First of the year

I have been lacking the oomph to get going with my art this year.. the light levels have been so miserable for most of the year that it has taken me until today to get going.  The only reason I was painting today was the promise of three of us joining together to share a studio for the day... a bunch of tulips found its way there too so that kept us all happy!!
Now we are bracing for the rest of this wind and rain storm that has been causing havoc further north.  I think we are lucky to have escaped the worst of it... keep safe up there!