Thinking about moving my blog to another spot rather than on my website -- I'll keep you posted!
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Had another lesson on photos and painting recently.  Got a commission for a painting and was caught up in other life stuff (my sixtieth birthday, my daughter in from out of town, etc.)  but knew I had a deadline for a painting due soon.  When I finally had time to start it I realized what a horrible photo I was working from -- nice pose - but flashed out eyes, blurry, etc.  Scared me!  Ultimately it all worked out -- the client loved it-- but it was a lesson to really take the time and make s...
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Ruby is the beautiful shepherd that I posted in the last post.  We got her as a rescue from German Shepherd Rescue. Katie and I drove to Raleigh to pick her up and she was a bit like a zombie when we got her.  Once we had her home for a while she became the most loving dog we've ever owned.  If she had been smaller she would have been a lap dog.  The rescue group said that when they found her she was about nine months old and had already had a litter of pups.  Don't think she had a very good ...
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