April 24, 2012
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Amsterdam, Netherlands
And yes… bingo… what I suspected last night, that I felt a cold developing, turned out to be true overnight. And all day today I felt rather miserable, having to sneeze very often and with a running nose. I wasn’t the most pleasant sight for my colleagues, I’m sure, but fortunately the two colleagues that normally sit closest to me, were not at their desks today, so that at least allowed me to suffer in relative privacy. I did actually go swimming in the morning (and weirdly enough that did seem to clear my nose) but if tomorrow morning I feel like I feel today, then you won’t find me in the pool before work.
In the evening, feeling quite exhausted, I just sat at my computer desk. Until I remembered that I had recently downloaded a video podcast on charcoal drawing. I looked it up on my iPod and found it soon enough, and also found the charcoal and drawing paper that I had bought in London years ago. I am certain that I do not have any drawing talent but I would love to know more about drawing (charcoal, pencil, pen or otherwise) so tonight I gave it my first, rather unlucky shot. The result is in the picture above. It’s supposed to be a daffodil and it clearly didn’t look quite like the original. Never mind, I will blame it on the cold (and on my lack of talent) and will try again soon. At least I’ve done my first charcoal drawing.
