Artist Renee Lammers

   Today I traded in my car for this 2015 Ford transit mini van!

I will be able to paint larger this year! 

I can deliver my large paintings!

Monet, Poppy, and Lily will be happy!

   There are two sliding doors on either side. 

There are only two seats in this van. 

The back is for cargo!

The van is lower to the ground for dogs to get into easy!

   The back door is a hatch. 

I liked this door because it provides a large roof to paint under when it rains!

I also should be able to camp inside the van. 

I might be able to paint looking out the back window when it snows.

The van is normally for commercial means. 

I liked how affordable it was.  22,000$. 

Gas mileage average 28 mile per gallon. 

I think this will be an excellent car for my wet three golden retrievers and one artist!

I hope they like the van!  Will let you know tomorrow! 

Good night!

    After the vet visit this morning, we had a doggy and human visitor, our friend Ted and Luke!

Lily made off with my scarf! 

   Tug of war with scarf!

 Greeting the guests!  So many tails wagging!  Happy dogs and people!

 Monet giving his Dad Luke a proper submissive greeting. 

They get along pretty well now.

  We had to drag Monet away from worming around Luke. 

A little greeting goes a long ways for Luke. 

   "Thank You For The Fish"  5x7 oil on copper.

Study for 14x20 for Ted as gift for doggy sitting while I was in Florida. 

This was a difficult painting.  I think the 20x14 will go much easier. 

I sat in the sun most of the day. 

We all need sunlight to keep our spirits up! 

I am back to painting!  Have a great night.

   Someday I will remember driving with Monet, Poppy, and Lily.  They are young and excitable

especially when they are inside of the car!

Today Lily decided she wanted to drive under parental supervision of Monet it appears!

    Monet loves to use my shoulder for a arm rest!  Lily loves to sit on the middle where the

beverages might be located.  Poppy always claims the passenger seat!

   As soon as Poppy sees the beach she changes her seat position and tries to take over the

view of the driver!  I had to press my head against her head to see! 

   At the same time as Poppy changes her seating arrangement Lily

dives behind me in my seat.  I lean against her as if she is the back of the chair.

She does this so she can exit the car first!

There is so much excitement.

It is very difficult for me not to laugh! 

Monet barks getting them more rived up! 

Pretty soon all three dogs are barking as we arrive at the beach!

   It is a big relief arriving at the beach!

I leave later in the day to insure having the beach to ourselves. 

It is not easy to control three large young dogs! 

We all need fresh air and exercise.

   We drove to Lake Alamoosook.  Lily took a ball out of the car. 

I admit it was strange being her with them.  All I could think of was my departed Duke and Daisy.

I brought them safely home.  Robert came home and took them back to the beach!

I am taking Monet and Poppy to the vet tomorrow for all their shots and vaccines. 

I will be so relieved when this is done for the year. 

I have not painted.  I have painters block.  I must not be sleeping well. 

It also could be the lack of sunlight here in Maine!

Spring can be especially gloomy.  Have a good night.

    Today Lily went to the vet!  She did so well!  She had all her shots.  (photo at dog park)

She had a Lyme Disease vaccination.  She will get a booster shot in three weeks.

Lily had Lyme disease last year so the vaccination should help her fight the virus.

She doesn't show any signs of suffering from Lyme. 

Lily had a micro chip placed under her skin so if she gets lost a vet can contact us. 

She didn't even flinch when the micro chip when under her skin between her shoulder blades.

She played with a one year old white poodle in the waiting room.

Then she discovered voices behind the counter.

She put her front paws on the counter to look at the receptionists.

She sang them a song to get their attention!  

We all laughed. 

Lily also saw her first cat today.

  A beautiful Siamese cat who lives at the vet walked by meowing.

Lily closed her mouth so she could think about what she was seeing.

"An alien!"  I told her no that is a cat!  "Looks like an alien to me!"  Lily said.

Lily's vet bill came to 450$ including 6 months of heartguard and Vectro!

She was so pleased to be home with her Mom and Dad again!  "I saw an alien!" 

Wednesday Monet and Poppy will visit the vet! 

   We saw a flock of bohemian cedar wax wing birds. 

The trip to the vet tired me out!  I think it was more exhausting and stressful for me than for Lily!

She is a great vet!  Have a good night.

   Lia and Tucker are doing well!  Their puppy names were Lady Edith and Vincent.

   Look at the personality Tucker has!  Nice teeth too!

