A busy morning making pumpkin soup and chicken chasseur - big batch of each.  Did Pilates and am now ready to do Italian and French practice.  I am hoping to start another painting today before we have to pick up a friend this afternoon - life sure is busy!  Back on the research for Painting holidays in Tuscany - there are lots available - quite costly and may well just end up book a little holiday place, taking an easel and paints etc and just doing our own thing - I had thought that it would be good to have a studio to work in but we could manage.   However here are a few websites that caught my interest:
http://www.watermill.net/painting-holidays/
www.tuscany in the frame.com
www.studio-paradiso.com

Two images of Tuscany - not of mine I hasten to add - but a taste of what I could be working with next year!!