We’re enjoying such lovely weather this June. It’s been a busy time of digging up and planting gardens but this past week, we celebrated a grandson’s home run at his ballgame and enjoyed a couple of days celebrating a Shakespeare Festival at the end-of-the-school-year for three other grandsons! We feel so blessed to live fairly close to several of our families and can take in some of the kidsie’s activities. And we’re near to stop in and help my Mom, too.
After the cold nights of May, the gardens are growing like crazy! We had a lovely display of daffodils, crocuses and muscari in our front meadow area and now we’re on to the big purple alliums (such fun!) and the irises are about ready to bloom.
This week’s painting, By and Large, refers to a sailing term – “by” means into the wind, while “large” means with the wind. “By and large” is used to indicate that the sailboat handles well, both by and large, in all possible situations. This 8” x 11” watercolor painting captures two By and Large sailing vessels ready to take on the challenge of the open sea.
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