Victoria plums

8”x8”, oil on gessoboard

Yesterday, as a family, we decided to down-tools and play hookey.  We went for a very long, very wet walk and then to see Skyfall.  I have to say, I’ve never been a great James Bond fan, groaning at the inevitable Christmas re-runs, but this was really good.  Javier Bardem (is that him?) was a brilliant villain, so good that I dreamt of him all night…….and not in a good way.  Daniel Craig was,  as ever,  the pistol-packing hunk.  Except, he is beginning to ring a little less true.  I mean, excuse me but how come, wherever he ends up, in whatever situation,  arriving through whatever circumstances and however unprepared, he always has a change of clothes?…………..and always appropriate to the occasion?  However,  I have decided to forgive him this inaccurac