Still winter here

I sat at the airport and watched my boys take off to my mother's this morning. They are the most amazing gifts in my life. they keep me full. I am sorry to see them go, yet anxious to have more time in the studio. My boys are thrilled with the prospect of seeing their cousins, being warm, playing outside, wrestling in the pool. On the way home I had to pull over and paint the neighbors cows. It still looks like winter here- though temperatures have risen to 40.
I feel exhausted, mentally and emotionally. These are not my best, really- just two clumpy sketches in paint...