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Popped in to get our favorite dried mango to find out that the magnificent quince fruit is now in season and offered at Leila’s.  And it was just yesterday that I went specifically to get those at the Borough market. Will be happy to come back here and restock on those next week. My grandma used to make amazing jam with those, she had a quince tree producing smallish covered with fuzz quince fruit, but the jam from it turned out royally good.

A quick watercolour of the flower arrangement on my mother-in-law’s table (she is a great entertainer and decorator).

Was very pleased to see that the large painting I’ve been working all last month has been stretched and hung in its new home in the States.  Now figuring out what smaller paintings would accompany it better.

Saw a great deal of Sargent in DC  – two of his life sized portraits and two or three beautiful smaller paintings of his are on display at the National Gallery of Art.

475 x 6,25 in , listed on Etsy

David getting a major hair cut, Roma is awe, 22.06.08

Been to the BP Portrait Award show at the National Portrait Gallery today. The quality of work on show is sticking. Making a Mark particularly well described my favoarite item in the show – Gareth Reid’s illustarted trip to small Finnish willage. Also explored today Somerset House courtyard turned into a the largest living room for the weekend as part of London architecture festival.

Went down Andriyivsky and to Podil to see the galleries concentrated around there. Lot’s of fun and great art to see, as usual.  It seems that as much as the Ukrainians try their hand in conceptual and abstract art, our lot prefers the classical stuff:

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