This is Thursday the tenth of April already. My uncle is closer to the one hundred mark and gaining strength. We took him for a doctor appointment this morning and may have to return this afternoon. We’ve worked in the yard a lot so that takes time but the spring clean up is necessary if all the flowers are going to look good and do well. I love to see the bulbs bloom. I have two orchids in bloom right now too. I am in the process of preparing the very large sketch for my next major painting. I know there is a deadline if I’m going to enter it in the show this fall. I don’t see how I’ll get it done because of all the other things that have occupied my time. I just have to decide what is most important. I can hopefully still paint next year. Right now, there is no one else to help my uncle. I do get a little out of the ‘zone’ when I cannot work regularly. Bruce and I made a trip to Washington, PA to pick up giclees on Monday. That took the whole day. I had Plimoth wife photographed and also The Mountain Stream Heals All. Plimoth Wife is probably my best portrait and I hope someday to sell her so I wanted to have the ability to have the prints. I’m glad she is home again. It will be time to go to my maintenance therapy soon, so I’ll sign off. Oh, another thought; I’ll post another image of Andrea soon and also maybe a photo of the orchids. Till next time, Shalom