I'm really looking forward to this weekend as my friend and number one collector comes in to town from Vermont for his annual visit. I can't wait to show him my latest work and to enjoy the Steeler game on Saturday (once a Pittsburgher, always a Pittsburgher). It wasn't long ago that I he invested in his first work off of me from the three ring binder with photos of my work that I used at the time. If it wasn't for him I wouldn't have been introduced to two other collectors who each have more than one work. I guess the point is as artists we really do need to "cultivate" and grow all of our relationships with people in our lives because we never know what good can come out of it. The other thing that I'm looking forward to is visiting him in Vermont and hiking the trails in the parks up there. As some of you know, hiking trails is my second love and where I take most of my reference photos so that should be a great time. Anyway feel free to leave me your thoughts on friends and supporting your creative efforts and anything else on your mind. I ran out of daylight to photograph my latest work for todays post so look for it on Monday. Take care, have a great weekend and I'll see you then.