Yesterday the first wood ducks of the year arrived in the pond. This morning there are two pairs of wood ducks and one pair of mallards gliding gracefully through the water. Most of the ice is out of the pond and yesterday 4 of the neighborhood’s teens were out canoeing Read more…
Happy Sunday everyone! Here is this week’s painting and photo/painting creation that I just finished working on. My process is simple. I sit down and paint with whatever colors I feel like painting with, creating blobs of color and a few shapes. Sometimes I add paint splatters at the end. Read more…
Before I get to my main topic of today’s post I just have to say… These ranunculus flowers! Their papery thin petals and layers and layers of petals mesmerize me. A small bouquet of them are providing endless enjoyment as I photograph them and paint them to my heart’s delight. Read more…
This morning I listened to Tara Brach’s meditation “Letting Life Live Through You.” It was a beautiful meditation—just what I needed today. She ended the meditation by reading a poem called Hokusai Says by Roger Keyes. I loved the poem so much that I decided to share it here with Read more…
This week I picked up a bundle of 2 dozen (!) red tulips at Trader Joe’s on Monday. They have been entertaining me all week as I play with photographing them in different ways. (I was also able to take a few of them down to my daughter’s house when Read more…