Belated thanks

At the risk of sounding like a broken record, this has been a really difficult year.

I've bounced from one crisis to another, without time to catch my breath. Not surprisingly, a lot of things have been left undone. Even worse, a lot of people have been left unthanked. I am trying to rectify that now, starting with my beautiful, talented friend, Meredith Sanders.

Several months ago, Meredith offered up a commission slots for one of her water color paintings. I snapped it up right away, asking for something vaguely Olivish. This is the wonderful result.

It's now part of my Olive by hobby friends collection, which also includes my crowd-funded portrait Stone model, my Olive Blobby Buddy by Margaret Balch,

this exquisite tiny painting by Christine Sutcliffe...

and my oil painted portrait by Karen Gerhardt.

Thank you, thank you, Meredith. I love this painting - and you! - so much.