Looking back with delight

 Kitchen Tulips
8 x 8 inches
acrylic on canvas
Barbara Muir © 2009

I'm a big fan of Mike Dooley who tells us
to realize that right now is when all of our dreams
are coming true, and that we should enjoy them.
There are always lots of reasons to be blue,
and with world events in recent weeks, now
is definitely one of them.  But sometimes looking
back shows us how to move forward.  After a
long, hard winter, I am ready for spring.  Today
it was warm and lovely, and my friend in California,
David Lobenberg showed me the way to blog
(without having any idea until I tell him that he was
doing so I might add).  He pulled a painting out of
the archives.  So I have too.  Here is a little painting
I did in 2009, a magical year for me. I am happy to
show it to you again, and to imagine having lots
of cut tulips in the kitchen and a model posing as
she reads one of my magazines.  Happy times in
the past and coming up like the spring flowers again.

Have an enjoying-your-past-and-present day.