Yippee!! Today's posting is inspired by Keri Smith (though IzzyCat and ScoutDog seem to have other things on their minds ... cheese). Thank you Keri for reminding me of the importance of taking some time to play.

I have been taking everything too seriously lately and have lost some of joy that I used to get out of doing my work and play. I have been getting too wrapped up in fearing that I will fail and let people down instead of just focusing on the creating and joy of doing my play. Sometimes you just need someone else to help snap you back into focus and remind you to have fun and play ... after all I paint dogs and cats and hopefully make people smile ... and there is nothing to stress about there.