Jean also showed as around their newly renovated workspace and gallery.
Here, you can see progress on one of my most recent paintings.
Around Christmas time, we realized that there was something wrong with Patty. 
She seemed very tired.
We visited the Vet.
The vet said, "I'm afraid it's cancer."
The vet said she could remove the cancer with surgery.
The surgery was successful.
After a couple of weeks, Patty was playing and eating again as if nothing had happened.
I know that Patty would like to say, "From the bottom of my little, guinea pig heart, thank you very much, Vet:)"
Jerry, Cousin Erin, Friend Amanda, and I went to the Gingerbread House Competition that they held at George Washington's Birth Place, Ferry Farm. This is something that we love to do every year.
The theme this year was historic houses.
People have amazing imaginations!
At Christmas time, Jerry and I love to visit Old Down Town Fredericksburg, Virginia, which is near our home. Here we peek in the windows of historic shops. The charm really shines out at night when the tree lined streets are lit up with Christmas lights. These are the streets that Washington and his family members walked. In fact, Georg Washington was born on the other side of the river, at Ferry Farm. His mother and sister lived in Fredericksburg. President James Monroe had his law practice here. Also, President Lincoln visited here to give a speech to soldiers after they had battled on the streets of Fredericksburg during the Civil War. At that time, Clara Barton had been nursing troupes in this city. 
We love to look into the decorated store windows of Fredericksburg. .JPG)
Here are some of my new pots. You can see how small they are when you look at them next to a regular object - like a pencil. So small!! So Cute.
Here is a picture of me working on one of the pots. You can see my reflection in the mirror that I use to help me see the side of my pot as I work.
