Lovely to see you
Stringing together these pieces of writing, sketches and dabblings gives me some meditation time. Life is pretty busy (isn’t it for us all) and generally the technology is a necessary evil for me. But this space does something which I find quite overwhelming. A well meant comment can be sent from a fellow creative soul from nearby or from thousands of miles away. I can look at and interact in the artistic play of others almost in real time.
In the day I have a responsible job at a well known university in Melbourne. I’ve been a practising vet and worked in government jobs and higher education in different parts of the world. But this blog is more of a regression back to a simpler place before I was told there was a distinction between life and art / work and play / what was possible and what was allowed. Mostly I’m here to keep learning – so thank you for coming by.
Hello Chas
Thanks for commenting on my blog, love yours and looking forward to reading more about you.
Alison
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Thanks Alison always so lovely to connect with creative souls
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Hi, Chas! Thanks a lot for the follow! Awesome blog!^^
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Thanks Sheryl – lovely to come by your blog as well – really appreciate linking up
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It’s a pleasure! 🙂
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Hi, Chas! Lovely blog you have here. Already I’m reaping the benefits of the Sisterhood, meeting a whole lot of new people! Today was the first chance I got to browse, so I’m going on people’s blogs and following everyone so as not to miss anything!
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Thanks so much for dropping by. So glad to introduce you to the Sisterhood.
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What a lovely blog, and what an interesting life you have. Thank you for visiting my blog, and I look forward to seeing more of your work in the travelling sketchbook.
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Thanks Viv so much
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J’adore l’art!
At art events, I get lost in the portraits. I love the stories they tell me.
Thank you for choosing to follow one of my blogs. Léa
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I love portrait galleries too. When you leave everyone you see suddenly looks amazing – it makes you realise the wonder there is in a human face.
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And all the stories…
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So nice to meet you. I like your eclectic approach to life and art. 🙂
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Thanks so much Meeks for coming by. I’m looking forward to reading some more of your posts – your feijoa crop looked amazing!
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I like your drawings and photos and stories. Thanks for stopping by my blog so I could find out about yours! And I like that philosophy of mixing things back up.
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Thanks Lisa so much for coming by. I couldn’t quite see a follow button on your blog but will go back and hunt it down.
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Sometimes I have to try to find them myself on blogs. Thanks for persevering.
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No worries – I realised I could click on from here! Look forward to reading more tales by a real human from the world’s political epicentre
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Ha! 😉
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Thank you for stopping by my blog and for the follow. I have just begun looking around your site and am enjoying your paintings very much. Thank you for sharing your creations. All the best to you!
M.
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Thanks M for coming over. Look forward to following your work
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Thanks for the nice message you sent about my photos. I appreciate it. Good luck with your painting. I’m have fun looking around your site. GB
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I enjoyed your sketches, Chas. And philosophy. I am looking forward to more. –Curt
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Thanks so much Curt for coming by and leaving a comment. I like the name of your blog – sounds like a wise move.
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The name pretty much says it all. 🙂 –Curt
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I am so glad our paths have crossed here at WordPress. I look forward to spending more time here.
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Thanks Ann – lovely to cross over and visit you in Boston – I hope you’re enjoying spring – we’re copping an icy blast here
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I’m sorry to hear about the icy blast. Thanks for the warm welcome!
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I don’t think we can really complain about icy and cold to a Bostonian but we like to feel a little sorry for ourselves. Today is a balmy 21C so no complaints
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Thank you for following Storyteller. — Ray
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Thanks Ray – I hope you had a nice Easter and I look forward to reading more soon
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Thanks so much for dropping by my children’s book in progress blog 🙂 You’ve got a really cool blog of mixed up ideas and inspirations! I actually work in a architecture design office and share the same interest. I hope you get some updates in that page 🙂
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HI – I love your whimsical drawings – superb. Nice that you work in a place full of creative types – I will revisit that architecture page – good suggestion – thanks :>
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Hi Chas- I’ve nominated you for a ‘Blog of the Year’ Award- congratulations!
You can see your nomination at http://wp.me/p2XHES-3Bo and find ouit about the award at http://thethoughtpalette.co.uk/blog-awards-2-/blog-of-the-year-2013-award/
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Hi Nigel – that’s pretty cool – thanks so much. I’m not sure about the whole awards idea but it’s really thoughtful of you..
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Yes, I know what you mean, seems bit like a pyramid scheme?:)
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Can feel like that – but I like seeing the other recommended blogs – so that’s a good thing.
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learning is one of the greatest pleasures in the world.
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Thanks Shimon. It’s amazing how learning can just go on and on – it is a real source of joy and contentment for me. A gift which we just have to be ready to put in a bit of work for.
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You have built a very interesting blog, Chas, one I’ll enjoy visiting again. Thanks for your comment and the follow.
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Thanks so much Mary – nice to meet you here via the wonder of the internet
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I’ve also loved your works!
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Thanks so much Emilene
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AnElephant loves your art work, especially Stars and Satellites, his idea of how to spend time!
