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MORNING EVENING No, it didn’t take all day to pack the art. It took 2 hours with Rhonda’s help. There it is, in the box, with a towel on top to hold it in place and a note to remember…

MORNING EVENING No, it didn’t take all day to pack the art. It took 2 hours with Rhonda’s help. There it is, in the box, with a towel on top to hold it in place and a note to remember…
Can you see the bird’s nest up high in the tree to the left? (and yes, that’s snow falling…) I feel like I’m experiencing “empty nest”. Hmmmm, sounds like emptiness. Similar actually. It’s the oddest feeling that comes on when…

Where once there was a moon, now there is moonlight. Where once there was the moon, now there is then moonlight… It’s an incantation. However, I DID need an accent, a highlight in that area. So, I substituted a kind…

Can you see the dog? He’s pretending that he’s a mountain. There are mountains in the background. Mountains in the art, too, right? No one can see him… Earlier today I was out throwing the ball for Rumi. He loves…

What else could my art look like? One thought I had was : a pixellated computer drawing. Sort of. All those bits. But then last night I was reading Hope Jahren’s “Lab Girl” when I ran across this passage that…

THUNK! I hear this dull thud as a branch falls on my roof. It’s windy out and the woods are pruning themselves of debris – branches that just aren’t strong enough to withstand the test of this strong a breeze…

I read in the newspaper today that the cherry blossoms are due to bloom, no peak(!), in 11 days in DC this year. That’s DC. And here? Feeling optimistic, I bought seeds for my vegetable garden. I have 4 raised…

Today is one of those days where – if someone asked about the weather – you’d say “nasty” (that’s “nee-asty”). I ask myself: “Why is it that I live in New Hampshire?” Hmmmmm… And then I sit down to do…

What we have here is a study in black and white (mostly). Look closely. Can you see the pooch? He’s in the garden. There’s still “a bit of snow” here. Rumi was loving it: it’s been warm so it’s melted…

You have to admit, this looks a little sad. Daffodils that I bought have wilted. Daffodils in the ground are – well, where is the darn ground? And what happened to the oh-so-white snow? Spring in New England: something to…