In mid-February we made a three-day trip to our friend Jodie's place near Placerville. We brought Zim along and he was happy to stay in the pasture with some of his old buddies. Maureen got to do plenty of riding with Chris and Claire. It was a nice, relaxing time. We made several short walks a half-mile down the road to the Middle Fork of the Cosumnes River which was flowing with plenty of water.
One afternoon Maureen was riding in the arena with Chris and Claire. Maureen was on Zim, Chris was on Zim's brother, Zaphod, and Claire was on Marvel. Some poles were randomly placed to encourage the horses to pay attention to their feet. I chose a photo for painting because of the late afternoon lighting, and I think it came out quite well if you don't look too closely.
Our youngest grandchild, Marisol, turned 4 a couple of weeks ago. She loves our cat, Sunny, and whenever she is at our house she follows Sunny around. Maureen thought it would be nice to give her a little photo of Sunny on a refrigerator magnet. So I got down on the floor and took a close-up of Sunny's face with my phone. Her expression is one of surprise at me getting close on the floor. Later I thought that it would make an interesting painting, and here is the result.
