Clouds on one side of the valley are a lavender curtain showcasing sunlit mountains, on the other side bright gold and reds of winter chilled trees. Temperatures are brisk, the day a bright, beautiful event. The dog eagar to walk to the river. How she stands to wade in near freezing water, I'll never know but she loves it.

All summer and fall I've been way too busy with house rehabs, yard clean ups and other obligations, but now there is a slow down and I am able to attend more to doing art. I have a new commission for a sunset scene that excites. I'll share the progress here. On the schedule is a thank you painting of wildlife, perhaps a deer or elk. Also a fun painting of a burro I am eager to do. The paintings within my soul are again knocking on the walls of my being to be released.