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On a more serious note, on our first visit to Yorkshire in 2001, our hostess told my wife the her neighbor was an artist who did local scenes. We went next door and introduced ourselves. She was kind enough to invite us in and showed some of her work. The painting which struck me was a landscape in acrylics with a sheep pen in the foreground and stone walls meandering over the fields and hills with the suggestion of a farm in the distance.
That painting has hung on our bedroom wall for 22 years. As the light changes, we sometimes notice patches of color next to the walls of the pen, suggesting flowers. Sometimes it seems the hills have a dusting of snow or perhaps there is a mist. For me it is a warm reminder of my family's roots in the mid 1700s before my great x 5 grandfather Nathaniel brought his family to Nova Scotia.
I think she would only accept £25 for her work, but the lady produced something which has become the most cherished souvenir of our travels.

Best
Les