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Monte Camicia just after the first snow last month. It is still beautiful here, but this photo will most likely look like one we took last year, and the year before that... Still it is amazing to see this view every day. We’re expecting a lot of snow tomorrow so have brought up enough wood to tide us over just in case! It can be treacherous just going down our stairs to the wood shed - when it snows here, it normally snows in feet not inches...

A recent watercolour painting of “Sean”>>

In July 2010, we took the plunge and bought a house in the very beautiful part of Italy called ABRUZZO, where the mountains, countryside and coast are all stunning, truly an area to inspire anyone!

However, I am still painting Pet Portraits - Dog portraits, Cat portraits, Horses and other animal portraits, from photos, in pastel, acrylic or other media, by post, so please ask for details.

Campo Imperatore taken from foothills - Nov 2012, just days before the snows came. Expect the roads are now impassable.