We are so lucky to live near Lough Key Forest Park. Every day on our drive to play school, we drive through this amazing folly. The road goes straight through it and we make silly wheeee! noises without fail as we drive through it.

I stopped yesterday with a sleeping babe in the back to paint it quickly. The previous painting I did was back in late autumn, and from the other side.

I got some artist's quality Windsor and Newton watercolours late last year for the first time ever. I had always used student quality previously, and I am really still figuring them out....I am almost tempted to say I prefer the student quality! I'm finding it hard to control the colours.