A few odds and sods today. I loved seeing the grape vines in winter without any foliage. You really could notice the twisted and gnarled shapes. What I found surprising is that the ones in Italy weren’t picturesque at all. They seem to have a system of training the vines upward and supporting the branches in a straight line. Not an interesting painting subject at all.


French vinyard in winter


Typical village in France


Cats on a hot tile roof