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Well, I'm back in the cold wet & sometimes white northern hemisphere, settling into my Canadian routine and wishing it was warmer! I've painted a couple of times since I got back but have been more focused on inside and outside work, getting back to the pool, planning out the rest of the year and thinking about how we'll manage travelling for 5 or 6 months next year this time. All that and it's income tax time soon too.

I attended a great demo by David Mceown in Port Coquitlam (amazing photos and paintings of the Arctic and Antarctic) and my first meeting of the Port Moody Art Association, and look forward to a bit more structure and networking with artsy folks. I've got a painting (somehow my photo grabber doesn't seem to be working) hanging at Eagle Ridge Hospital for the next 3 months, which I'm pleased about.

Tomorrow I'll be painting with my little art group, and I'm organizing some more time with friends to paint too. Unfortunately my favourite art place, North Delta Firehall Centre for the Arts, has lost all funding and was disbanded as of March 31. A sad state of affairs with politics and grants and cutbacks.

It's great to be back in our house, and catching up with friends and family after 4 months away. Australia seems like a far away dream now, although for the first week I felt like I was in a funny dream here! Jet lag and travel certainly has a way of disorienting me for a little while. And once I get in the groove in the place where I am, I have to work hard to get interested in downloading and organizing my old photos. It's been a bit of a struggle to even get on here to blog, tonight, after several weeks of inaction on this front. Time to get back on the horse & ride!

Next time I'll get some photos of what I've been painting for your viewing pleasure!