After 10 years in this beautiful place in northwestern Wisconsin, we are preparing to transition to a new home. This has been a wonderful space for us – plenty of projects (rejuvenating a neglected cabin into our full-time home) with room for family gatherings, creating gardens edged with awesome rocks, and lovely days spent on the lake with family and friends puttering around in my Dad’s beloved pontoon. However, there is a time and season for everything, and to our surprise, this is the time to move on. Through all the years of caring for my Mom and driving almost daily the 150-mile round trip to Stillwater, we looked for something closer, but nothing opened up for us. And we were throwing straws up in all directions to no avail. But we are firm believers that things happen in God’s time, not ours. My dear Mom died in July and the immediate urgency to move passed. So we were totally caught off-guard when unexpected events led us to the open door of our new place. And we continue to be amazed at how quickly things are moving forward in this adventure. I’m reminded again, “God has a plan for good.”
This week’s painting is one of my new favorites -– Sheep at Rest, is an 11” x 15” on 300 lb. hot press watercolor paper. I love the way the paint fused with the paper and a wash of New Gamboge gave it a wonderful sense of vintage texture.
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