Thirty five years ago our family hosted an AFS student from Venezuela. From the minute we read her profile we knew she was joined to our family in a way none of us could explain. We just knew she was part of us.  It became our tradition to take Typical American Family photos and we are happy we have these.  Nelly is in the middle second row from top and her daughter, Andrea is bottom left.  I am sure you can see and feel the joy we are experiencing. This photo will remind us of this wonderful visit until the next time we get together.  Hallelu Yah.

Here is an image of my recent painting that is a little better photo.  It is difficult to get a good photo of this one because the image is very dark and the camera wants to capture the detail of the canvas which detracts from the painting image.  So, this isn’t bad.  I am working on so many other works and I hope to make a lot of progress this winter and spring.  I will try to make time to blog about it all as I proceed.  My daughter wants me to update my website and I hope to do this but it all takes time away from my painting.  I also promised a lot of friends that I would do a class.  I think I will have a busy time besides all the doctor’s visits I have to try to keep my health on track.  So, for now, I will finish this message.  I hope all of you artists and friends are having a good winter.  I wish you well in all you are doing.  Many hugs, Diana