In a fiction book that I was reading this week, one of the characters in the book, referred to as the “old lady” was said to be 66 years old. The author portrayed the character as sometimes using a cane and taking morning naps in the garden. Though in the Read more…
It’s the season of dahlias in bloom and I am in Dahlia Love Until I became a photographer I under-appreciated these lovely flowers. The sheer number of sizes, shapes, and colors of dahlias available boggles the mind. Though I missed seeing the Experimental Dahlia Garden at the Arboretum this year Read more…
I continue to explore painting with my Watercolor Adventures This week I worked through a series of Angela Fehr lessons on painting loose florals. Then I tried combining one of the paintings with photos of flowers that I made this week. The image above is the watercolor-photo combo. The image Read more…
In the beautiful sunshine this morning I went outside to make a few photographs of my hanging basket of petunias in the morning sunlight. It was not “perfect” light for photography. But I find I love the challenge of seeing and portraying the beauty of those contrasty bright light times Read more…
On Saturday my art group had a guest teacher on Zoom. Artist and teacher, Briana Goetzen, led us in making liquid watercolor mandalas. I had a lot of fun simply playing with my watercolor paints (not liquid watercolors) and was surprised at how relaxing it was to play with the Read more…