Warm Winter Evening

I was challenged to paint "What Winter Means to Me"

First I made a list:

Hot soup on the stove

Cardinals in the snow
Warm quilt on the bed
Fires in the fireplace 

Pajama pants 

Turkey & dressing

I've painted cardinals in the snow several times before, and I've even painted hot soup once. 

As I was setting up for a to take photo for reference, of course Buff Kitty had to lay on the quilt and act cute.  I decided not to fight it.  He could be in the painting too. 

He had different ideas about the best pose.

Original Oil painting on 10"x 10" Wrapped Canvas

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Remember When

Do you remember when...?

That's a phrase that begins many conversations between family and friends.

This chimney sits along the road that goes between my two brothers' houses.  It just sits there in a little field all alone, but it's not lonely.  Imagine what this old chimney has seen.  I can imagine it kept  a family's cabin warm for years and years.  I can imagine the farmer who stacked the logs and built the fire.  I can imagine his wife who poked the logs and kept the fire going.  I can imagine the children doing homework in front of it.  I can imagine a cat curled up on the hearth.  I can imagine stockings hanging from the mantle year after year.  I can imagine... can you?

Click "Christmas Past"  to see this chimney at at Christmastime.

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