Five days? Did I, without any advance explanation, leave this blog stagnant for five days? That is an outrage!! I should be censured and punished for my neglect and shunned from society! Bad blogger 
Anyway, I’m fine my friends. I’ve just been working and enjoying a bit of social fun. Hung out with my dear old friend Sam Goodsell the other night and had a terrific time. And then I suppose I fell into an unintentional break from most online activity. Does that ever happen to you? You don’t plan it, it just sort of happens on its own. Should I get on the computer? Ah, screw it. Instead I’m going to cook something using cayenne pepper. No really. I’m on a huge cayenne pepper kick. I’m putting it on everything – toast, rice, noodles. I’m out of control 
But now I have a ton of catching up to do with blogs, emails, etc. Missed you all! Here is Pink Tunic by Tamara de Lempicka:
Welcome back! I’m sure us readers don’t appreciate the amount of time involved in running a blog and keeping up with it as consistently as you do! Glad you’ve been enjoying yourself
Lovely painting!
Jennifer
Jennifer, thank you! Steady, frequent blogging does require a lot of time. But it’s worth it when we have delightful readers like you
Claudia
This blog is anything but stagnant. You do an incredible job of coming up with fresh, interesting content. A bit of a break from the computer is probably a healthy thing.
Andrew,
Perhaps my use of the word “stagnant” was a little exaggerated
Thanks so much for your kind words about the blog. And I agree about the occasional computer break.
Claudia
Claudia, you’re still beating the crap out of me for posting frequency. I can only aspire to be as faithful to my blog as you are to yours.
I had never seen this particular painting, but it just reinforces my impression that de Lempicka could hold her own against anybody on loving girls, except Michelangelo of course.
Daniel,
Ha ha, very funny! Good crack about Michelangelo
But de Lempicka is fantastic. The “Pink Tunic” is not one of her more well-known works, which is probably why you haven’t seen it before. I only discovered it myself a couple of months ago and thought, “oh THAT is going on Museworthy for sure!”
Thanks for your comments!
Claudia
I love the painting.