Monthly Archives: May 2023

May the Sixth

Feeling a little jet-lagged but I only lost sleep because Mom and I got up to start watching the coronation. Coverage started at 5 am. It was worth doing from a historical-I-might-not-get-to=see-this-again point of view. By the time it was … Continue reading

Posted in Do the Work, en plein air, food, gardens and flowers, In the neighborhood, landscape, Ripped from the headlines, taking time to look, the creative process, traditions, watercolor | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

May The Fourth – Quiet Thursday

Did a little grocery shop for Mom and me basics and some festive breakfast things for Saturday’s doings. Came home and scuffled the ground a bit but no plants arrived that needed planting and the ground is really too wet … Continue reading

Posted in Do the Work, family and friends, geeky stuff, In the neighborhood, landscape, overhead, taking time to look, the creative process, watercolor | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

Second go at Spontaneous Landscape Starts

Got the wet on wet one less wet but still pretty juicy. The other one is cool looking but nothing in it really speaks landscape to me. I am thinking it’s so dark it may need gouache to paint on … Continue reading

Posted in Classwork, Do the Work, landscape, watercolor | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments

May third

Another rainy morning and gray afternoon. I went out in a break and pried up some small pieces (well, one was big enough I had to “roll” it along one edge to move it) of marble, laid out as stepping … Continue reading

Posted in clouds, Do the Work, landscape, sunsets, taking time to look, the creative process, watercolor | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

Another rainy day, with bits of blue sky

stack of seed packets •
will they grow faster than weeds •
or just hopefulness? Continue reading

Posted in Classwork, Do the Work, gardens and flowers, haiku, In the neighborhood, landscape, Poetry and Lyrics, the creative process, watercolor | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments