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NaPoWriMo 2019 – Day Five

Don’t you look at those magazine checklists and think – if only it were that simple… All this confusion is, well, confusing me I can’t tell anymore: Am I anxious? Depressed? Angry? Sorrowful? Distracted? It rises within me, whatever it … Continue reading

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Greys – Grays – Got ’em

Got a package via Fed Ex today, rushed from the heart of Dick Blick. They didn’t want me to wait until the twenty-second as indicated when I’d placed the order. Five new paints – all greys/grays/sorta-grey. I had just enough … Continue reading

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Today’s Paint

I thought I’d be sitting down below this view, where there’s a nice bench. It was so windy I had to stay in the rocking car and had to roll up my window a few times because the wind kept … Continue reading

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NaPoWriMo 2019: Day Three

I fetched potting soil and pots and plant food. I repotted oxalis (hope that works!) and tidied and fed three geraniums, two of whom fought their way through winter, along with one that has a bit of hope still. Pulled … Continue reading

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Looking for Something to Paint

Note to self: I like snow. No, really. And except for the extreme heat, I’m good with summer. Definitely OK with spring. Find it hard to deal with that March to Early April gray-brown-ness. Bleah. So travel somewhere closer to … Continue reading

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