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Let’s be clear: I am no fan of war. I think Bruce Springsteen was right when he sang “war, friend only to the undertaker”.

But that does not mean I have no respect for what soldiers from NZ’s past have done, or for the heartfelt reasons they had for fighting.

My own father fought in WWII and came back. I will always be grateful that he was one of the lucky ones. I do have some of his war bits ‘n bobs, but I admit it is hard for me to think of my dad as Able Seaman Barker.

On this day of remembrance I can only pray that one day the world will be a safer place.

Okay, so the painting hasn’t really gotten a lot worse, but it sure as heck isn’t much better either. It may even be headed for the great painting repository in the sky.

I wanted to do Mt Egmont with snow falling. The snow itself is not too bad, but the clouds producing the snow look solid enough to land planes on, not fly planes through!!

And no, Martha, not even a peek 😉

Today’s painting is not for public viewing!! It is not looking good – in fact it is not even beginning to look good. We’ll see what happens when I attack it again tomorrow night…