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That’s so kind – thanks for stopping by, so pleased you like the stars and satellites picture. I agree, perfect way to be – just looking at the stars.
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great blog you have here 🙂 thank you for the follow 🙂
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Thanks Brigid so much – will come by your blog again soon and have a proper browse Chas:>
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😉
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Nice to meet you Chas and you have a very interesting blog! Thank you also for visiting & following Island Vignettes! I hope you get to visit the islands soon! 🙂
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Hi – it’s great to read what’s happening where you are. I’m Overseas for work at the moment so in a bit of a lull but hope to back with the blog world soon.
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I’m so glad you dropped by my site or else I wouldn’t have found yours! I love your art! I love how you make it all look simplistic but yet contain great depth, beautiful colors and textures. The male head is my favorite. You now have yet another follower. I will drop in from time to time. Thanks for the encouraging words you’ve left me. I will dwell on it and ultimately take it into action.
Nando
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Hi Nando – so pleased you were able to come by. Thank you for your kind comments. Everyone from your part of the world seems so lovely – it’s great to meet you via this strange medium.
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Thanks for visiting and following my blog. Best thing about that? It brought me here! What a beautiful website!
Dorinda
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Hi Dorinda – this is a belated hello to thank you for coming by my blog. Hope 2014 is a great one for you
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hello love your drawings and what you have been doing at ROAR studios – one of the great things about living in Melbourne is access. Thanks for visiting my site and I will certainly be back to browse some more around yours.
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Thanks Veronica for dropping by. I hope I might get the chance to go back and do some more life drawing soon.
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Your life sounds pretty hectic – but busy people always seem to manage to fit more in. Wish I could join you down there at ROAR.
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Well you know it’s a drop in class so if you’re in Melbourne sometime you can definitely add that to your plans!
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Glad you liked my blog. I appreciate your rhythmic loose painting style!
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Thanks so much Carol
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Beautiful pictures. I love the BBI stars and satellites.
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Thank you so much – lovely to have you drop by all the way from Dublin.
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what lovely things you write 🙂 I enjoy the flow of how you say what you say. Your drawings are beautiful as well. You’re one talented soul.
Appreciate you stopping by foodforfun for Super Muffins, etc. Also see that deLizious is listed below on your blog roll–thanks 🙂
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Thanks so much Liz for your kind comments – always nice for we painting-arty types to meet food-arty types. Now winter is closing in here I might do a bit more baking so these recipes are a good prompt.
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Hi. What a great art! I like such art although I’m not good at drawing. 🙂
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Thanks so much for stopping and commenting. It’s more than enough to be able to appreciate art but everyone is creative in some way.
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I have wandered from the arts to sciences and back again in my working life and only ever found connections between subject areas. I find they feed and balance each other. Curiosity only seems to increase with age. Love the drawings and photos.
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Thanks Hilary – it’s nice to have you drop by and thanks so much for being my 200th follower! That’s quite something
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Amazing sketches!
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Thanks Carol so much – glad you enjoyed them
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Wow, your blog is beautiful. I love what you have done with this theme. I will check back to look more carefully at your art and posts.
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Thanks so much Celia – The blog’s been lying dormant for a few weeks because I’ve been away. Quite hard to crank up and get back to posting while work is all absorbing. Requires time, thought & energy. Anyway I’m going to take off for a swim now and hopefully get back into a productive rhythm.
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Well, I will look forward to what you do next. Best wishes, CHC
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Nice reading about you
Thanks for visiting my blog Ajaytao2010@wordpress.com. Browse through the category sections, I feel you may definitely find something of your interest.
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Hi Ajay – Lovely to have come across your blog and to hear how resolute you are in the face of cancer. We’ve had so many people close to us show how strong you can be even when served up this (awful) disease. It’s wonderful what you say about children. Two of my kids have had some pretty tough long stays in hospital and come through well (thankfully), but they were so extraordinarily tough, getting through things I couldn’t imagine having to cope with as an adult.
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Thank you so much Chas you rightly caught the nerve of the whole affair I have gone through, I had this love affair with cancer, and the children are the source of the strength of my affair, they were all wonderful and amazing, they showed endurance which was beyond comprehension and I have learnt so many thing from them. Most of them passed away and some of them still survive.
Thank you so much for your absolutely wonderful blessings. Love that Chas
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You’re so welcome Ajay – it’s so nice for you to take time to look at the posts here and send your positive energy all the way to me from Mumbai – most gratefully appreciated.
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thank you so much Chas your vibrations touch my soul and reflect back its so simple
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Thanks for starting to follow my blog – enjoy!!
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I’m sure it will be lovely seeing spring and summer unfold. I must admit after our first winter in Newport I thought the trees weren’t ever going to get any leaves and we were in some nuclear end of the world scare. Turns out the midlands just does spring a bit more gently!
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Hi there and thanks for reading, liking and now following my blog :)! you have a very interesting blog here and i will come back and read again – and know what you mean about the slippery pole in academia only too well!
