9 Years (D)

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Fourth (D)

Yesterday we celebrated our fourth anniversary!  It was a very busy and exciting year with lots of traveling, family activities and of course welcoming a new addition to our own home.  For this (sort of) surprise for J, I went back to a drawing that's almost as old as our marriage.  I originally sketched this in early 2009 as a memento of a most splendid and EXTREMELY highly anticipated reunion (I can't exactly recommend doing almost a year of long-distance relationshipping, but it does have its perks, one of which is several epic airport reunions).  This was one of our last reunions before we were finally dwelling in the same time zone, and just a few days after this world-stopping moment we were officially (secretly) engaged.

I've been meaning to paint this for a while, but I decided to save it for a special occasion, and here was one, so here it is.

Happy anniversary, Wife!  You're my favorite and my best.

The Day of Valentine (D)

This afternoon in honor of the day that this is, and as a surprise to my own sweetheart, I painted this Valentine's Day sketch I did several years ago back when we were still (long-distance, ugh) dating.  I had a bouquet of roses and daisies delivered to her apartment, and as she didn't have a vase, the next best thing was the hot pink pitcher, which worked just fine.  I had a little trouble getting the watercolor-flower pattern on the dress just right without making it look too muddy, but working with a few brush settings I think I managed to get the idea across.

Happy Valentine's Day, J!  You are the loveliest valentine I ever had.

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P.S.  Thanks to everyone for helping us reach 10,000+ visitors!  I kind of think we had a glitch in our counter, and we might have reached that a little while ago, but now the widget reflects it regardless.  I wondered if we should do a separate post as a milestone marker, but I think this will suffice, for now at least.  Thanks to everyone to watching, following, commenting and sharing!

Milestones

Yesterday after our most recent post, the handy little counter there on the right had this to say:

We have reached another milestone!  1000+ visitors in just about four months.  That seems like a pretty high number of visitors to me, especially for such a new endeavor.  Thanks to everyone for following our little blog, and to those who have left comments and checked back often for new posts.  You're more than welcome to share with your friends, the more the merrier.  Stay tuned for more updates!  There's been a slight lull of posts in the last week or so, but there are a lot more on the way.

Thanks again!

Milestones

This morning I'm just sending a quick message to let everyone know we've reached 500 visits since we launched our art blog.  It's a smallish milestone, but it's a milestone nonetheless!  Thanks to everyone who visits and comments and follows, and be sure to come back often!  If we're listed in your reader, take time to visit the actual blog to check out updates to our template and formatting.

Thanks again, everyone!  Check back this evening for some Sunday Sketches.