We had an amazingly brilliant day with a friend up in the medieval perched village of Gorbio....near the Italian border.  The sun shone and we had a lunch to die for.  My goodness it's going to be hard to get back to normality in a couple of days.  Never mind  - I can dream on.  In fact, today is the sort of day that I shall remember during the long, dark, winter months.   I hope I've stored up a lot of inspiration for creativity ..... I'm keeping my fingers crossed