In the meantime, I’m
working to expand my line of Irish cottage cards for market. This week, Summer
Reflections, is a 5”x 7” painting on 300 lb. Watercolor paper. The full line of Wild
River Art cards is available through the “Legends of the Celts” Irish
shop in Hayward, WI.
Tuesday, November 28, 2017
Irish memories
Earlier
this fall, we missed a highly anticipated trip to Ireland. At the time, Paul
was recovering from a terrible allergic reaction, and we thought it best not to
chance being overseas while he was still on antibiotics. It was a fair hit to
the finances, but it was mostly just so disappointing – to miss out on seeing
new sights in one of our favorite places and then getting to visit with dear friends
in Holland. However, we are hoping to go
another time soon.
Friday, November 17, 2017
Season of Thanksgiving
It’s
another year of Christmas music and movies playing non-stop from November 1st
on. Don’t get me wrong, I love the Hallmark movies, but I’m a huge fan of
Thanksgiving, too. It’s a special holiday, a reminder of the good that comes
from caring for each other and sharing from our own bounty, and a wonderful
time of gathering together with family. It was a joy last night to facetime
with three grandsons, a couple of hours away from our house, and see them dancing
around their house and wearing their handmade Thanksgiving hats! We are blessed
that it will work for 21 of us to gather at Mom’s new place this weekend for an
early Thanksgiving. She’s excited about the event, but we’re a “joyously
enthusiastic” family (o.k. – we’re loud!!), and now with 10 active cousins under
the age of 13 as part of the festivities, it was a wonderful relief to hear
from the staff that they are so happy when families choose to gather together
within the retirement center. Everyone is bringing something to share, and at
our house, the first batch of lefse came off the griddle last night and today
we’ll make the apple pies. We wish you all a blessed Thanksgiving!
This
week, I’m back to sheep! Sheep have been such an important part of my life. For
many years, I raised a small flock of black sheep on the edge of the Red River
Valley in North Dakota and was part of an amazing fiber guild. The women in the
group shared their talents for all things fiber and faithfully came to
gatherings from regions around the Dakotas and southern Manitoba. It was an
inspiring time of my life and served to shape much of what I am today. It was
such fun to paint, Keeping Watch, 7”x10” Watercolor on 300 lb. paper.
Tuesday, November 7, 2017
Snowy Barns
Can’t
believe we’re into November already! We’ve had a wonderful fall with lots of
outings to see the changing of the trees in this area. Along with spectacular
scenery on the North Shore of Minnesota, our own woods here in northwestern
Wisconsin put on a spectacular show. We are surrounded by large Maple trees,
and they were so pretty this year. I love living in an area that has four
definite seasons, and now I’m looking forward to the arrival of snow. We had a brief
taste of it this past weekend when 5” of snow fell overnight. It didn’t last
long, but with family here for a visit, it was such fun us to spend time
building snowmen and enjoying a campfire in the snow.
And I’m beginning to
think of upcoming holiday celebrations. This week’s painting, Snowy Barns 8”x10”
on 300 lb. Watercolor paper, reminds me of one of my favorite activities –
walking through a quiet woods and watching snow fall on a rural farm scene.
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