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Pony Up! Share the smiles today.

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2019 Pony Up 9 x 12  Oil on Canvas - Sold  Visit my Website for new available work.  “Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.” John Lennon  Yesterday I finished the first layer of background on the cowboy I am painting. He is on a beautiful gray roan horse roping a black calf.  The actual cowboy does the duo team calf down competition. Yes, Dan Jordan, I did not call it the correct name I am sure! John Lennon never had the chance to grow old and finish out a longer life in this journey. Our politics and music grew far apart over the years after my high school graduation in 1970. I love the part of this quote that says "count your life by smiles not tears."  I do find growing older the 'friends' number seems to diminish as many are taken by cancer or heart attacks. Our 50th class reunion is this year, 2019-2020.  I remember graduating from