She's Back....

by popular demand......and she sends her greetings to Pedros. 

Maggie has not been feeling all that well lately and has been especially insistent that I do not take her picture when she is not looking her best, but today she seems to be relenting. No smiles, but at least she didn't run away. She usually curls up beside me when I am reading but if I take out the iPhone, and hold it up toward her, she either turns her head away in a snit or runs off. This time, she did neither.  

It was time today for a new book, and as I had no library books posing deadlines and no new ones that were waiting for pick-up, I was finally able to go to my shelf of Marion's-Books-in-Waiting where I found this one...Raphael, by Stephanie Storey. I had read her other book Oil and Marble a long time ago and quite enjoyed it, so Raphael it was.

 Maggie was pleased. She is especially fond of historical fiction.

What we both like about this book is that the author provides, on her website, a blog that shows a photo of every work of art mentioned in each chapter....so, as you read, you can refresh your memory of each famous painting or sculpture described therein....just in case you have forgotten.

Another day of crappy weather so a lot of reading was completed. Not much else though. 

PS: The hockey game tonight was much easier to watch than the last one.. This time, the Edmonton Oilers won 3-0, tying the series 1-1.  Yay!