Here it is-August and I am now in the second month of my retirement. It finally is hitting me-no more day job!I have cleaned the studio for a fresh start. It tends to get very cluttered in there-seems too much trouble to clean when you are trying to find time to create.More time now so I hope to keep it organized. I have been spending many happy hours wandering Fairfield with Stelle and the rest of the day is for painting or crafting one thing or another. Things have been quiet on the custom portrait front but I did just complete one- a very sweet bull terrier named Tazz. I will include that with this message. See you in September.....Carla