Talitha's Birthday

I didn't make a post yesterday.  It was a cold and snowy day but I walked over to Daidre Hulick's home with a wrapped package that contained a print for her daughter Kara of my picture of the Payson Temple.  I don't recall having as much trouble producing a print that accurately depicted a painting before.  The blues were too warm, the pales too dark.  I have decided to alter the prints I have already made to more accurately depict the subtle tones of the original painting rather than continue to print additional copies.  It seems that each transfer, from painting to photo, photo to computer, computer to printer, brings about an undesirable change.  I like the painting and appreciate the critiques I received at the UVAG meeting last week.  I made a bracelet of red glass beads and silvery beads for Talitha but somehow I misplaced it and the sparkle covered can I put it in.  I made another for her when I returned from the temple today.  This time I had fewer of the red glass beads so I used some red shell beads I had taken from some earrings I purchased and redesigned a couple of years ago.  I purchased the beads from a Goodwill store in Oregon when I was taking a day off from funeral situations with my sister-in-law and friend Mary.  We went to the coast and I not only purchased a couple of pairs of earrings, but I took photos from which I made a painting.  Tonight I plan to watch the State of the Union address.