Wow! Doesn't time fly ...

And not just time, but here's a picture of some blackbirds flying:

 
This is also the chief explanation as to why it's been so quiet on here recently.  All my energies have been taken up with controlling characters like this:


Which at times has felt a bit like this:



And has been ...



... uphill all the way, and it's all the fault of:



But very soon, a dummy version of:



will be on its way to someone who will send it to someone else who might want to publish it.  

But I've got a couple more spreads to do first.

All good clean fun, but so consuming of time and little paint brushes.  And thanks to everyone who's been on here in the last month or so ... please don't go away!