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Behold, my studio as she is right now.  A little corner of the kitchen.  My kids get so fed up with me leaving my painting stuff out.  They don't say much but it's sort of like the looks the cats give when their food bowl...

So the last couple of weeks have been sort of wonderful in the painting arena.  I've had friends buy a number of paintings from me, and I've had the opportunity to have my paintings in a local fabulous store, Lalli Loves It!  And last week two of them sold!...

My boots left my easel and went directly to Lalli Loves It, a wonderful store in Horseshoe Bay, West Vancouver.  I feel so lucky to see some of my paintings in such a wonderful setting.  And guess what?  That's their first time away from home!   Laura has the...

So something a little scary but fabulous happened.  Laura, who owns a wonderful store nearby, is going to (hopefully) sell some of my paintings there.  Yay!!!  I'll post a bit more when we've got it figured out but for now it was fun and terrifying...

...I did it, I did it, I did it!I swam on Thanksgiving day.  October 8.  See proof:Way back in August I didn't think there was a chance.  Weather helped a lot.Consider the magnificent swimming season of Summer 2012 officially closed.I think....

So I was at a high school volleyball tournament yesterday, enjoying finding myself an observer of an inside sport for a change, when I texted home to see how it was going there.  This is what I got back:Oh shoot, oh shoot, oh shoot!!!!This might...