Sargent/Captain receives a bark box each month as do a few other pups!

He learned how to swim recently.

Sargent/Captain sleeps with an older Yorkshire Terrier. 

They get along fine! 

   Daffodil was lucky to have a faithful owner who never leaves her side. 

She travels everywhere her companion travels. 

They are very great friends. 

 Dahlia and her dog companion Moose (golden retriever too) had a house guest of a

young golden retriever puppy boy.  I am sure they had a lot of fun teaching the puppy things.

The pup was going to be a present for a family member but I am sure he will get to visit.

   Here is Moose with Dahlia.  They are very happy.

   Here is Tulip/ Gracie with her first bark box toy.  She lives in my town.

I hear she visits a public office often and gives everyone love.

   Lady Cora who is now named Elsa, on the left, is with her golden doodle boyfriend (plutonic).

They are often wild on a horse farm. 

I heard they plunged into many mud puddles one day. 

They were both so muddy.   They were washed and dried.

Here is Gardenia, now named Lilly, after her big sister. 

Her family loves her dearly.

Lilly has many children to play with. 

She also has another golden retriever friend.

Sometimes Lilly's owner comes home to find her sitting on top of the dining table.

Here is Lord Grantham.  He looks like a funny character.  He lives with a tiny yorkie.

   I loved this photo of Lady Edith/Lia with her little brother Vincent/Tucker.

Lia was celebrating her first birthday.  Tucker celebrated like it was his birthday too.

   Mr. Moseley and Marigold enjoy themselves. 

They are lucky to have each other's company. 

   Marigold looks like a rascal!   Beautiful.

   Mr. Moseley looks a lot like Lily!

Here is Vincent/Tucker with his big sister Lady Edith/Lia.  What a beautiful photo.

Have a wonderful Easter Day!  

We took the dogs to the Belfast dog park. They loved it!  Good night.

"Romance" 5x7 oil on copper 375$ framed in gold wood.  Shipping is included.

    I worked on this painting all night.  Painting small figures is difficult. 

There are wonderful yellows brighter than the photo in the painting.

   Today was in the low 30's and raining. 

   Ice was all over the ground and tree branches.

   We ventured out for short periods of time around the yard.

I lured the dogs back inside with treats. 

   I went to life drawing class tonight in Bangor.

I painted a 20x14 nude of Heather.

This time the painting was a cropped image of Heather without the head and feet. 

This painting turned out well. 

I will share the painting tomorrow! 

Have a great night!

"Great Day At The Beach" 5x7 oil on copper 375$ framed in gold or black with gold.  Shipping is included.

    I love paintings of Lily at the beach. 

She is so beautiful and happy there.

The color are amazing.

I liked how she came out. 

"Young Love" 5x7 oil on copper 375$ framed in gold. Shipping is included.

  I was at Castine's paint out last year when I saw this young couple rowing in from their sailboat.

I knew I would paint them. 

I worked on two more paintings tonight! 

It was a cold gloomy Maine day.

I gave each dog a giant carrot. 

They had a carrot party! 

"Spring"  20x14 sold off my website today.  Thank you!

Have a great night!

   I often think Lily looks like her Dad Monet. 

   She tries to do the same things as her Dad does.  Rock hunting can be fun.

    They all play together. 

They are fun to watch!

    They saw a dog coming down the beach! 

They raced up to the dog as fast as they could.

The older brown lab stopped. 

They ran around him sniffing and wagging their tails.

Then the all ran down the beach with the dog. 

    What a beautiful place to visit everyday. 

When we returned home Robert arrived. 

He took the dogs back to the beach.

What lucky dogs! 

He enjoys the beach with the dogs.

"Spring" 14x20 oil on copper.  Sold.  Thank you.

   Here is my nude doodle completed yesterday.

A two hour life drawing class with 2 minute and 15 minute poses is probably not long

enough to paint a painting but I tried.  I took the painting home and worked into the late

evening.  I was determined to make something of the painting.

I completed two nice 5x7 today.  One is of a dory with a couple inside rowing with beautiful

sunset lights on the water.  The other painting is of Miss Lily with the beautiful ocean behind

her.  These two paintings turned out great.  I will take a great photo of them to show you.

Have a great night!

   We still have several inches of new snow from yesterday!  Lily loves snow.

  Monet spotted my camera so he squinted his eyes incase the flash went off. 

   Lily has snow all over her face.  Poppy is looking so dignified!

