Mermaids & Hearts...

 Just wanted to post a few things that I was working on recently. This little mermaid has been floating around for quite sometime now with nothing to do. Finally added some mixed media details, modeling paste waves, glittery curly-q thingies for wind, and a shell tiara. I think she is done. Maybe. For now...

 Heart headed woman started out as a paint squiggle on a piece of wood one evening a couple of weeks ago. I think it must have been the wine. She just appeared like that and then had something to say. Go figure...

And last but not least, three working cats group napping. They say there is nothing else to do with all that nasty white stuff on the ground...

Healing Hands and a Big Heart

My friend Renee passed away unexpectedly last Wednesday from complications due to diabetes. Ours was not a "Let's grab a coffee and chat" friendship. We were somehow closer because she was also my massage therapist and when you bare your body to somebody, you also bare your soul in some ways. I saw her every month for over six years and I will miss her dearly. Most of the time our sessions were not very relaxing because we were too busy laughing over the stories we told each other about work, family, pets, and children. The massage was just a bonus. Renee was the one for whom I made the Greensleeves painting. She called me at work last week to tell me that she had saved my present to open on Christmas day. She told me how much she loved it and how it was hanging in her bedroom right now. I was thrilled and we spoke about when we were going to meet next. Then I received a call on Friday telling me that Renee had passed away. She was only 43. Life is short kids. Live it up and laugh a lot. See ya on the other side, Renee...

Snow Day!

We are finally getting some snow here in New Hampshire. At the last check, the husband measured 11 inches. That was at about 2 pm and it's now 5 and still snowing. Everything is closed around here so we had a day of plowing and playing catch up with the household chores. Daughter #4 was grateful to have this day to catch up with her midterm studying. Daughters #3 and #2 are snowed in at Plymouth and Portland. Oh well..less mouths to feed. More spicy mac n' cheese for us. The working cats are most displeased with the weather. Me, I finally got down to the studio about 4, escaping the torments of balancing the checkbook. I have been uploading music to itunes and browsing through various anime and manga books I have borrowed and bought from the library and amazon. I went to see an anime art exhibit in Portsmouth and found it fascinating. Who knows where dabbling and browsing leads?