30 January

Running out of time if you haven’t signed up for the new Prime Holiday program. If you don’t sign up by midnight tomorrow, you are locked in to the existing program and can only re-enter NEXT year during the enrollment period.

OK, so I missed yesterday. The work schedule was zany. I got an invitation to lunch with Martha and her birthday which I was just able to squeeze in. I called my brother, his birthday as well. He had a little health/medical setback venturing to the ER at 3:00 am. I will spare readership his graphic account of the symptoms & condition. I am shuddering.

Today totally off and grateful for it. Medium to moderate plans.

I think the plan will be clean & domesticization for 30 minutes, work/fun for 1 hour (60 minutes) and alternate after posting this report.

Today's image, one of my houseplants has budded out and will shortly (?) blossom.

This is very rare & terribly exciting for I did not even know this species of Dracaenae ( sp ?) flowered. The buds indicate many tiny flowers, mostly white with red/burgundy edges.

Could or most likely will be an image or make its way to a note card, Flowers of the cloud 2017.

I am into chapter 10 now of 12 and passed page 800. It feels like the end is in sight but the account is still fascinating and there is a ways to go. I almost wish or would like to recommend this book to others but a thousand (1000) pages is heavy lifting. Too heavy for most of my 'friends' or evening the passing acquaintances. Martha said her late husband also found the book captivating. Recall I bought the book at his estate sale.

What else ? Weather report ? OK

Sunny now and forecasted high expected to reach 22 today. So I am thinking maybe a second bike ride but one for sure.

Painting is up on the list. Studio work with branding/sales/marketing work all now being focused on Arts in Bloom in April. I am thinking an upgrade of the business card, a new gallery guide booklet with some additions and smaller, quick-moving revenue generators like coasters, crosses, framed labels & note cards.

A little bit peeved & chapped by the nimrods ‘protesting’ President Trump's administrative & policy changes. These people need to either leave the country to find somewhere better many as 'promised', put up and resume some sort of life like the majority of US did for the past eight (8) years of the previous administration. Mr Trump is setting out to correct those horrid mistakes.

Get back to the social media never-never land and let him do the job the majority ELECTED him to do, deliver on the promises he made and get on with it.

I mean WHO CARES what any one of the cardashian's think about a travel ban ?

I get freedom of speech & all that but I also get democracy.

Paying for a ticket & getting into a game allows you to boo but because you vote & your candidate does not win, suck it up, live with it & move along.

That’s it.