Recently Mark and I have devoted ourselves to our work- never ending at times but rather exciting at others. I am currently learning all the exciting possibilities of using style sheets. Looking at this web page, it was created using a style sheet (by Mark, not me) and the clean, beauty has really captured my attention. A fun place to see all the possibilities is found at the Zen Garden cascading style sheet page. Go and explore- it is amazing and a bit weird in some cases. Meanwhile Mark is currently fast at work on his prelim. Now scheduled for the 17th- good and bad but it will be nice to get it over with sooner rather than later. The paper is coming together really well!

Today we took a break from the daily grind and headed to the east side for some treats for Matt and Carrie- our world traveling friends are visiting in the states- and to Natalie's open studio where we purchased "Rush", a postcard sized etching from her Field series, which we can't wait to add to our collection! When we have gone before, we usually buy a cute magnet to add to our fridge- we have Lucky the lamb, Patches the puppy, and Corbit (for Natalie and Burr's pet rat) the rat- but we are expanding now. I have always loved to watch the grass wave in the wind on a sunny day- in a field or on the side of the road; there is something wonderfully hypnotic and relaxing about the movement- so we have "Rush" and I can't wait to put it up!