Leavin on a jet plane (but I do know when I'll be back again)

Off to Fl in the morning. I wish I could say we were heading there for a fun filled vacation but instead we are headed to the funeral of yet another loved one this fall.  Hubby's Grandma B has passed, it is sad but I take solace in knowing she led a long, full and mostly healthy life.  I wish I had gotten to know her better, but living over 1000 miles from a person makes it difficult to "stop by".  She will be missed, most especially by my father-in-law who was her only child. 

The warm sunny weather will be a pleasant change from the increasingly cold and grey weather here in western NY.  We have an extra season here I call "gray"  it starts sometime from mid-fall to early winter and doesn't usually end until March or April.  Many, many days of gray skies that make me want to hibernate, instead of hibernating I take afternoon naps during the gray season.  This leads to me being up later at night, which is not all bad as I seem to be more creative and productive late at night.

Hoping to possibly squeeze in a trip to meet Barbara Lewis at Painting with Fire in St. Pete.  It would be lovely to thank her in person for my obsession with torches and enamel :). 

Have some pics to post of my studio re-do.  Hoping to get that done while I am away too.