A lone fisherman seated at the river edge of the Margaret Brown Garden in South Abingdon. Downstream is Didcot Power Station.

After so many shop closures this year it will be good to see something new open up.

This isn’t exactly a new shop, but Property Weekly have set up shop in West St Helens Street. Thats one less empty shopfront.

And Spring is stirring beneath the Thai Orchid… in what was Eben Lark… and beneath the Waterline.

So what will be the first new shop of spring?

Ock Street Baptist Church is colourful enough as it is. They have to paint the classical facade like that because its a Listed building.

But now they have gone to excess, and added paintings from a graffiti workshop. It reads: ‘LIV ING LIfE

to THE FULL.

Last night they had a Gerschwin Jazz / Gospel concert.

I hear it was a brilliant concert and I missed it.

Only 5 days to go until Roger McGough, and Julie Felix, and Swingtime, and Postcards to France are on at the Abingdon Arts Festival. We have bought tickets for one of these next Saturday. It was a difficult choice, and by so doing I’m going to miss another three good events.

My wife tells me that Joseph Albers is a well know artist in certain circles. Some silk screen prints of his are showing at John Mason School currently – during the Abingdon Arts Festival.

The first piece is called ‘Repitition against Blue’ and the second ‘Homage to the Square.’

The reflections on the photo was too distracting and so I have tried to recreate the ‘Homage to the Square’ using Microsoft Paint. I’m calling this work “Homage to the ‘Homage to the Square’ “