Casino show

Last nights vernissage at the Casino was good -lots of friends turned out (thanks all!) and the staff at the place were fabulous, really generous and helpful.







Here's me posing next to my self-portrait as a lion

Here a staff member is fabulously useful  :)

and below, the backs of some heads; Jenny, Elaine, Bieke, Kat, John -

 Bad girls, Jacqueline with Susie and Lou in the foreground and below, Jacqueline and Susie and Mike. Dear Susie hitched all the way from Bugarach. Hope she got home safely.

Hey, news about Deev, here with Isobelle and Jean-Francois - he and his wife have bought a chateau and grounds to work in and exhibit his sculpture, plus run B and B. See his site
www.chateau-de-lagravade.com
and of course www.vanorbeek.com for his work -
Its away from here, sadly, but I daresay we'll all be visiting

More news as Caroline introduces her fiance to all, seen here with Angus and heaven knows what Dermot  is telling Leo, below

Graham looking serious, Leo erm, I dunno - and here are Liz and Kate in the foreground, below Angus and Mary and Aileen-

Lots of people escaped my camera somehow, for instance the Scottish Daves turned up (half of them from a far-flung desert that I can't spell)   and Leos brother. Some of us ended up in TyRex and carried on for a while longer. I admit to being a wreck today.

Here Jean-Francois and friends look terribly French and here is Angie, who with Sammi is moving to
Esperaza tomorrow after their long sojourn in Rennes -les-Bains. So thrilled that they are becoming our neighbours!

Thanks all for coming and making such a memorable night for this old painter xxxx

Im off to Slovenia now. Back soon