One more day...

On Monday, I was surprised when I came home and found that the back yard had already been completely cleared of the last of the Hurricane Katrina debris. It has been nine months...nine long months...I was just so excited that I went out back to snap a photograph. Except for a distinct lack of grass and other ground cover, it looks pretty good considering.




Of course, then I took a trip down to the Gulf Coast, and somehow I lost my enthusiasm for the clean-up. Things are still so awful down there. There is so much destruction, so much that is just simply GONE. I felt a lot of shame for ever complaining about my yard.

I also finished my last watercolor painting from Laurel's class. I might try to take a better photo this weekend during the day. As you can tell from this photo, it is still wet! The subject was obviously glass bottles on a table. A combination of colors and varying degrees of transparency. I enjoyed the class, but I feel like I have barely scratched the surface.


Just one more day of work! I have to file my final expense report, finish up a lot of things, process out and, of course, there will be a party. :-)