"Snow and Smoke" 4x5 oil on copper

   Today I painted with Alison in Bucksport. 

She saw a Greek Revival abandoned building she wanted to paint.

I saw snow covered roof tops with chimneys!  I added some smoke. 

Next we relocated to the Hannaford grocery store to paint a small Victorian house

across the street. 

I will work on this painting again tomorrow. 

Then we went to Blue Hill Library for a life drawing class.

I decided to pretend I was Gustave Klimt! 

I came out with a very interesting painting in life drawing class.

I will show you the painting tomorrow! 

Goodnight.

   I was so pleased about the snow today! 

I asked Robert if he might like to walk around Stonington with me!

We started off on Church Street. 

We saw a few golden eyes in the water.

   I was happy to see the wonderful arc looking boat moored on the rock in the foreground.

The waterfront was looking very nice.  Not many people were seen.

    Our dogs really enjoyed the snow. 

Have a good night! 

"We've Got Rhythm" 14x20 oil on copper   Sold.  Thanks.

   I started to paint this one after life drawing class on Friday night! 

   There was no easy way to paint this painting.

   I started painting the interior of the boats first.

   Then I painted the docks.

Then I worked on the outside of the boats, reflections, and water.

    I saw these boats at Tenant's Harbor a few Summer's ago.

I loved all the colors and shapes.  It was a challenge!

  Lily in her sweet voice asked me if she could practice driving again today.

We all drove to Schoodic to hike.  Then we drove to Corea to hike.

   Lily took the car out of gear twice. 

I told her the car is an automatic.  No need for shifting gears!

  We hiked a total of five miles today.

Lily ate something dead and green and smelly.

We were driving home when Lily's stomach was not well.

Robert cried out, "Pull over quick!"

I did as he asked. 

He yanked Lily out of the car in time. 

We all sat inside the car waiting.

In the car again. 

"Pull over now!  Fast!"   Ok.

We pulled over at a gas station but too late.

Robert bought paper towels while I used cucumber face wipes to clean.

Lily sat there watching.

Driving again. 

"Pull over again!"  

False alarm.

All in the car again.  Made it home.

Lily drank a lot of water, tossed it, drank more water, and went to sleep.

She is a young girl.  She will learn not to eat smelly green dead things.

   We saw many snow geese grazing.  Corea was beautiful.

   We saw only one person in the entire town of Corea, Maine.

It was 32 degrees. 

We saw one smoking chimney.

   I am looking forward to snow tomorrow! 

Have a great night!  Lily is fine now.

"Heather 3" 14x20 oil on copper 250$ framed in gold.  Shipped.

    Tonight I painted Heather again at life drawing class in Bangor.

I painted over a Ritz Carlton Palm Beach pool painting. 

The artists were laughing when I showed them what I was going to paint over.

They thought I was going to paint Heather swimming in the pool. 

I interviewed the owner of a tattoo parlor while I painted. 

"How does one become a tattoo artist?"

  "You just have to pay a few thousand dollars to intern at a tattoo parlor. "

"Really?  That is all?"  Yeah.  Artists giggled.

"I think I would be great at tattooing!"   "You probably would."

More artists giggling. 

"Do you have to look all cool and everything?"  Someone said I would need tattoos.

"I would just tell them it is against my religion to have a tattoo but I can still give them."

More laughs from the artists.

"Hey Renee are you going to be a tattoo artist?  "Yeah I am ready.  Anyone want a tattoo?" 

More laughs.  "Renee have you been drinking wine already?"

"No.  I am taking a lot of cold medicine so I don't cough through class." 

"Oh that is why you are being so funny." 

"What are you taking for your cold?"

I named six medicines.  They laughed.  We had a good time. 

   This afternoon at Craig's Pond it was sleeting. 

Have a goodnight!

 I took the dogs to Craig's Pond in Orland today. 

We had the entire pond to ourselves!

   The air was incredibly pure. 

I breathed in deeply enjoying just the air!

   Lily remembered how to swim. 

The water was ice cold. 

I threw the sticks in the water just a few times.

Then I threw sticks on the shore. 

  Monet's hair was so thick he was given a hair cut last night. 

It was difficult to cut his hair because Lily decided she wanted her hair cut.

There was a moment I didn't know who's hair I was cutting.

I decided Lily just wanted a few hairs trimmed to feel like an adult.

I snipped a few ear feathers off of Lily.

She loved it so much she flipped on to her stomach.

Lily has a few feathers on her stomach but not really enough to cut!

