The month of March 2023 was full of surprises. Shortly after my last post both Roger & I came down with Covid. A friend did not know she had been exposed and came to play cards at our house. The next day she came down with symptoms and shortly after tested positive for Covid. Roger then got sick and tested positive and a few days later it was my turn. We had cold like symptoms, achy muscles, cough, sore throat, etc. We were concerned because we had tickets to fly to Tucson on March 22. Thank-goodness we were recovered and past the quarantine time before our scheduled flight time.
During the time I was sick I was able to finish the commission I had for the door of a cabinet that belonged to a neighbor. Here is the finished painting.
Before Covid, Roger had just finished a large stained-glass window for Mark & Leslie's house. We were able to install it the weekend before we left for our trip. This window is different than any others we had done because of the shape. It was a challenge for me to come up with a design that would work for the shape of the window. Mark & Les wanted a classic design with only clear textured glass. Since the window was so large and heavy, Roger decided to build three panels that would fit together to look like one window. This window is over the front door of their split-entry home.
During the time I was sick and when we were on our trip I completed many doodles. The first one I am posting is one that I did for the neighbor who I did the cabinet for. She was interested in how I did a doodle so I had her do the basic scribble. She goes by the name Beth, but her given name is Sybil Elizabeth. She printed this name for me to use as the base for the doodle. The rest of the doodles posted are ones that I did during the rest of the month.
Our trip to Tucson was great. We met up there with Brian & Sarah. We got to see some of our old friends. We went to some of our favorite places. We spent time with our grand-daughter Lyn and her boyfriend, Mavrick who live there. The big surprise was when we discovered that our niece, Kelly from Ohio, happened to be in Tucson for her son's soccer tournament. We were able to go out to dinner with her. Since this post is long, I will do a separate post with photos of our trip and all of the people we saw. What I will post here is some of our art that we created while we lived there. This includes stained glass and some paintings we did for our church and also that we did for friends that they still have in their homes.
I'll end this post with a Belated Happy Easter wish to all. We celebrated with Mark and Leslie.
