Mo' hair not Mohair

Before Thanksgiving my CA son, packed up his belonging and drove east.  The Joads in reverse.  He arrived at my house where he unpacked a truck full of his belonging and his DOG.  Several days later, he hopped on an airplane with a single bag and flew to his girlfriend's house in Pittsburgh.  How blissful for him.

Remaining at my house were several bikes with various equipment, clothes in vacuum packs, the shell from the top of his truck, books, linens, assorted items, and a BULLDOG.  Brooklyn is an Alapaha Blue Blood Bulldog. If you are curious about these dogs, go here.  She does not like visitors and generally scares them with her barking and growling but the rest of the family has called her bluff and knows that she is actually very sweet.  She is well trained but like my boys where they were young, she really wants my attention if I am on the phone!  The other things about her is that she has very short hair and sheds constantly.  I have become a vacuuming wild woman and still cannot keep up with the mess.  I try to brush her daily but when the weather is bad, I might miss a day or two.  Here is some of the hair from this morning.  Remember her hair is very short.

 She sometimes watches television with me.

This is the corner BEHIND my chair.  A girl needs a safe place on New Year's Eve when there are fireworks!

 This is sort of unusual, I am flower-sitting for my neighbor.  I have enjoyed watching this amaryllis open.  She is returning today so perhaps she can enjoy it a bit also.

And now for the most serious part of this post.  After all it is New Year's Day and resolutions must be made.  The one I am sharing is that I plan to work on my art EVERY day even if it is just for ten minutes. Practice makes better! I hope you will help by holding me accountable.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!