It’s been a lovely week for being outdoors! The weather has cooled off, and we are heading into my favorite time of the year. The heavy lifting work of Spring gardening is done and now we’re into a season of enjoying the headiness of blooming hydrangeas, beautiful roses on the deck, and drifts of rudbeckia and Echinacea all around the yard. Dolly Deer and her twin fawns come through the yard most days and have trimmed all non-essential plants in the gardens – including biting off all the gladioli blooms, mowing down the hostas, and basically eating anything that bears a garden tag! The meadow that has been growing all summer in the front yard will be ready to cut in September and then it’ll be time to plant bulbs for Spring. Even though I complain about the heat of July, I truly love the rhythm of the four seasons.
I’m continuing to enjoy painting watercolor lighthouses, and this week's painting is a favorite. Although ever since I fell off the walkway in late October (several years ago) and landed on the icy rocks of Lake Superior, I have a love/hate relationship with the Artist’s Point Pier in Grand Marais! I’ll save that story for another time! “Grand Marais Light” is a unique shape at 7” x 15” but it seems to work well for this landscape - capturing the morning light on the structure as well as the contrasting deep shades of the surrounding woods.
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