It Is March

Hurrah! I am glad February is over.  What a month it was with soooo much snow, the second coldest month on record (we missed the coldest by 0.1 degree Fahrenheit) , and my husband coming down with his awful kidney damaging auto-immune disease.

But it is now a new month. March! Time to start seeing some signs of spring. Of course as I write this is is snowing, again. I wonder if we will see any signs of spring this month.

I can only hope.

So this past weekend I traveled with the hubby, his sister and her husband down to Providence, Rhode Island for a hockey game and a little fun ,

It was a great way to wrap up my week off.

Not showing any of my art today, but will show you a few last photos from my week off.

Cool tile wall in Providence.And this old map on a display too.

I love  this reflection of my husband in a window but also how you can see the some city lights outside.

Here's that same view in the morning. No reflection!

View outside a window from an old train station, now a brewery where we had lunch. Oh yes, winter in the city.

My Rusty Griswald red beer. 

 My snugly kitty back home. He didn't want me to paint. He wanted me to rub him!

And the first of March is my daughter's puppy's first birthday. We picked up a little cake and also got her this bobble-head as a thank you for dog sitting out puppy while we hit the road.  She suggested we put it on her puppy's cake. What a hoot! 

Hope you have a great start to the new month and your week.

Stop by again soon.

Weekend Photos-Providence

The past weekend was a blast. Hockey didn't go the way we hoped, but the rest of the weekend was a good time.

I'd been to Providence, Rhode Island before, but I don't know the city at all.

Every visit to a place provides new views and new perspectives.

We had dinner at the brew pub with this cool painting. Can you see all the faces well enough to see who these musicians are?

I discovered some interesting spots in Providence. They included Federal Hill and parts of downtown. I think I'd like to go back and do some more exploring.

We didn't have tons of time to explore...we didn't get there until Saturday afternoon and we left Sunday morning after having difficulty finding a place for breakfast. There were plenty of places to eat- but the lines were crazy long. 1 1/2 hours for breakfast? 

They were lucky not to have any snow on the ground too.

And some great brewpubs and beer too!

I needed this BIG one after game.  I was pretty bummed out.

Funny how a place can only be a few hours away and yet feel like a long way from home. And how you can hardly know a place even though you've been there several times in the past.

Thanks for visiting.