Another day in the studio

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The days are turning colder, or maybe it is just this week.
Today was a windy and cloudy day. The kind of day that sends me to the heated studio to paint.
I had a great day painting and working on the "Sketchbook Series".
Maybe this week I will photograph and post some images.
I hope that next week will bring with it some sunny days.
It is amazing to me how much of the pattern of our lives it dictated by the weather in this remote part of the world.
We have installed an underfloor insulation in our home and today for the first time in the season, we turned on the heating radiators.
We spent yesterday in Kerikeri meeting with our accountant, shopping and running errands.

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