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One of my most special memories of this FANtastic workshop I just took with
Leslie Saeta and
Dreama Tolle Perry (we're BFF's now, I think I can just call them 'Leslie and Dreama' - and not necessarily in that order!) was when Leslie's sister-in-law and good friend Aileen brought me an "A" donut from
Sublime Doughnuts! Yes, the 'A' is for Atlanta, and let me tell you... they KNOW how to make a donut here! The donuts have a bit of weight - but not too much, and the outside of the pastry has an ultra thin crispness, with moist deliciousness inside. My newly found Soul Sister
Kathy Cousart - yes you know who she is - and I brought a dozen to the class to eat. At first everyone was all so "Oh...I don't eat doughnuts.. ", but all I can say is after we cut them into pieces the box was emptied in short order.
ANYway Aileen saw my blog (and
Paco's, thank you very much) and drove to Sublime Donuts and brought this in for me. So I painted it - with help from Kathy - quick before class started today and asked Leslie to give it to her. She - and this is unbelievable - opened her home and her arms to 24 perfect (in every way) strangers for TWO nights and we feasted on gourmet and comfort food, we laughed, drank, cried - there's a story there... later - and put up with us all! She and her husband and son (and dog and 2 cats) deserve much more than a little painting in thanks, but this is what I've got... thank you Aileen, and I hope to God I'm spelling your name correctly!
More info than you really need to know, and I'm SURE I'll hear about this from MSW, and though I originally published this without this last paragraph (how'd I do that?) I am forever indebted to new good girlfriend
Karen Rose, who took good care of me when I realized I cannot locate my CAMERA, with this image on it - she sooooo kindly cropped and sent it to me - is she a doll or WHAT?
