One day, when walking in the park across from my gallery, I spotted a gorgeous dark-haired girl with a red flower in her hair, kinda Hawaiian style. The flower added a special touch of natural beauty and I remembered thinking…”How inspiring, something as simple as a flower in her hair sets her apart from every other beautiful girl I’ve seen this week!” I MUST paint her! So I walked up, introduced myself, and told her how inspiring she was. Her name, she said, was Rosey and she had the personality to match. She was such a joy, so positive, so happy, so warm, so…”rosey”. She agreed to pose for a few sketches and I was fulfilled. After sketching her, then painting her, I couldn’t stop. I wanted to keep that “rosey” feeling going, so I painted another, then another, and another, until I had an even dozen, enough for a calendar. Each was wearing a different color; each had a different face and hairstyle; but all had that same wonderful red flower in their hair. The first painting was named “Rosey” of course. For the rest, I asked eleven of my female friends to choose their favorite and I named each one after them. Two deserve special mention. Ava inspired me with her wonderfully curly hair. Emma is still in the belly of my daughter, Morgan, but I’ll meet baby Emma sometime in late January. I sure hope she likes her painting (when she’s old enough to recognize her name on it). Now, as December comes, I WILL do a calendar of my “Twelve Flowers”. Thank you, Rosey, thank you, thank you, thank you, for starting it all. Please, always wear a flower in your hair to inspire every man in your life.