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Hello Tigger! Nice to read your blog- lovely sedums. Good if you are getting your bounce back even if it’s bit by bit.
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Some excellent sentiments, Chas. Too many people lose the curiosity and fascination we seem to be born with. I’m sure I shall find much to inspire me here. Andrew
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Thanks Andrew for your kind comments – so nice to have you stop by! It’s a bit hard on the ego to adhere to this mantra. Every time I feel I have been overlooked at work I find myself creeping back into my old head space. Challenge is to keep saying that the slippery pole is not as important (at least not at this stage of my lowly career) as the inner life.
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Chas, when I finished work after 30+ years I wrote a piece about what I wished I had known on day 1. I use it sometimes when I am coaching people from the old firm. I try to help youngsters understand what might lie ahead and the older guys to see that in relative terms they are already usually quite privileged compared to the many. Allowing things to eat away at them doesn’t help. The inner life is important but we usually only realise that when it is too late and time is running out.
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It’s always nice to coach people coming at different stages of their careers – it was something I did quite a bit of in my old job.
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I just wanted to thank you for taking the time to read and “like” one of my posts. Blessings to you! Nice blog you have here!
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Hi Joyce – I’m inspired by your dedication and am sure it must be a very challenging road. My close friend’s first son had similar problems which were picked up perhaps later than they might be these days. She was in a fortunate position in that she and her husband could afford to employ someone to help with intense support at home. She now works full time to fundraise for other families to have this level of help. Take care – hope your Easter was restful and happy.
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Hi there,
I have received the Liebster Award last week and I thought of nominating your blog among my top 11. Here it is: http://communicationxdevelopment.wordpress.com/2013/03/25/liebster-award/
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Thanks so much Christina that’s really kind
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You’re welcome!!
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Nice to meet you in blog sphere and thanks for liking my post Future Tense. I love your artwork, and I am following your Blog. Hope you\ll follow mine too 🙂
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Thanks Opalla for taking a look here – I love the idea of ‘future tense’ – it’s so suspenseful! Look forward to following your posts too
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Hi there, I am following because I saw you have wonderful blog here. Thank you for visiting mine. keep blogging and cheers.
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Thank you much for visiting. You live in a beautiful part of the world and I hope I can visit again soon.
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Hi. you just started following me, so thought I’d pop over and say hello.
Hello.
Bit short of time, but i’ll be back for a longer look at stuff asap.
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Hi – Thanks so much for stopping by and hope to drop back your way again soon too!
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Thank you very much for seeing my simple blog. I hope you’ll like all contents within it.
Salam kenal and I am your follower too. 🙂
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Hi Bamban – your blog is great – love having the chance to link up with you and learn more from your part of the world
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Thank you very much…let’s learn 🙂
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Thank you for liking my post on the Life Bridge and your Follow. So nice to meet you in blog sphere and discover your interesting blog. I love art and architecture and you have a wonderful selection. I am your Follower now. 🙂
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Thanks Opalla – look forward to seeing what’s going on in your part of the world -we have some interests in common so that will be great
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Your work is beautiful!! You truly can sense the feelings in your work.
Christina
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Hi Christina – not sure if my reply came through yesterday … thanks so much for commenting here and taking a look around my blog. It’s great to find that people from different parts of the planet relate to your work – mostly it’s a mystery whether it connects to anyone especially as ‘being online’ seems a weirdly embryonic experience (in a good way though). Looking forward to seeing more of your photography too.
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I came to say thanks for checking out my blog, I stayed because I really like your use of colours, especially greens and blues. Feels like I’m looking at people underwater.
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Thanks Mark for visiting and I’m so glad you like these ones – they are my favourites. I really got into this very light wash – big brush with paint straight out of the tube. Then brought the image together with the crayon outline. I was having quite a good time – just goes to show how you have to tread the line between concentrating and being relaxed. Then magical thing happen which you don’t intend.
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Greetings from La Paz, Bolivia! Thank you very much for taking the time to recently visit the blog, check on the blogposts and for subscribing! Much appreciated! 😮 Wishes for a great 2013!
http://3rdculturechildren.com/2013/01/12/freshlypressed/
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Hi lovely to hear from you & to learn about your work in Bolivia. I’m looking forward to 2013 and finding more interesting things happening around the globe – so wonderful to connect to you in La Paz.
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Hi Chas, thanks for visiting and now following my blog. I will follow yours as I have an amateur’s interest in art and architecture (and gardening, among other things). All the best for your blogging and other pursuits.
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Thanks so much Stephen. This blog gives me some reflective time from the day job which I enjoy very much so thanks for following.
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Interesting blog, Chas. I also really like to see a building that has old and new architecture cleverly working together. An incredible example I blogged about last year was the impressive redesign of the John Rylands Library in Manchester, UK. Read more here, if you have time: http://ellmanbooks.com/2012/03/01/my-world-book-day-two-of-the-most-spectacular-libraries-ever-created/
Thanks!
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Hi Amaya
Thanks for your comment at Christmas. I hope you have time to post more interesting work this year. Happy 2013
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