"We once lived in an old farmhouse in the country when the kids were young. Those were the days...chickens, pigs, dogs, goats and other rural stuff. I can hear Beethoven's Pastoral in the background as I write.  I have painted this using my 'cloissone' technique. That is black line outlines with thick paint between. The perspective is distorted in homage to kids drawings. I really do not want to grow up." CR