THE END AND A NEW BEGINNING.

Oh boy!
I sure didn't do a very good job with this blog did I!
Well a new year starts in 3 days so I will try again.
I'm at home.  Have been here for what seems like forever.  Haven"t been to KC since the first week in December.  The shop will close tomorrow for almost 20 days.  It will be inventoried, cleaned and maybe some re-arranging done.  Then reopen on January 19th.
After much discussion I will be going back for another year.
I was more difficult than I expected, going to KC once a month for at least 4 days at a time.
But I like all my partners and it is an outlet for my work.
This past year I started entering my Pastels in hurried shows.  Most in KC.  Had a painting accepted in every show I entered.  My friend Rich, who is an expert at this tells me that's a remarkable thing.
So I will continue doing this for this year.
I have one coming up on January 6th.
I also joined the Mid America Pastel Society.  The meetings are in KC and I probably won't make many of them but they are a connection to resources I can't find any other way.
I am also pursuing joining a Gallery here at home.
It's snowing today.  I'm finishing off end of the year things with the business and waiting for new pastel paper to come.  The paper I've been using is no longer available so I need to find something else to use that I can put pastels on in the way I'm used to working.  It should be here Saturday or so says the tracking.
Ok  to post this and then see if I can do better in the new year