This morning has been rather pleasant.

It started in the Lightbox gallery in Woking, where there is an exhibition of art about the Basingstoke Canal, which I am exhibiting in, see the above image.

The exhibition is in aid of a fund raising effort to finance the building of a new community trip boat as the old one is on its last legs. 

Present was our local MP J Lord, I write to him often, we have got to know each other fairly well through our communications, so it was good to meet him face to face and have a proper chat; we did not talk about politics. It is all right to disagree and say as such to a person, but manners, politeness and respect are always essential. We had a good chat.

Next a lady came up to me in the exhibition space whom I have not seen for a few years. I met her in a mental heath drop in session which as an artist I was leading, apparently I gave her a drawing pad and got her drawing. She is now very well and continues drawing, indeed selling a piece of her work the other day.

Next I walked into town to do a little essential shopping and met another friend. He is a pretty decent guitarist and was busking. That was a nice chat.

So it has been a people morning and I enjoyed it, this afternoon I am ensconced in the studio and I will enjoy that. This evening Liz and I are locking the door and we are having evening on our ow, we call them date nights.

So what a super day, life is good, even if a tad tough at times.