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Snacks and Haircut

Chocolate is one of my favorite weaknesses.  Another one is fresh fruit. So today I got my hair trimmed.  I'm trying to grow it longer again but it still needs to be trimmed every six weeks.  I am pushing it out seven weeks this time in hopes it will help speed things up.  But the hairdresser says cutting it often actually helps.  I know it will be healthier that way.   Just hurry up and grow, hair!  

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Day in the Woods

Some of my artist friends invited me to visit their friend who moved to the country - about an hour from Chicago.  She has a beautiful wooded property with land, animals, and a barn turned studio as well as an artist retreat cottage.   We had lunch of homemade lentil soup and various snacks, talked, visited, did art, quilting, knitting, and walked in the wooded property visiting with ducks and other animals. I worked on this upside down sketch project.  It was a really nice day and I feel inspired to create!

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