> Hope the thigh is not too bad and you're up and about
> soon.

Thanks Vernon, It's still giving me a problem but I'm hobbling about the house.

> Between you and Stephen I think I could lose all my time
> enthralled by others work.

One advantage of being semi-retired and on my own, I can burn the midnight oil looking.

I vacillate between being
> inspired and despairing of producing anything even vaguely
> approaching those standards.

Join the club, may get one once in a while but to consitently produce that standard........

> I guess I just need more practice...

It is said it makes perfect, it just takes some of us longer than others to reach perfection, I've been trying for a long time.

> ...and a better eye, loads more flair, more patience, ...

The first two are given the other you have to work at.

> (and perhaps less vanity to even think I could get close
> )

No No Vernon, you have to aim higher to achive something better than what you are doing. You have to have self belief.
Remember all those business training courses? 'You can achive if you believe you can' heck that takes me back a few years.

Tony