Susan Neese McKinney Ramblings

This is my painting that I started on site at the Dogwood Canyon. It's pretty close to finished. I see a couple little touches it needs before I'm ready to sign it. Tomorrow I'll take my ballet painting to enter the Springfield Regional Art's Council's show. The weather has been so crummy, and with all the tragedy in the state from tornadoes, it's hard to be in an upbeat mood for painting. My heart and prayers go out to all those families who have lost loved ones and their homes. I wish I could paint something to relieve their pain. Then I could feel some good purpose for this.

I was sad to see the flooding that happened at Dogwood Canyon last week, and all the surrounding area. Of course worse yet were the terrible tornadoes that have taken so many lives, injured so many others and demolished so many homes and properties in Arkansas, Georgia and Alabama. Our little town, Stockton, was devastated in the 2003 tornado, but nothing to the extent of these latest storms. My heart and prayers go out to all involved. It's taken years to recoup here, but I hope the new victims know there is light at the end of the tunnel of recovery. De, Diane, Cheryl and I were glad that we made our little trip to Dogwood before the storms hit. I'll upload the painting I started there. I wish I'd had a little more time to work on it there. After flooding like they've had, the rocks may have been moved from the falls. We won't know until the park is cleaned up and open to the public again. I hope there's not too much da