There never seems to be a dull moment.  Our daughter is well after her close brush with death from a surgery. Another family member is quite ill.  This involves some traveling for us. Our families have had a few difficult experiences and all are resolved, thank YAH. I finally settled into a regular art/painting routine again.  I counted twelve pieces I was working on and most of those are nearing completion. I have looked at the shows for the year and know that I am not going to try to keep up with the schedule I had last year.  I want to do more commissions.  Even so, I have decided on certain shows that I will enter, mostly dependent on pieces I have finished that I think will be suitable. I am really excited about several of the works and in a while I will post some images.  I don’t want to spoil the surprise because several of these will be gifts after they have been entered in shows.  This is all I will write for this short blog.  Sorry, but I must paint!!!!!!!!!!