Today was just a great day. Perfect Weather. Went for a walk, ended up sitting in my neighbors front yard under their tree, visiting for an hour. Came home, visit with Richard before he left for a co-write. Lunch of fried eggs and beans with cheese and salsa thrown in. Read some, then made a batch of iced chai, put a chicken in the oven for later. Painted this postcard while listening to 2 soundtracks, "Shawshank Redemption", one of the most beautiful soundtracks you'd ever want to hear and "The City of Lost Children" another beauty with a song by Marianne Faithful.

Two nurturing out of town phone calls from friends came in during the day. Later, kitties looking out my studio screen door at the birds and park while I worked made it all just perfect.

Now I can smell the chicken, it's almost done. Time for a break, then on to planning the week. Life can be overwhelming, and then there are days like this.