Spike and sam are framed and up in the members show at art works-the small pic of spike is up in the dog and cats show downstairs-I still need to work on sam and spike but I am glad it got up anyway-I am still playing with the last daffodil-not happy with the background-I have my "plein air" stuff all set up now-decided to stick with my old french easel and bought a small folding hand truck to lug it around and converted my drawer to a pastel holder-filled with an assortment of pastels and I am ready! So of course, it rained all week-oh well-fall is coming -it will be great to go out and paint! I am working on a painting from a photo I took on our nightly walk at the school with spike-the sun was setting and it illuminated the trees and the ground with gold -I did a few drawings, and a small 5x7 study and today started the larger work- I need to think a bit more about my color choices on this before I do much more! Signed up for a course at the community college-drawing and pastel-3 credits towards what I don't know .... better get my homework done!