gone but so not forgotten

colleen left us a lovely parting gift........(no not the building...although it would have been nice)

the plague from the pits of hell

and she's my FAVORITE herron family member

we are sniffling, coughing, aching and just miserable

ok let's see

what we did

bought me clothes for the summer which i needed desperately

got 6 tops and two jeans

got more storage for the studio

went to the art supply store

went to the outlets and went book shopping

got me underwear...........(that's become a tradition when she visits, we go shopping for underwear)

went to longwood

went to parts of longwood i'd never seen before!

had a few suppers on the deck.........mostly we dealt with rain so didn't do half what we'd planned

i was going to teach her to knit, can, and make soap

she learned to knit

she was too sick to can or make soap

she was too sick to help me in the garden, since she wanted to learn herbs and veggie plants

she liked the ducks

they cracked her up

oh and big news

the OLD chickens are laying again, dulcette and henrietta

not marguerite yet

and the new girls are mostly laying

so we are getting eggs again

usually 3-4 a day from them

and two a day mostly from the ducks

i have been accumulating art supplies but did no productive drawing while she was here

i did get some wonderful storage things

and i also got a couple of studio magazines, 'where woman create' and

'studio'

so i gleaned some ideas from them

due to the rain colleen didn't get to help her brother build a duck pen........which is what she was looking forward to doing

she got sick last week and was coughing, and sneezing and miserable the whole rest of the week so we didn't do much

she did go to the new endocronologist with me

where we discovered i have new nods on my thyroid since the last scan

that's about it

i am sneezing and coughing and have a very sore throat right now

oh and i discovered that 'inktense' pencils are incredible and i want the full set
so i have to find a discount coupon for them
no?

baby ducklings are due the 11 ( and due to leave on the 12)