========================================================================================= 6-23-10    It's been a while since I've posted any new artwork.  I've been side tracked lately with other things. mainly the garden.  This year I planted a lot of potatoes, tomatoes and carrots but also cucumbers, lettuce, herbs and some other goodies.  It's a lot of work and I'm feeling worn out             Heckle, One of the two Doves that hang around my garden. I saved this dove from my cat a few years ago. I kept it in a box for a couple days until it's wing was better then released it. Since then I have a couple Dove friends, especially when I have birdseed.  I call them Heckle and Jeckle, (named after the two cartoon crows from the 1930s.) I've also been working on a way to mount my new solar panels.I've always been fascinated with solar panels and have experimented with small ones for years but I couldn't afford to buy nice ones.  When I sold my 1937 Dodge I used some of that money to buy some decent solar panels, storage batteries and a quality inverter. I've set up everything else but I still need to get these panels mounted onto the roof. it won't be a big enough solar electric system to power the whole house but it will be enough to run lights, a pellet stove, a computer etc. I wish I didn't have so many distractions, I wish I had more time to do art work but  I have to do these things and more. You know how it goes. When the time is right I'll be back. I'm not done yet!