A much belated best wishes for 2009 to all.

after fairly long periods away, i am now mostly back at my desk ... with much work and catching up to do aside from processing, scanning, etc.  but being at my desk will allow me to participate a little more regularly!  i return to a large volume of deviations submitted by the people i watch - i will look through these when i have a chance but they continue to roll in at a high rate: you're all very productive! and i also have received a large number of messages: unfortunately, i will not be able to answer all of these but they are all very much appreciated. thanks for your support.

my thanks to Dirges for suggesting the dancers as a DD and to evanhwong for featuring it.  i am very grateful. by the way, they are dancing and not being hanged!

for now, here are a few squares that have caught my eye: