you need to know when to hold it

as in the song 'the gambler', you need to know when to hold it, when to fold it, when to walk away, when to run,
so i am back into my other hobby: oil painting on canvas.
when it freezes and gets windy, i better watch for a rare chinook (you know, the warm weather from the north that sometimes blows in winter) to fly sometime during the day so it is warm enough for my bones, and not early in the morning.
in the meantime, i have something else to keep me busy.
i may bring some comments at the forums now and then, but otherwise you will not hear from me very much.
until next spring....