ARTIST DRAWS SMILEY FACE IN 10 MINUTES

Today is the first Friday of October and also celebrated as World Smile Day since 1999. The history of the smiley face dates back decades but the iconic yellow image was created by an American commercial artist Harvey Ross Ball. Harvey started off as an apprentice for a local sign painter before deciding to study fine arts at Worcester Art Museum School.

THE FOUR WINDS REUNITE AT COTTONWOOD ART FESTIVAL

We are Army wives who met in a Bible study ten years ago at a SHAPE (Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe) a NATO base in Belgium. We called ourselves “The Four Winds.” We laughed, we cried and we shopped together. The highlight was a road trip to buy Polish pottery. Last year “The Four Winds” had a wonderful reunion in Miami and vowed to get together every year.