My older dog, Callie

Our 12 y.o. French Brittany, Callie, (photo by Mary Fournier) had a bout with grand mal seizures this week. Very scary. It took 13hrs for the vets to get them under control. What I attributed to old age personality and physical changes this past year have turned out to be symptoms of a brain tumor, or so they suspect.

She's now having a difficult time adjusting to the antiseizure medication which has caused her to become extremely lethargic, restless, very anxious at times, and very unsteady on her feet. I'm having to lift her up and down stairs, etc. I've been unable to paint and have become a private nurse instead. The vets say if we can get through the initial two weeks of this adjustment to the medication, things should be looking up on the third week. I'm hoping. I feel so sorry for her and want her to continue to enjoy her life.

If I don't paint over a few days when at home, I'm become easily agitated. It's almost like a drug. I have to paint. I've got my fingers crossed tomorrow will be a day in the studio.

Spring

Well, spring (more like mud season) is here. There's tons of outdoor work to be done around the farm. I'm busy taking a few hours per day just clearing trails in the woods. We've had tons of blow downs from the winter. More branches than usual. I've already sent my husband, Peter, out with the chain saw.

Trying to keep my gray horse, Gully, clean is not working. He loves being muddy and this is his favorite season. He looks in the mirror and his reflection lives up to his expectations. I'm riding him at 7am in the mornings so no one sees how dirty he is. That's the best time to ride anyway. All of the birds are singing now.

Believe it or not, we still have snow but not everywhere. Just in shady spots in the woods and fields and still up to 8" in places.

Great news! Out of my seven entries at the show, five were pinned and my Brittany and Woodcock painting won Best In Oils!

Here's another painting, Fall Light, that will be available at the Maine Sportsmans Show. This is a deadwater in "up-country" Maine where my husband and I have visited many times.

The Maine Sportsman Show

I will be exhibiting many commissioned works as well as a couple of paintings for sale April 3-5th at The Maine Sportsman Show in Augusta, Maine.



This Brittany and Woodcock, 8x10 oil on masonite will be one of the available paintings for sale.

Another Cover!

I arrived home to see my painting Irish Memories

made it on the cover of The Equine Marketer.

Ahhhhh, spring............I'm back home looking at nothing but mud at the moment.