I have a wonderful Labrador/collie cross dog, he is the kindest, gentlest animal and such a great pet. One thing that never ceases to amaze me about him is that he doesn't like water. It's the strangest thing from the breed that he is any way. Can you just imagine the petulant teenager that never wants to get in the shower well that's my dog. However this has been the case since he was a puppy, he loves being taken for his walks the problem is, I live in County Mayo R.O.I.

Morning wake-up. Have you ever got up in the morning and thought maybe I should have stayed in bed or maybe I should have gone shopping instead of going into the studio to paint? I have this quite often especially if I have had a bad sleep, but this is my Business and I need to get some work done. So, to ease my head I always do a morning wake up. (see video) There could be many reasons why people would say “noooo I don’t need to do that” But I do and my reasoning for this is

I have been working on a painting which when thought of, was to celebrate two special people and the times that we have with them as friends and cousins. I am talking about my dear friends Mike and Dee. We meet once sometimes twice a week. Sometimes we go out and about other times we just sit and have afternoon tea and cakes. We talk constantly and in all of the conversations of course we sort out the worlds problems. These are such easy times, no proving, no worrying and I