Here Today, Gone Tomorrow

We have to move. After fifteen years in this house and beach town, I need to relocate closer to my rapidly aging parents. So we have put this house up for sale and have made an offer on a place half this size. So I have not only shucked off the art fair and the gallery, I am shucking off the care of this huge house and huge lot, and will likely move into a one-level home. Drastic change? Yes. Improvement? Absolutely. It has really hit home as we try to get this place ready to show--it seems like we are chasing the housework and the other maintenance work, by the time we get done with all the jobs they need doing again. The house we are hoping to get has a dedicated office area for Steve, and a large room near the kitchen for a studio. There is a two-car detached garage and much less yard and garden space, but nothing problematic. It's very airy and completely remodeled. And it's in a gorgeous neighborhood in a pretty town.

I'm going to try to keep painting through all of this--we still have one more show scheduled for October to December. But something could suddenly change those plans, just like the situation which suddenly made changing plans necessary in the first place.