Today was Rufus's birthday, he is 6 years old. Instead of a cake, he got a Birthday Salad, as he does every year.This time it had 2 kinds of lettuce(green leaf & romaine), endive, celery leaves, carrot shavings & grapes. It took him awhile to eat it all, but I think he enjoyed it.
   

   This is my newest painting,
finished  earlier this month and is now at the Cold-Blooded Creations Show in
Daytona Beach, Florida this weekend (along with 3 older pictures).  
    Titled "Fancy Meeting You
Here". It's an Eastern chipmunk and  the other animal is a five-lined skink.
It's acrylic, 16"x12" and I put it in a brown frame. 
     Hope you like
it.

    Eeek, hadn't realized that it had been so long since I'd written.My health has improved somewhat, I'm now able to go out of the house, but am still coughing a lot(bronchitis?) & vomiting most days. Had to miss the county fair, but at least I can go to the library & grocery store these days.Depending on my sister & elderly mom for errands just wasn't working out too well. There was 2 fun days this week caring for some friends' cats, which I'll share pictures of in an upcoming entry.
   I've also been packing up artwork to send to an art show in Florida, as well as to a customer in Texas. A person on one of my online lists really liked my collared lizard painting and wanted it for the new house she & her husband just moved to. Shipping was delayed because of being sick, but I was pleased I could finally send it this past week. It's titled "His Domain" and is fitting that it's going out West.