Creating Sampson and Losing Loved Ones

In between working on the dream quilt and its larger version, I decided I needed to work on Sadie and Henrietta's cousin, Sampson. These fish  make me smile, and I so needed that this week. So yesterday, I prepped and layered the background colors for the "water".



Then began the base coat on Sampson.





And today, I finished up the initial color on him



The next steps will be the seaweed and later the shading  on Sampson.

But for the next few days, we will celebrate the life of, and say our final goodbyes to a dear family member who left us yesterday.  At the same time, lend all the support we can to his wife who , tomorrow, begins treatment in the fight for her life. Somehow, through it all, we will try to remember how fortunate we are.

Getting old sucks.