the heat

Summer is getting warmer and warmer. I love it. I love the heat. Today was the first day in so long that NO ONE was around. Just me. Me and my art. Me and my horses. Showing the heat that…

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rest

Right now, it’s pouring cats and dogs. And windy. But last night: the lake was the picture of peace. Just what I needed to greet me after a long day. I had closed up the house in Bath, Maine, where…

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her/its own reality

Is this my Aunt Hunter holding me now? asks Cecilia. And will I look over to see Aunt Lynn in a moment? Is this the life I’m creating for myself? Little Cecilia, growing by the day, came into this world…

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done in

It’s been raining. It’s cold. We were outside too long. The pooch is done in. But I’m okay. I’m not done in. I’m coming out of that state. Whenever I hit a particularly challenging time in my life – for…

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alongside

I was just out taking Peaches for a walk up the little peak near me. I noticed a car parked at the entrance to the trail – and sure enough, we soon encountered a mom carrying a tiny baby, the…

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forget the formula

I kind of relate to this tree outside my window. It fell over and is just resting there. “How ’bout I just grow while I’m lying down?” Sounds so sweet. I’ve been on overdrive. In a good way. My dear…

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shifts

Can you see that these are shifts made from one image to the next? I was having trouble accepting the horse on the right on the top image. I am guessing that in the winter light the colors worked better…

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bugs

Earlier in the spring, I thought to myself: you won’t have these gorgeous woods to yourself once it gets warmer and more beautiful out. It is warmer. It is definitely more beautiful. Look at this wildflower, a ladyslipper. If it…

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who’s doing what?

I was out on walking dear Peaches on a day that was supposed to be rainy – and the sun was shining shamelessly – when a question came to mind: who’s walking who? I think I’m taking the pup out.…

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