LOTS to catch up on!!
...I just blew back into town a couple of hours ago, and have dozens of photos to download and lots of sketches and paintings to scan...manana! LOVELY trip to the Shenandoah Valley--not what we'd planned, but what we needed, I think...except for the bad fall
kateslover took the second day, as he was trying to turn the trailer around to hook up to the truck! Poor love!
So instead of tooling around the Adirondacks and Poconos and camping in the teardrop again, as we'd planned, we stayed closer to home, hot baths, luxurious back rubs, Ibuprofen and a comfortable bed--a very wise decision for a lot of reasons.
He's still in quite a bit of pain, landed RIGHT on his back, and I hated to leave him this morning. Who'll rub in the liniment and hug him tight?
One of my lovely and considerate students noticed I hadn't posted for two weeks...this is why! Painting, sketching, picnicking, driving through Shenandoah National Park, dabbling feet in the Shenandoah River, sharing Solstice steak and salads, shrimp and pizza, sketching, laughing together, watching a baby black bear, seeing a pair of bucks in velvet not a block and a half from his house, painting on a windswept hill, taking in a movie, dining on the deck, going for lobster, drawing his adorable kitties--and himself! Life is good...if it just weren't for the pain in his back, and the pain of having to leave him.
He'll be HERE in less than two weeks, though, so I'm feeling very fortunate and very, very happy.
kateslover took the second day, as he was trying to turn the trailer around to hook up to the truck! Poor love!
So instead of tooling around the Adirondacks and Poconos and camping in the teardrop again, as we'd planned, we stayed closer to home, hot baths, luxurious back rubs, Ibuprofen and a comfortable bed--a very wise decision for a lot of reasons.
He's still in quite a bit of pain, landed RIGHT on his back, and I hated to leave him this morning. Who'll rub in the liniment and hug him tight?
One of my lovely and considerate students noticed I hadn't posted for two weeks...this is why! Painting, sketching, picnicking, driving through Shenandoah National Park, dabbling feet in the Shenandoah River, sharing Solstice steak and salads, shrimp and pizza, sketching, laughing together, watching a baby black bear, seeing a pair of bucks in velvet not a block and a half from his house, painting on a windswept hill, taking in a movie, dining on the deck, going for lobster, drawing his adorable kitties--and himself! Life is good...if it just weren't for the pain in his back, and the pain of having to leave him.
He'll be HERE in less than two weeks, though, so I'm feeling very fortunate and very, very happy.