I finally finished my trade with Christine Ries.  Quite awhile back, I was interested in acquiring two of Christine's dog portraits for my mom-in-law and daughter for last year Christmas gifts so I asked Christine if she would do a trade with me.  Two dog portraits for two houses.  She agreed to do it and she did a great job with them and also got them to me in time for Christmas.  So it was my turn to do my end of the deal and Christine asked me if I could do an image of her house and I agreed too.  Her house was not the typical type of house I would choose, but I always like to do things that are out of my comfort zone because it helps me see things from a different angle.  It is the image that you see here.  The previous image is the other house, and the image before that is "Holly" one of the dog portraits she did.  And I still have to take a picture of "Ziggy" .

"Holly" by Christine Ries

Now that the holidays are over with I can finally have my brain back to myself.  Before the holidays I'm always thinking of everybody else and the work I have to do for Christmas that I am focusing on that, which does not allow me to have as much free flowing stream of consciousness where all my ideas pop into my head.

A picture of the wall being installed at Acme #1.  The joining of gallery and grocery is so cool. The more I think about it the more I like it.