I'm still marketing and publicizing THE ADOPTION OF BORIS, my self-published picture book. I continue to do author events and book signings. You can read more about the book, and BUY it from my website 
www.pennyholland.com

Please contact me if you buy a book. I would love to send you an autographed bookplate.

A few more book readings were on this year's calendar. Boris and I visited both Jeff and Sue's kindergarten classes where I read the story and Boris got to meet a group of enthusiastic kids. My local Coupeville library hosted an author event where I read THE ADOPTION OF BORIS and then invited the kids to do some dinosaur or genealogy-related crafts. This event occurred on what would have been Paul's and my fiftieth wedding anniversary. Several close friends and family members joined us for the reading at the library and the dinner at my home that followed.

This has been a year of figure and portrait classes with teacher/artist Caroline Buchanan. (Click on her name to view her amazing website.) Almost every Monday I paint with a talented group of artists at the Oak Harbor Senior Center where I've made some of my best friends. Turning watercolor paintings into Art Boxes has also kept me entertained.