This is the only painting that I have sold but wish I still had. It was the second painting I did after not having painted for about 25 years. I will be taking an involuntary break from painting for about a week. Yesterday I had an accident in the kitchen. A 8" butcher knife slipped out of my hand and landed on my foot slicing a deep laceration in my two smaller toes. I was home alone and sat on the kitchen floor for about 30 minutes trying to stop the bleeding and cleaning up the blood as to not scar Gary when we walked seeing me on the floor with the knife and blood everywhere. When Gary returned home he dragged me to the Emergency room with a fair amount of resistance. I figured the bleeding had stopped so we were done. He decided the cuts were too deep to ignore. Luckily stitches have been replaced with glue so the most painful part of the trip was the tetanus shot. Not so in the middle of the night when I woke up in intense pain. I am supposed to be off my feet for five to seven days. Today I am in the mood to be stationery, lets see how long it lasts. The good news is I will probably be close to having my dress done with the exception of the lining by the time I am mobile again. We have a new rule that should have been implemented a long time ago, no cooking while barefoot.

The other bad part of this is that we had started rollerblading and biking together an activity that we were really enjoying. We were to go to the trail as soon as Gary got home. This will be on hold for a while.
I will do my best to write during my resting period and keep you all informed about my recovery.