She laid still wagging her tail hoping for a few cuts.

I made a few air cuts to make her think she had her stomach hair cut.

I was able to cut most of Monet's neck hair and trim his tail.

Lily and Poppy have the perfect amount of feathers. 

   I am thinking of my next painting!  Good night!

"Heavenly" 30x40 oil on copper 3500$ framed in gold or black with gold.  Shipped.

    I set this painting on my easel this morning!  I decided to restate the highlights. 

I added a few highlights where the water touches the bottom of the boat. 

I also added light teal highlights to the ropes inside the boat. 

Now it is ready for someone to fall in love with the painting!

 "Intermission" 30x40 oil on copper 3500$ framed in gold.  Shipped.

    Next on the easel was this large painting. 

I added more highlights.

I painted ropes in the front of the dory.

   I am happy with the work today. 

"Row Your Boat" 5x7 oil on copper 

   Last night I worked on this row boat. 

"Lupine Time" 4x5 oil on copper 

  I had a donut to eat while I drove my dogs to the beach this afternoon. 

I took one bite of the donut.

Monet had his head by my cheek.

I heard his mouth open.

Then my donut disappeared! 

I am feeling better.  Robert's cold is all gone!

Have a good night!

"Lupines" 4x5 oil on copper 

   I am battling a cold right now! 

   I am still painting! 

I love to paint so much a cold can not stop me! 

Robert took the pups for two walks on the beach! 

Have a good night!

"Lupines And Daisies" 4x5 oil on copper 200$ framed in gold or black with gold.  Shipped.

   Last night when all was quiet I painted and painted!  I chose a image from July.

There is a white house with a beautiful field of lupines on the way to Mount Desert Island. 

Nothing says summer in Maine like a field of lupines and daisies! 

   We all hiked in Schoodic Point today! 

   Lily wore my hat in the car. 

   Poppy loves to ride in the car.  She is so pretty!

As soon as Lily thinks the destination is close, she positions herself, behind the driver.

    We are so lucky to live here in Maine.  What a gorgeous day! 

Goodnight!

"One Egg Coming Right Up!" 6x6 oil on copper 350$ framed in gold shipped.

  I started work on this painting yesterday and finished today!

 It takes me a long time to paint a chicken. 

The chicken's eyes and beak are the most difficult to paint.

I have admired an acquaintance from England who loves his ducks and chickens.

He shares stories and photos of his brood. 

This hen is named Daisy. 

He allows me to paint from his photos. 

I will send him a print in return.

"Things We Do For Love" 6x6oil on copper.  sold.  Thank you!

    My mind has been on eagles lately. 

We have two eagles nesting or hanging out in the white pine tree in our yard.

Every morning I have seen them in my yard from my bedroom window.

Sometimes I have seen them diving for fish in the East Penobscot channel behind our house.

Many times I hear them calling out.  They are loud!  

It is special to have eagles living in your yard!  Only in Maine would this happen? 

"Harmonious" 14x20 oil on copper sold today off my website.

    Now I can take all three golden retrievers to the vet. 

    They will have their annual check ups, blood drawn to check for heartworms and lyme, have

a lyme vaccine and booster, and have 8 months each of the heartworm protection and tick dip stuff.

Thank you!

   Today Monet swished my painting palette!  He has a blue tail now!  Phalo blue is the most

difficult blue to remove.  I guess it can't hurt him and it does look pretty.

Have a good night!

   "Heather 2" 14x20 oil on copper

   Here is my second oil on copper nude painting! 

Detail.

 We worked for three hours on this long pose. 

 There were several breaks. 

 I really like this group of artists. 

Detail.

It is so interesting seeing the different paintings or sketches in progress.

After dinner Teddi and her husband took me out to dinner. 

What a great night!

    The pups were fired up this afternoon driving to the beach!

   We saw a seal! 

   I had never seen a seal with her back fins out of the water!

   There was a lot of barking, tail wagging, sniffing, and pouncing around! 

This golden retriever's name was Dug. 

    It is a fun time at the beach.

    The ride home with my three dogs is a lot more relaxing.

   I think Spring is here in Maine! 

Have a good night!

    This painting was done by Frederic Church of Otter Creek in Acadia National Park.

   I admired this painting by John Kensett. 

He was brave to place the bridge in the center of the painting.

Great painting.

  I would love to paint water falls this summer!

  Tarbell painted his wife and child sitting in the boat. 

