Artful Dreamer

This has been a very busy weekend so far.  Luckily the weather is absolutely gorgeous.  The sun is out but there still is a crispness in the air - supposed to be 61 degrees today.  What more could you ask?

Yesterday I went to breakfast with two former co-workers.  It was fun to see them again (and gloat a little about being retired).  It's always great to reconnect with people.  I do miss them.

Then my daughter and I went to St. Cloud to the Christmas opening of Accentric (a wondrous store with loads of good things).  They had wine tasting and goodie tasting but also about a "million" people milling around.  Have to go back another day when you can actually move around.

Then to our annual Artists del Norte art show at the Blaine Government Center.  I hope some of you will be able to view this show during the month of November.  We had tons of goodies there, too, so I think it's time to think a little more about nutrition.  Always good to splurge, tho.  I was fortunate enough to win the "Award of Excellence" with one of my digital photos.  Some of you have commented on it so I'm happy to share this good fortune.

It is printed on metallic paper.  It really gives it a neat effect.  This was originally a photo of two cactus flowers in Arizona.  I played around with it in Photoshop and was amazed at the colors that it produced. Hope to be able to do more of this in the future.  Right now, tho, I want to try painting with oils again.  I haven't done that for many, many years, so it will be a challenge.

Sharyn