or something, I have opened another etsy shop, purelypainting.etsy.com. I felt as if my paintings needed their own space, so that they could be seen without distraction. Someone clearly agreed with me, and promptly bought one within twenty minutes or so of the shop opening! Hurrah! I'm hoping that Matryoshka, the image pictured here, and the first to go into the shop, will bring abundance with her...that's certainly what she represents for me.

Excuse me! But it's the weather for having a cold, and I seem to be brewing something...sigh. More garlic, more garlic, I hear you cry! I'd quite like to go and sleep it off, but Robin, my DH, has a migraine, and he got to the bed first! I don't think he'd appreciate being sneezed at, somehow...besides, someone has to be awake to answer the phone.

It's been a funny day, today. I've sent off some etsy mail, taken a piece out from the book press, where it was drying flat (successfully, ... read more