If this looks familiar, there's a good reason - it's a pastel done by Dianne Taylor Moore, who designed the poster for Spirits of Vermont, the now annual fund raising event for Pope Library.  This piece is titled "West Danville, Vt."  Below is the official notification about Ms. Moore's award:

The awards for the 24th National New Mexico Pastel Exhibit were given on October 31st, in Albuquerque, NM and this painting, "West Danville, Vt," was one of them. I won 3rd place!

"Over the years this show has come to be regarded as one of the best in the nation. It attracts artist from the states, Canada and Europe. For this exhibit judges have included many of the best known pastel artists working today."

It is an honor to be included.

I also took third place in the Vermont Pastel Exhibit earlier this year with "June Bears on Cannon Mt". Here's hoping things really do come in threes!

Both painting will be represented in our Wren Gallery exhibit "Visible Light" November 6-30, Bethlehem, NH.

Join us for the opening reception Friday, November 6, 5-7 pm.
Dy  

Those of you who have done a change of address before leaving Joe's Pond but don't seem to be getting your normal amount of mail may want to check with the U. S. Postal service to be sure the change got into the system.  Diane at the West Danville office told me today there seems to have been some problems recently.  If you did your change of address on line, usps.com, it should have taken effect immediately - however, like many government websites, it may not be functioning perfectly, so check just to be sure.  If you made out cards and left them at your local post office, the cards are sent to a central office where input specialists enter the data into the system, and apparently there is a glitch in that process from time to time.  So if you are missing mail and you think there is a problem, give Diane a call at 802-684-1158 weekday afternoons between 1 and 5 p.m. or Saturday mornings between 7:30 and 11:30.  She will try to help get things moving.