Category Archives: Do the Work

Long way ’round back home

…took the long rambling way back home, stopping a few times to take more photos. Got home and did this, which really didn’t look like any of the clouds specifically but the landscape was pretty close, what there was of it. Continue reading

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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

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Recommended reading and listening

I read it and had huge ah HA! moments. The (couples) therapy wasn’t successful but I found it personally successful. Since then, I’ve recommended the book to lots of people over the years, along with a couple others by the same author. Continue reading

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June the First – another 30 days?

I’m going to be aiming for another month of painting each day. Today it was so hot out that I opted to prune a branch from the rhododendron… Continue reading

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Almost the end of May

Maybe minimalism should be the byword for next month? Continue reading

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