Nice Surprises
I live near Chicago, so like everyone in the Midwest United States, keeping warm during this exceptionally long winter has been a challenge. Today my kids had a snow day, and my husband worked from home. We are literally house bound. Even on the worst winter days,
I usually trek the 15 minute drive to my studio in Crystal Lake. Today getting out of the driveway, or on the roads, proved out of the question. There are four large stretcher frames, braced and ready for canvas, that I had hoped to prepare today so I could keep the working on the new oil paintings I have planned. They will have to wait until tomorrow.
After clearing the snow from the driveway this afternoon, my hsband brought in the mail. This long drap snow day was immediatly transformed when I opened the March edition of Art Calendar and saw my painting "Scattered Roses" with Jack White's column "Stop and Smell the Roses". My day was brightended, and I realized that life is full of nice surprise.
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