I haven’t blogged at all this week as I have been busy collating and balancing the yearly accounts, it is a job I have to do at the start of every New Year and they are now completed and in the safe hands of our accountant.
Nick has been working really hard on the double Collie portrait and I will have some new stages and hopefully a final scan within the next few days. I also have just collected Lilly’s portrait from Jane the framer, and I hope to add some photos to the website and blog soon.
Last weekend was quite a successful one with regards to Tom’s training, we haven’t been able to take Tom out to see his little friend Meg for many months as her owner had to have a new knee, and we finally met up with them at a nearby National Trust mansion and grounds, where we could let Tom and Meg off together so that they could run around. We were quite apprehensive as we have not let Tom off the lead to run around with another dog since completing his training with the behaviourist, mainly because work has been extremely busy with portraits on the run-up to Christmas, and the weather has been pretty bad here so this was our first chance. It went fantastically, Tom didn’t bark once and although he didn’t want to get near to Meg to sniff her they both ran around the field enjoying the freedom keeping an eye on each other. Meg has been very good for Tom, she has seen him at his absolute worst, in a barking frenzy, so she is a little wary of him, but now she I think sees him slightly differently as he is pretty much a changed dog! Being both Collies they did try to round each other up a little, but hopefully we will go again next week and run them together. We are going to try to take the opportunity to walk with our friends this month as our friend has to go in for another operation soon and will be out of action for another few months, so we will be making the most of our meetings!
Now the accounts are complete I intend to do a Spring clean on my computer and make sure everything is backed up, catch up with my students assessments and then start back drawing at my easel. I hope that everyone is having a good start to the New Year and we hope that you’ll have a good weekend!
