Before and after art class

 It was a beautiful day, crisp and clear, and everything had a golden tinge in the morning sun.

 The view out my window was much the same only the light was not really there yet.

 The levee was snow covered.

 When I arrived in the lobby of the building where I go to my art classes, I found that they had set up a Christmas tree.

 After class we went out to eat and this flower arrange was next to my place.

 This is the silhouettes of some of the other members of the class. We are now all retired people. In the past there were some younger people but as the economy worsened they gradual dropped out and then after the earthquake we got down to a final group of nine old men and women.