesis of observation executed over time rather than the record of a single moment.

Thomas Gainsborough, 'Mr and Mrs Andrews', about 1750.

© The National Gallery, London

Light snow falling outside

What an enjoyable day, light snow is falling outside. I knew it was coming!

newsfromlondon201301

newsfromlondon201301

In the last couple of months had been cleaning the water around the statue from dirty environments, insidious movements and slippery surfaces, as well as removing other filthy covering it and destructive objects claiming unnecessarily my attention, so I could make the watery surface a better mirror with a more bright and fine natural cleaner image of the statue in the middle of the surface and its surrounding conditions, the sky, the trees, the people, the city in which it is set and exists.