Today was the last day of our weekly bus pass so we rode to St Julian's. In small towns it's easy to walk on the roads because traffic is less and they just drive around you. In the bigger centres like St Julians, Sliema and Paceville there are wide promenades that make walking easy too. We have only seen St Julians from the bus as we go to Valletta. In this small country the coast is never more than a stones throw away so there is always water and boats to enjoy.
In Italy I was so entranced with the wonderful warm colours of all the buildings. Here the beauty is a reflection of ancient construction, some of which dates back to before the pyramids. The country is built of limestone. So it is always a variation of ochres, beiges, yellows....age stained. Then the sun shines on the stone and it glows with life. It is amazing how much everything can change with the varying light.
Doors and churches...no end of subject matter here. But you can see how the sunlight lightens up the buildings.
I need to attempt to paint this scene. There are so many different colours in the water and the stone.
Malta's Remax. Don't know if he's one man but 'Frank Salt' is everywhere. Example of a place to buy. Two bedroom, modern, open floor designed apartment with 1 1/2 baths, double parking garage only €224m ( $300m) ish.....not cheap to own a place here and they're not even houses, just apartments.
We did a neighbourhood shop and walked home for the afternoon. It is cool, windy and showery and I'm not in the mood to walk into Bugibba for my art class this evening. Two hours in a drafty upstairs studio for €11 and very little instruction doesn't make me enthusiastic to go,out after dark. I have Sketchbook Skool Bootkamp starting online beginning of January. As we sit looking outside the wind is blowing and it is raining sideways. I would have been walking home in this about now. I am so glad I am at home and warm and dry.
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