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    Keeping Memories

    Jul 26, 2019 4 minutes

    Like thousands of other retirees, I started this part of my life with lots of resolutions. I still don’t have a new bathroom or a tidy garden, and the bush that surrounds my home is still a fire-hazard, but I have achieved one aim - to become a competent artisan, not just a dabbler in watercolours. I class myself as a ‘weekend artist’ and enjoy the whole process involved in putting my observations and memories onto paper. Sometimes my travel sketches and paintings amount to a substantial trip journal, which remind me vividly of views and events. Photo albums are okay, but give me a sketch any time. I am particularly interested in the birds

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