So you know that painting that Fish Astronaut made for Melinda and me, the one in the background in yesterday’s post? He first created it when Melinda and I launched Kind Living, back in 2011 when we were in France.

At first, the KL website was going to include photos that Melinda and I took while living in France. We started building the website and it didn’t really work.

About the same time, however, Fish started illustrating my online kindness classes. I asked if he’d be willing to do the same for the website and he readily obliged.

For the link that introduces Melinda and me, the Kind Living team, we had first planned to use this sweet picture (see above) of a kiss Melinda and I shared in the doorway of our home in Nantes. I sent it to Fish and he created the drawing you see to the right.

And the drawing became a painting that became an anniversary present.