Well, I don’t know about Carmen, but Dave and I are still here in Saskatoon. Tuesday evening’s Calgary-London flight was cancelled, and although skies now appear to be opening over Europe, it would be another 4-5 days before we could get rebooked seats out.

Dave and I have decided to step off the volcanic roller coaster. We have cancelled our London/Paris vacation plans in favor of future more settled timing.

I have rebooked my flight for May 3 to arrive in Lisbon just in time to join the Portugal/ Spain/ Morocco painting tour group for what was to be the last part of the adventure. Hopefully that will still go forward. We’re in the process of dismantling all other reservations – and then we’re going to take the rest of the week off.

While we’ve been twiddling our thumbs and watching the skies, I’ve also been painting. Why not? Here’s a wee bit from the brushes.