Happy Holidays      I am so thankful for a wonderful year being able to participate in several ART Festivals and Galleries around Maine in 2023. Together we did well. Thank you all so much!  The Bar Harbor Annual weekend festival sponsored by their Chamber of Commerce in June had to be cancelled because of very high winds and rain. I do remember one year Dan and I went to check the tents early on a Sunday morning to see flattened tents and smashed displays as well as  art work strewn everywhere after a storm at night. Some actual displays were in trees! You had to  see this to believe it. Fortunately my tent was unharmed. Go figure. Outside art shows can be a scary place to be as weather is so unpredictable. 

I am having  some eye issues and recently had  to postpone cataract surgery until problems are resolved. Reading and seeing road signs are sometimes a problem. Ocular migraines without any pain are visually fascinating for an artist! HA! HA! But luckily my watercolor brushes loaded with paint have no trouble moving around on watercolor paper and I am often pleased with the results. 

Stay healthy and happy and enjoy each day as it comes and be thankful for each day. Dianne and Dan Horton in Swanville, Maine