Strange noises in the night

The other night there we were awakened by loud noises in the other rooms. We checked and it was my cat, Jpeg , running wild, she had a sticky mousetrap stuck to her rear paw. She was running as if she were being chased by something. A few years ago I had Terminex check my lower level and I didn't realize that they had put four sticky mousetraps behind the furnace area. I'm surprised that this hasn't happened before as I have three cats. I removed the rest of the traps so this won't happen again.



The trap had a mouse in it.



After I got the trap off of Jpeg she Crawled in bed and sat there the whole day without moving.

Changes to previous sketch

Here are a few changes that I made to yesterday's painting sketch. I Think that the additions add to the design and make it more interesting. I have also posted a negative version of the new sketch which is quite unusual.

New painting sketch

I'm back at it again ! Here's a new painting sketch done with Photoshop Elements 3.0 on my Mac.



I may do a few alterations on this sketch before I'm finished, I'll study it for a while to see if I can improve it a bit.

Feeling much better

I'm feeling pretty much normal these days after going through the Congestive Heart Failure experience. I'm taking my pills and doing my exercises daily and keeping a strict non sodium diet.



I plan to start some new work soon and will be posting it on my blog in a couple of days. One good side to all of this is that I lost 23 pounds rather quickly, although I don't recommend this as a weight loss program.



The doctors and nurses say that I am doing really well and that they are pleased with my progress.

CHF

I haven't posted for quite a while as I have been ill. It began with the flu in January. Then I developed a condition where I was very short of breath. Gloria took me to the emergency room of a local hospital and they said that I had Congestive Heart Failure. Pretty scary ! I was in the hospital for a week and am home now. I am taking medicine and have had a couple of nurses coming over to check me out and give me physical therapy. I feel much better now and hope to get back to work soon and continue posting on my blog.

In Memoriam

It's been 10 years since Jeanne passed away, amazing how time zooms on.

Poster for gallery party

Here's a poster that I designed for the Craig Smith Gallery's party in mid February. I will be doing a few new paintings for the event, if you are in the area stop by and have some wine and chocolate while viewing the art.