I never would have been one to let anyone lead me down the garden path, let alone a dog! This week I not only allowed it, I also enjoyed the unusual twists and turns which it created in my paintings and life.

I wasn’t at all sure I wanted another dog in my life. “Do you really want to spend the NEXT ten or fifteen years cleaning sand and dog hair out of the house?” I kept asking myself. “You’re getting older,” I said to my Self. “Think of how old you’ll be in 15 more years.”

Today is my birthday and when Dad called to wish me Happy Birthday, I couldn’t even tell him how old I am now!  “Think about this before you get another dog,” I warned my Self. (continue reading…)