Spring has finally arrived in Cleveland. So everyone has gone from parkas to shorts, with no jacket stops in between. I, of course, am pretending that I'm much older & wearing a windbreaker. I went to the grocery store this afternoon, which isn't really the best place for enjoying a lovely spring afternoon. Rufus needed lettuce, so the intent was to pick up just a few things which I did. But though I went later in the afternoon to avoid the after church crowd, it was still busy with people marching through the store as if they were on a mission. At one point I stepped back because a whirlpool of shopping carts was circling in the middle of the dairy aisle like sharks seeking lunch. I got out of there as soon as I could.

     I've reapplied myself to my New Year's resolution to lose weight by starting to exercise again. The sessions don't last very long because of the lingering bronchitis, but 20 minutes on the ski machine is better than nothing. On days when it's not raining, I need to go to one of the nearby walking trails for less strenuous exertion. I go back to the diabetic dr. in early June, so that only gives me 2 months to make some sort of progress.

    There's 3 paintings in various stages that I'm working on, so I'm not spending as much time online. Two of them have deadlines, though months apart, but need steady work to come out the way I envision them.  On a connected note, a friend & I went to a special exhibit at a nature center last week where I sketched & photographed the animal subjects. I'll be writing about that trip when I've edited the photos, which will hopefully be soon.