I read, I paint, I wander through the forest and meadows. I love my animal and human friends. I used to write but now I mostly paint – because that’s my heart-song just now. Mostly I paint flowers in colours that make me joyful. But when I saw a piece in the news about Syrian refugees in flight from their country, a child with a brightly coloured umbrella stood out from the other monotone colours that echoed their despair. The image of her determination to keep hold of her p