CBD OIL FROM THE SMITHS

As many know, I have a big problem with one of my feet.  It feels numb almost all the time due to peripheral neuropathy.  I had thought for a long time about trying CBD oil, but never followed through.  For my birthday I got some CBD salve from the Smiths and also a good foot massage.  I have been trying it the salve for about a month.  It feels good, and I always love a foot massage, but I don't think it is really helping.

CBD comes from hemp, which I have sketched above.  I had to go on-line for a picture as I don't actually have any hemp.  Although it is related to marijuana, it is significantly different....mostly because it does not have THC.  THC is the ingredient that causes people using marijuana to feel high.  No high with CBD!   Just a comfortable foot treatment, even if it isn't an actual cure....a least, not for me.

Thank you, Louisa and Peter, for the thoughtfulness!   I have been paying more attention to the foot!

Many gifts from Jan

Before Jan and I went to Rome a couple of months ago, she stayed with me for a few days and (of course) she brought some hostess gifts.  Although a little late, I still need to say thank you to her.  She is always so generous, and good company, too.  One of the gifts is a book called The Daily Book of Art.  Although I may be a little late in offering thanks, I have actually kept up on that book each day since a few days after returning from Rome.  It is a good exercise as the book contains a great variety--descriptions of museums, art history, art concepts, and much more.  Every few days there is an guided exercise to "make art."   One of these, doing a watercolor of a butterfly, inspired the painting for my thank you card. 

Jan also brought some fragrant soap and a game called "Quiddler."  The Smith family loves the Quiddler game so much that it ended up at their house.  That's fine.  I can't play it by myself anyway.


Since then, Jan has sent me another book---an interesting "take" on the art world.  It is An Object of Beauty by Steve Martin.  Yes, that Steve Martin.  It is a fascinating look at the art scene in the 90s and early 2000s in New York.  There are reproductions of some of the paintings referred to, which is a nice touch.  I had no idea Steve Martin knows as much as he does about the art world.  Good book.  Thank you, Jan, for these thoughful gifts and, more importantly, for your special friendship.

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Thank you Jen and Erik

Recently, for my birthday, I got a wooden foot massager. It really works and is so effective to use.   I thought about making a painting of it, but it is not all that pretty.  I decided to use the pattern of the wood carving as inspiration for a design....and this is what happened.  I love the massager and the inspiration.  Thank you Jen and Erik....well, I think mostly Jen.

Draw a Bird Day

Today is June 8, and the 8th of the month is Draw a Bird day.  This is my bird.  A blue jay!

Bammy and Jen

This is kind of fun.  My grandmother, who I called Bammy, poses with my daughter Jen.  I was the first grandchild for Bammy and she didn't want to be called Granny or Grandmother.  Her name was Aimee and the best I could do was Bammy.  All of her grandchildren ended up calling her that.  When my mother became a grandmother, she was Gammy, and now I am Cammy.  It works for us!

Jen was about four years old when the picture was taken.  It was in Anderson, California.

Thank You Smith Family

The Smiths (Peter, Louisa, Griffin and Sophia) recently took a Spring break trip to Philadelphia.  By all reports, they had a great time and got to run up the "Rocky" steps and also see those steps from the hotel room. 

One of the fun things they did was to go to the Reading Terminal Market.  They are still talking about it and it sounds like it was a great place.  While there, they bought me some olive oils and vinegars from a shop called "The Tubby Olive."  The little painting on the thank you card is from the shop logo.  Very cute! 

I've improved some of my cooking with "Tuscan Herb Olive Oil," "Basil Olive Oil," "Fig Balsamic Vinegar" and "Sicilian Lemon Balsamic Vinegar."  YUM!

Great Blue Heron

I am part of a group called Wednesday Studio because we meet with our teacher Ellen Cornett on Wednesdays.   I joined a few months ago.  One of the traditions of the group is to make a painting of a bird every month....posted on the 8th of the month on the group's blog.  This is my bird for April 8 to be posted with some others tomorrow at https://thewednesdaystudio.net/