Kay and Jo - Kay works on her painting at left upside down. 
Ruth doing a watercolor. 
Ruth and Kay discussion.
Jo painting a goldfinch and yellow monkeyflowers.
Dee's beginning.
Dee painting. She drives all the way from Jackson.
What a mess we have.
Mixed Media at lunch.
The wonderful cooks.We had a great time at the Mixed Media meeting today. It's always such fun to be with the friends. I went down to the post office first and then got to Rendezvous Pointe about 8:40 and got the coffee going and my snacks set up. Brought cinnamon strusel muffins, chocolate covered strawberries and some pecan halves. Took me a while to figure out the danged coffee maker. Finally got it opened where you put the coffee in. Jo measured in the coffee - it seemed to be a 2 or 3 person job. There were seven who attended and we all worked hard. There was some discussion about our state artists convention which is coming up in about two weeks- who's going, who's driving, where we're staying, talk about the convention agenda, etc. It's in Cody this year, a beautiful location. Today I did get some photos so will post a photo essay. Sue the fabulous cook made cinnamon rolls today which the seniors can buy, and I brought three of them home.
Quite a few people are having illness, surgeries and such. Justine had what sounds like an extensive back surgery and then got staph infection. Just can't imagine what she must be going through. She is clear down somewhere out of Denver recovering. I am sending my best wishes that she will get through this and be back with us soon.
Most of us stayed until about 3:30 p.m. and then packed up all our stuff and went on home. Zonked out..... I took a nap for about an hour and a half. Our plan for dinner here was spaghetti - already had the sauce made, so added some salad and garlic toast. Then looked at my 60 emails which came since yesterday and just went on to bed.
Although I wake up numerous times in the night anymore - I see every hour on the clock through the night - still don't have much trouble sleeping pretty soundly in between especially in the early morning hours, usually waking up about 8 or 9. If I get wide awake at 2 a.m. I watch whatever movie is on til I fall asleep again. I'm just letting that be the way it is and not worrying about it.
It was spitting snow off and on this morning, and colder than it has been, maybe 5 this morning. Really funny that the wind wasn't blowing in town but coming home as soon as I drove up the hill to our place, there was the wind blowing snow and drifts across the road. It seems to blow all the time up here. It moved the snow across the landscape at least until dark, then seemed to die down a little bit.
Bonnie and her sister are going on a little trip this weekend. I hope they have a nice time and look forward to hearing about their adventures.
"Choice by choice, moment by moment, I build the necklace of my day, stringing together the choices that form artful living." (Julia Cameron - The Artist's Way)
Wyoming closed it's government offices in Cheyenne 2 hours early due to the blizzard. This is the first time I've heard of this happening. http://www.pinedaleonline.com/#closures
