Apparently our outside temperature was due to warm up today, but with continual steady rain pouring through the pewter colander overhead we haven’t investigated.
As I near completion of my reading of ‘Crime and Punishment’ I scanned the first dozen of French artist, Philippe Julian’s quirky, yet well executed, pen and wash illustrations. The rest will follow when I feature the book.
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This is his portrait of the writer;
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and these, the first 11 full page illustrations to the story.
I watched most of the ITV transmission of the Football World Cup Final between France and Argentina.
This evening we dined on fried eggs on toast with a side of tomatoes.