We reached the $18,000 target!!!! YIPPEE!!! (Patreon)

And I've realised that everything's happened so fast that I didn't give you a gift for the $17,000 target! So here are two paintings by my dear friend Oliver Strong for you, one of Lalande and -most excitingly - his most recent painting of Mummy in the garden. He's retaining copyright, but you can use these for personal use. If you'd like to see more of his art (a lot of which is set at Lalande), you can follow him on Instagram @strong.oliver

I've just finished editing this week's Patreon video, but it's a little too late to go out to upload tonight, so you'll all receive it tomorrow. It's a Q&A with Oliver, talking about the chateau, art and life!

Thank you for transforming our lives and the future of the chateau in this way - words can't describe how happy and optimistic we all are because of you.