Summer turned out to be way busier than I thought.  So it was nice to get back in the lookout / studio this morning and do a bit of painting:

7-27-23  Back from our annual stay at the Ross Lake Resort.  If you rent a Resort boat ---be careful.  With the water levels low it is easy to drive the boat across a shallow area.  I know the lake pretty well and still did that -- dinging the prop and creating a loud awful [...]

I send an email to Phaeton -- a well known publisher of art books in hopes they might consider publishing a book with some of my best paintings and the stories behind those images.  If not -- I will contact other publishers in hopes of someone being interested......  : )