Hi Kay, What a treat to enjoy what is happening in your life. The paintings are simply wonderful. I am offering you an answer to your dream. I have married (the day after my 70 birthday in September 2013). Eva and I live half the year in Maine (on Little Pushaw Lake) and the other half in San Antonio, TX. We have a large home in both places and would love for you and Daryl to come and stay as long as you want so that you can paint the Southwest. If you have never been here, San Antonio is a beautiful, eclectic, diverse city. My cell phone number is 207 852-5179. We are coming back to Maine the middle of May and will be there for about a month, and then back to Texas until October. We are switching our time to winter for Maine and summer for Texas. Sandy