This week’s
painting continues my love-of-water series! Gunnal View is a 7” x 12” watercolor
painting and features the wonderful perspective along the top edge (gunnal) of a
canoe and on to the beautiful scenery ahead.
Thursday, July 30, 2020
Gunnal View
It’s the
last week of July and typically this is the premier vacation time for most of us
here in the North Country. However, this is a unique year, month, week and with
the increase of COVID cases in this area, we’ve decided to stay close to home
this summer. But we have much to be thankful for: our daughter and her family have
successfully transitioned to a new job and settled in a new place in a relatively
short time! Last Sunday, we celebrated the dedication of our youngest granddaughter,
Lyndie Ida. She is such a happy baby and a wonderful blessing to her parents,
Dan and Krista, and her older brother, Brecken. And after several years of
absence, we’ve had the incredible opportunity to reconnect with our now-grown
twin sons! We are indeed thankful!
Tuesday, July 21, 2020
Dog Days!
It’s been
a week or two of intense heat, high humidity, loads of rain and storms, but yesterday, we
woke up to cooler temps and reasonable humidity. It makes all the difference in
being able to be outside, and it’s so fun to find ripe tomatoes in the garden! Yay!
This week’s
painting features one of my favorite dog breeds and takes me right back to the
peat bog regions of Ireland. Where are the Sheep?, a 9” x 9”
watercolor, captures a faithful friend ready to spring into action at the command
from her owner.
Saturday, July 18, 2020
Dancing Water
It was one
year ago this weekend that a devastating storm hit our area with straight-line
winds and a tornado. We were remembering that late last night when another big
storm rolled in and took out the electricity for about 6 hours. We are so thankful
that we didn’t get the terrible winds.
It’s been a busy week. Last Thursday,
we moved our daughter and her two young children into our house. While we have plenty of room, it was a bit cozy, but she was planning that it would just be temporary. But you know that God usually has other plans and that very afternoon
she found out she had a new job! She is so enjoying her work and has now found a new place to live. So,
this week, we’ll be helping her move again. It has been a whirlwind of activity, but we are so grateful that she and her kidsies seem excited and ready to move into this next phase of life. In the midst of all the
uncertainty in this season, we are trying to daily move forward with hope and nurture a sense of lightness in
our spirit.
I’m so enjoying
painting kayaks, and this week’s painting is titled, Dancing Water – 9” x 12”
on 300 lb. watercolor paper – and features a wonderful green kayak being
navigated along a stone-edged river bank.
Tuesday, July 7, 2020
Summertime!
And
the living is easy – well, not so much. The experts say we’re in the second
part of the first wave of the COVID-19, and the pandemic is continuing to surge
across America. Currently our borders are closed – all of Europe, Canada and Mexico
have now banned Americans from traveling. And the frustration is that the
information has been confusing and sporadic: wear the masks/don’t bother; stay
at home/take that dream vacation; avoid large groups/let’s pack the bar! Now with cases surging across southern states, the governors are finally yelling: WEAR
THE MASKS!
Ah
well. What can I control today? Not much! Our family is staying healthy and we
are indeed thankful. And in spite of it all, the gardens are thriving in these
hot days and we’ve started collecting rainwater to make the dry times a bit
easier.
Last
week, we got up early and took a “social distancing” roadtrip with Maddie (our
cocker spaniel) exploring the backroads of mid-central Wisconsin. Man, we live
in a beautiful state! We took pictures of aging barns, silos and windmills, lazy
rivers, and the ever-rolling landscape. We drifted along narrow, country roads
through towns named Woodville, Elmwood, El Paso, Downsville and Arkansaw,
visited a wonderful gallery in Spring Valley, and stopped for a picnic in a
quiet park in Ellsworth. On our way to Menomonie, we discovered the Caddie
Woodlawn Historic site. We were the only ones there and had a lovely time
walking around the farmstead with its majestic white pines and beautifully restored
Woodhouse family home, log cabin and smoke house.
I’m
working to prepare work for a new gallery near the river, and am enjoying painting boats and water! This week’s painting, “A Good Day,” 8” x 10” watercolor,
features a brightly colored kayak navigating a back channel in a blue-water river.
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