a little dream for a cold day...

Like most of the rest of the country, the Dallas suburbs are in a deep freeze.

Our skies are clear and as blue as a mountain lake, but the wind is howling

and it is so very cold! So my thoughts stray to this scene... the coast of beautiful

Tortola in the British Virgin Islands. I know that today it is in the 80s there (it

always is), the water is calm and the sand is white. I have walked this beach... and will again.

It eases the chill of this winter day to remember the quiet beauty of this place

and to know it is there, warm and tranquil and I will return to this enchanted place.

I will.

back to reality...

So the holidays are basically over and soon we return to real life. My kids have Monday off of school, so they are still in the laid back mode. Christmas is packed neatly away and my new studio space is almost ready. And it is January, my least favorite month. But, I am no longer a person who hates winter. I have decided that it is absurd to despise an entire season, so I will look for silvery shadows and the stark beauty of bare branches against a winter sunset. I will move my studio and fix it just right. And before you know it the trees will get that sweet, fuzzy look and the days will grow longer. Spring comes early in Texas. Thank you, Mother Nature!
Hope 2010 has begun well for you. Stay warm and dream sweet flower-filled dreams.
xo~Dale

"Art is running away without ever leaving home."
Twyla Tharp