Is spring coming?

Well, we have our "Snohomish Slew" bullfrog here instead of the groundhog in Puxatawney to tell us if spring is coming soon or not. Since snow is forecast for the next three days, I think we really didn't need Snohomish Slew to tell us about the seasons.

I have been entering my name into "linkedIn.com" the past few days. It is a little time consuming to enter all the information, but it should be a great help with marketing my paintings--I hope. Presently there are 5 Sosheas listed--two of my children, Steven and Eric, and then Dick, my husband and me. There also is another Soshea listed, Bryan, he is the son of our nephew. Surprised to see him on the list. LinkedIn.com is a very interesting site.

I am even more committed to continue painting a series of Northwest Forests and Islands, and have a new one on the drawing board. This one is of the forest, with twisted trees, etc. Very interesting shapes. I have many photographs that I have taken of these subjects, so feel I have a veritable rich treasure of subjects. I'll try to get pictures of these paintings on my blog soon, now that I know how to set the number of pixels that the camera to transports, to a reasonable size.

We had an artist reception at our gallery this evening for a Valentine show. My job was to pour wine! Several months ago, I took a three hour course with a test at the end from a member of the state alcohol board to be able to serve wine to people at our receptions. We are quite careful of these rules, as we are in a town owned building. We didn't have a great attendance as it was cold, etc., but some receptions are just packed with people. You all would have a good time at one of our receptions We have a table filled with good h'or douvres, very interesting artists to talk with, and, not the least, very good and interesting art to see. Tomorrow starts another week, with time to paint after church. Allene