Dora's birthday was March 17th(yes, she's Irish. lol),she was 2 years old. So I made her a big salad to celebrate. It had 2 kinds of lettuce, celery leaves & diced carrots. She was so excited, she didn't know where to begin. This pic is when she was partway through it, tearing it apart to get at each ingredient better.

Lots of things have happened since I last updated & it always felt overwhelming to try to catch up, so i'll just stick with the highlights.
--On Feb 4th, I stopped at the cafe in a local library after going to their book sale to get lunch. When I was prying the lid off the soup, the microwaved liquid splashed all over my left hand & burnt it quite badly. Though it was red & blistered for awhile, it healed in about 3 weeks with no permanent damage.
--In Jan. I submitted drawings to Dogs For the Deaf for them to use on their merchandise & they liked them so much that they asked me to do more for a special t-shirt design. I did various ones, which will be used on stuff beginning this Spring or summer.I was thrilled that they liked my work enough to use them to raise funds for such a deserving organization.
--My sister & I went to a local antique show in late Feb. I took lots of photos & will post some here when I download them. There were more vendors this year, which meant more to look at. We had fun.
--I signed up for 2 art shows in April, one of which I was never in before. They are 2 weeks apart, I'm hoping that's not too close together. I'm working on hand painted book marks & other projects for the shows.
--For my birthday last week, my sister got me a Nook, the ereader from Barnes & Noble. I've spent hours learning how to work it & downloading free books for it.The ebooks from the library wasn't opening on it,which was really frustrating. I finally got everything to work the other night, so now I'm really enjoying it. I'm in the middle of reading a library ebook, "Julie & Julia" on it.Haven't seen the movie, but the book is rather funny.
I've taken tons of pics, including some new ones of Dora, which I'll be sorting & putting some on here in the coming weeks. I've neglected this site for too long & apologize to any readers I still have.