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TGIF painting
I went out this morning thinking to paint at Hand Hollow. I stopped and finished my coffee there but it was too hot to paint. Listened to the birds awhile and then went home and painted from my porch. I had my bubba packed with ice and a cool beverage. Continue reading
Posted in Art in the world, Do the Work, en plein air, food, gardens and flowers, In the neighborhood, june challenge, landscape, taking time to look, the creative process, watercolor
Tagged flowers, garden yardpainting, peppers, pleinair, pleinairpainting, stilllife, vegetables, watercolor, watercolorpainting
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Almost the end of May
Maybe minimalism should be the byword for next month? Continue reading
Sunday, after dinner
The light is gone. I may have overdone on pasta. I went out on the porch to catch the last hummingbirds, listen to birds and visit with the plants. Now that they’re in their summer homes, sometimes they look like they’re visiting each other. Continue reading
Tuesday come and gone
Full of bird song •
The morning flutters along •
So many drunk bees
By the still birdbath •
A dandelion bends down •
Under one bee’s weight Continue reading
Posted in Do the Work, haiku, In the neighborhood, landscape, Poetry and Lyrics, the creative process, watercolor
Tagged cloudscape, dothework, haiku, landscape, poetry, process, watercolor
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Monday already.
When I woke up this morning I was an itchy mess. Or at least my neck and chin were an itchy mess. I was going to take some benadryl, but I guess this doesn’t happen often enough (thank goodness) so the first order of business for the day was to drive to Nassau and get some Benadryl to replace what I had with an expiration of 2017. Continue reading