   I was surprised how bright the child's eyes were, Cobalt Blue. 

The water had nice warm and cool colors. 

You can feel the sunlight on his water. 

   I loved the peach and yellow lights on the water painted over a light blue. 

   I thought it was so interesting he painted the face and body with smaller

brushstrokes to preserve the solid form.  Then he used boarder brushstrokes for

rest of the painting. 

   Often I have seen bright light on the ocean.  The artist did a great job! 

This painting was done in Maine.

"Bengel" 4x5 oil on copper.  150$ framed in gold or black with gold.  Shipped.

   Here is a pretty Bengal cat.  I almost purchased two bengal cats once along time ago.

My Mom and I were at a cat show. 

I had three Yorkshire terriers at the time.

I had written the check for the kittens.

Then the breeder asked me to sign a form.

The form said something about injuries to children and small animals could be possible from the bengal.

I asked her if this meant the bengal cat might hurt a 5 pound Yorkshire Terrier?

(I could not believe it so I had to ask!)

She said yes. 

I decided against owning a Bengal.

They were beautiful but I loved my little yorkies. 

My yorkies lived to be 15 and 16 years old. 

Have a good night!   Here I am posing with Mary Cassatt's painting.

    I went to Boston's MFA today.  I am back home in Maine at 1am!  It was a great day!

I stood in front of Henri Fantin- Latour's painting for many minutes.  Here is a detail.

It was painted in 1865.

   Her is a detail of the white asters.

  My friend Teddi drove all the way to Boston and back to Maine today. 

We both said it was a great day. 

   Here is a sketch by Degas.  Linen was showing free of paint in areas. 

   I marveled at this detail of a floral painting.  Ah!

   Self Portrait admiring Tiffany glass. 

    I am glad to be at home tonight!  Good night. 

"March Sunset At Eagle Lake" 5x7 oil on copper  sold. Thanks.

    I went to my Dr. today on Mount Desert Island to get my lungs checked. 

 She prescribed me an inhaler for asthma from allergies or environmental. 

I will also have a chest x ray. 

   Afterwards I drove over to Eagle Lake to paint.  It was cold.

  I loved the yellow sky.

It was too cold to soften any edges of paint but I am glad I painted. 

 There is nothing like plein air painting!

  Sargent Drive.

   Northeast Harbor had many  lobster boats.

    A loon was swimming around the lobster boats. 

   The light and colors were best at the end of the day on Eagle Lake. 

   Robert is doing much better.  Have a good night. 

    This morning Lily was ready to play tug of war with me. 

 I tried to hold on to the rope but Lily is a strong girl! 

 Monet was ready to play.

   Monet gave me my morning hug.  He sure is a furry dog!

   I purchased a treat for each of the dogs. 

 It is a delicious treat made of the  throat cartilage of a lamb. 

  Monet took his treat under the table. 

 At first he stared at Lily to see if stealing her treat could be a possibility.

  What a naughty boy.  We told him no.

   Lily loved this treat.

  She had no idea what it was but she said it was good.

"Veruca" 4x5 oil on copper.  sold.  Thanks.

  Veruca is a happy barn cat. 

Veruca was once a feral kitten.

She had to be trapped. 

She stayed inside the house hiding for two years.

Then she decided her owner was wonderful.

 She lives with four cats in a lovely stone house now.

These cat's Mothers were all strays. 

 I am glad these cats have a better home than their parents. 

They are all spoiled and very loved. 

   Robert says he is cured although his skin color is a bright red, he coughs, and spends most of

his free time napping.

  He is so 'cured' he doesn't need to go to the doctor. 

I made more chicken soup.

I also made a fruit jello salad.

  I hope he does get cured.  Have a good night.

"Agadone Spartacus" 5x4 oil on copper sold. Thanks!

    I am happy to have painted this beautiful farm cat owned by a friend

and art client.  She said it made her day to find her beautiful cat now made famous!

 Lily has been a pistol lately! She keeps us all entertained.

Downton Abbey's last episode was wonderful!  Have a good night. 

"Martin Longshanks" 5x4 oil on copper.  sold.  Thanks.

     I wanted to practice painting a cat.  

   This is Asha Fenn's cat. 

 She said he has extremely long legs. 

 Martin's sister (cat) is a radical militant self-supremacist (according to Asha). 

 For this reason Martin never gets to cuddle with his sister.

Poor Martin. 

 The eyes of a cat are very fun to paint.

   Looks like Lily had a driving lesson under parental supervision. 

