It has been a month since my last post at the end of March. We had our first and second vaccination shots in March so are now able to get out and about and socialize more.  

  April started with Roger having Mohs surgery on his nose and then a few weeks later he had to have another spot removed on his forehead.  Those surgeries caused him not to be able to work  on our outside projects because he was not allowed to bend over.  What he could do was to work on our last two loft stained glass windows because he does that in a standing position.  Here is a photo of the finished windows which are in my art studio area of the loft.

In mid April our son Brian & his wife Sarah came for a visit.  It was nice to finally be able to have family time together.  Here is a photo of Brian & Sarah and our son Mark & wife Leslie who live near us.  

In between all the activities that were going on, I did find time to paint.   In my last post I said I would finish the desert scene that I had started early in the year as my next project. I had stopped work on it because I was inspired to do my patchwork & posies paintings.   In early April I stared working on the desert scene , BUT, inspiration took me in another direction again.  I've mention before about how we have found items on the side of the road that people want to get rid of.  This time we picked up two chairs that were in good condition structurally. I couldn't wait to start work on one of them that I wanted to do for myself because I had the perfect spot for it in my dining area.  I could visualize the color pallet and subject matter that I wanted to paint.  I put the desert scene aside again to paint the chair.  Here is the before photo.

Here is the after photo.

This next photo is a close-up of the seat.  

This last photo shows the chair next to my shelf unit.  The colors compliment all the items on the shelf.

I hope to get back to my desert scene painting but there is still another chair calling my name.  You will have to wait until I post again to see what I paint next.

When I took my patchwork paintings to the Owl & Rabbit Galley  to change out what I had hanging there, I found out I had sold a painting from that group.  It is called "Happy Dragon".  

We continue to enjoy ourselves in retirement.  It is hard to believe it is 25 years since we retired and moved to Arizona. We had 20 wonderful years there then a little over 2 years in MI and in July it will be 3 years since we moved to NC.  Time flies when you are having fun!!!