All week mother has been holed up in her studio, painting. Pamela is supposed to be resting, but she just can’t get the hang of it. The subject is a young girl, all decked out in her Fiesta queen dress – I have to say that she looks absolutely stunning.

I can’t show you the dress, until Senorita Garcia wears it at her first event as La Reina, but I spent yesterday looking at more traditional dresses in a local shop window. They are quite flamboyant, whereas hers is a golden yellow with white crystals and elegantly simple. I can’t wait to see the painting when it is finished. Mother has such a flair for capturing details, I bet it will look even better than the real thing.