And to make things even better:

1 - Today the magazine spotlighting Arlene & her art hits the newsstands. It is called American Artist Drawing. Nice article on Colored Pencil art, and the first artist they write about is Arlene.

2 - Baseball is in the air!!!!

I can hear John Fogarty now:

"Well, beat the drum and hold the phone - the sun came out today!
We're born again, there's new grass on the field.
A-roundin' third, and headed for home, it's a brown-eyed handsome man;
Anyone can understand the way I feel.

Oh, put me in, Coach - I'm ready to play today;
Put me in, Coach - I'm ready to play today;
Look at me, I can be Centerfield."