Harvesting a Rainbow (Mid July)

 

Southern Cooking Measurements

I love to cook. I love to cook, but I tend to see recipes as suggestions.  When I found this little set of measuring spoons, I thought they were perfect for  me.  I like to use a tad of this, a dash of that, a pinch of one thing, a drop of another.  I also have some bigger measurements... like a handful, a bunch, a pile, or just plain some. 

My Weekly-ish Painting Challenge was "Found Object."  I found these in an estate sale while visiting my sister's crafting retreat, Welcome Home Retreat, in Weatherford, Texas.

Original Oil Painting on 6"x 8" Wrapped Canvas

Click Southern Cooking Measurements if you'd like to purchase this little painting.

Painting with Kids

So much fun doing art with these middle school kids!

So much fun doing art with these friends and their grandkids.

Harvesting a Rainbow (Early July)

 

Hiking Through France

I love working on a commissioned piece.  There's that little bit of extra pressure that's a motivation to get it right.

"I got to hike through France with my brother. Can you paint this photo? I'd love to give it to him."  

Sure! Let's talk about what size. And, how did you hear about me?

"I already have two of your paintings that my friend gifted me six years ago.  They're paintings of my sons when they were teenagers."

Well, how about that!

Original Oil painting on 11" x14" Wrapped Canvas

[SOLD]

I Like Thursday 7/24

Thank you to Leeanne of Not Afraid of Color for reminding me to notice things I like. 

 I like spying an unusual bird. This buzzard or vulture in our side yard was huge!  I don't think he was interested in bothering the chickens or the garden, but was drawn by a poor deer who wasn't careful in the highway.

I like making soup.

I like painting with these two!

I like these colorful little chickens.

I like bringing my day's garden haul.

I like my back deck in summer.

I like my garden. It's about as deer proof as I can make it.
(And, there's Pete strutting around... zoom in on the left

I like visitors who stroll through the yard.

I like discovering a surprise on the hillside.

I like cucumbers, but goodness... enough!

I like growing all kinds of herbs on my back deck...
thyme, rosemary, chives, oregano, basil, squirrel...
Bwahahaha

LeeAnne's  get-to-know-you writing topics this month:

Do you have a favorite summertime drink? My favorite drink... summertime or any time... is a nice cold Route 44 Coke from Sonic.

Have you ever gone to an outdoor play? Sure. In Eureka Springs, a city not far from here, there's The Great Passion Play in a huge outdoor amphitheater. I went as a kid, and we took our kids.  Or a concert? do you like outdoor performances? Sure. We've seen some good ones, but the best has to have been Garth last year.

Do you like road trips in the summer? Sure... but not in summer any more.  After letting the schoolyear calendar dictate my schedule for nearly 50 years of my life, not any more.  I want to travel in fall and winter and spring.  Everyone else can travel in summer, I'll just stay home and tend to my garden in summer.