She has difficulty keeping her eyes on the road. 

She also had difficulty staying focused. 

 A few times she left the driver's seat to check on her Mom Poppy.

  I told her a driver never leaves the seat while the vehicle is in operation!

    Today was windy and cold! 

   Robert liked my curried coconut milk chicken and rice noodle soup I cooked. 

 He seems to be very feverish and sick.

  I hope he will feel better tomorrow.  Good night!

"Heather" 14x20 oil on copper   Sold.  Thank you!

   I was invited to a private life drawing group.  These artists are the very best

in Maine.  I had never painted a nude before.  All the life drawing experience

I had before today was done in charcoal. 

    I had painted a copper clad panel lavender.  Once at the life drawing

class I decided to scrumble a warm oil color over this lavender.  I wiped if down

with a paper towel.  I admired the texture.  Then I painted with a large round

brush.  I just drew with different colors until the three hour class was finished.

    I do like to distort, enlarge, or minimize when drawing the nude.  I do this consciously.

It is just something I like to do. 

  I was happy it turned out looking like a woman! 

"Spring at Craig's Brook" 4x5 oil on copper.  

    I went to paint outside today before life drawing.  It was so cold.  I sat inside my car.  I had

to wear many layers to be comfortable inside my car!  I admired the full brook.  The red house

has been abandoned for many years.  I wonder if it was once a mill?

   We saw beautiful Luke this morning at the beach!  Pretty boy!

   There is a romance going on between Luke and Poppy.  When I was visiting Florida Ted

had to break them up.  Ted said it was a casual affair.  Hopefully nothing will come of it!

I hope to have Poppy spayed very soon as I sell a few more paintings.

   Poppy was trying to take Monet's rock.  He let her have the rock.  Then he tried to get it back.

   I enjoy our beach visits.  I especially love to see people with their goldens. 

   There was ice on the beach.  The dogs thought the ice was fun!  They were sliding all over.

   Poppy ran after bafflehead ducks.  She stopped at the edge of the water.  She is smart!

 Robert is sick.  I hope he gets better soon.  He has a fever and sniffles.  I picked him up

a chicken and broccoli calzone.  He already had dinner and was in bed.  I will bring him

some orange juice.  Have a good night.

"Cool Family" 5x4 oil on copper sold.  Thanks.

   It was very cold today.  I went to the beach with the dogs. 

The water turned to icicles on their fur! 

 Poppy was the first to run to the van! 

 Poppy had turned into Popsicle.

   I bought a glazed donut to eat.  I was driving and eating this donut.  I was taking a bite

when I noticed out of the corner of my eye movement and a tug on my donut. 

There was something nibbling! 

 I saw Lily nibbling on my donut as I was eating it!

  She was trying to be sly! 

 I held the donut up high near the roof of the car but Monet decided to take a bite! 

  Lily and Monet were grabbing my donut.

Poppy looked over to see the action but decided to avoid eye contact. 

   The cold wind made an interesting texture on the water. 

   A friend of mine, Linda, from Massachusetts has decided to move to Maine. 

She is an artist.

She allowed me to tour five houses in Bucksport for sale.

  What fun!  I took her to dinner afterwards.

We had a great day. 

I hope she buys the house of her dreams. 

 It would be nice to have a great artist in our town of Bucksport.

  Have a good night.

    It was a very cold evening at Sandy Point Beach.  We live very close to this beach.

    It was very beautiful here.  We were the only ones at the beach! 

Lily and Monet were in the water!  Poppy was eating something she found on the beach.

   Lily has become more confident since I was in Florida.  She wants to drive. 

    Robert says Lily is a teenager now.  Serious training is in order for Lily.  She is smart.

I think she can learn how to drive.

   Handsome Monet is a joy each morning as he climbs into my lap!  Lily waits her turn.  She

climbs into my lap too.  Sometimes she tries to get into my lap when Monet is already there.

They struggle over who will stay in my lap!  They both love me.  Poppy hides under the table laying

in her bed watching it all suspiciously. 

   Who has a ball?  They have discovered a new game to play! 

    A hundred custom frames arrived.  I sorted the frames and stacked them on a cart.

 When I sell a painting, I  frame it, and ship it out right away!  The

client does not have to wait! 

     I am still organizing books and new paintings from the trip.  I varnished all the paintings

that will be shipped to clients.  Tomorrow I will frame and ship them.  I loved

to be organized before I paint.  Have a great night!