Regrets I've had a few

A quick (almost) monochrome watercolour sketch of some lilies I bought last Saturday - a mixture of Stargazer pinks and white, that have been begging me to draw and paint their sculptural forms. But no time still for frivolities - and now they're almost over their striking best. The poor things have to be turfed outside every evening when my husband comes home as he's violently allergic to their powerful perfume, or pollen or something and instantaneously starts sneezing and wheezing and eye-watering.
Would you believe that the Urban Landscape oil painting workshop I was going to today, with Walter Voigt, had to be cancelled due to a number of people pulling out at the last minute? Here, where workshops by good, reputable artists are like nuggets of gold on a city pavement, I'm gobsmacked that this opportunity wasn't snapped up with glee by aspiring local painters. I've got all the materials he listed to bring - Cadmium Red, Cadmium Yellow, Terre Verde and Titanium White and a Cad. red Oil Bar, a range of flat brushes, canvas and a pile of photographs. I guess what I'll do is just try it on my own (when I have time - although I had set this day aside, as soon as it was called off, it filled up - how did that happen?) and if I ever get the chance, ask him for his critique and what his intentions were going to be...