The spirit bears in this photo belong to someone else who I will try to give credit to, once I find the source again. I thought the compositions, colors, and mood were beautiful. The day is still groggy for most of us. If you are a dog, chewing on a rawhide bone could be the trendsetter. If you are a laborer, not having to go to work might be a great day. If you are a grey wolf, making a kill, breeding, and knowing this all went into another day of survival means a good day. If you are a lawyer, either solving or causing a dispute translates into a good day. For me, I am still musing.

I tried to secret a mini-vacation today. This involved going back to sleep in the morning about four times. Then I played Alchemy and made it to Grand Wizard 1st Class with 12000 points! I felt like a kid. I stared at my bedroom mess I am supposed to clean up before school starts. Staring at things does not seem to be very effective. So I organized a few things, cleaned bunny poop off the front entrance, made dinner, watched "Amelie" and made dinner: black beans, cornbread, red peppers, pork marinated in eggplant pomade. Then I painted this picture....Tomorrow I go to a singing workshop, whole body singing. Next summer I am going to Ireland!!!!

I finished my graduate work August 5, 2006, at Loyola Marymount University and now have my Multiple Subject Teaching Credential and my Masters in Elementary Education. So my students will only be limited by my imagination. Thank you to all of you who helped me, had faith in me, and were patient, especially my husband, Bob.