day 25 - breakfast

L - iphone (bottom left) / T - iphone (top right)

Breakfast together. Taylor made chocolate chip scones - so delicious. It was a brief weekend visit but we had so much fun just enjoying the beautiful spring weather - moving from indoors to the warmth of the sun on the deck and then following the sun down to the firepit, continuing our talks.

day two - fruit

L - iphone / T- iphone

I might have to switch this format. Taylor doesn't much like the cropping offered with pic stitch. I like the ease of it but we'll see.

new day / be happy

L - iphone / T - Canon

"With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts." - Eleanor Roosevelt

...so start it with a smile and be happy.

final strokes

solo post - L

Ok today, after I finish breakfast, I'll make the final strokes on my painting. But then I'll just have to turn away and stop critiquing it so harshly. I look at other peoples artwork and I like so many styles - sometimes it makes me wish I had a different style of my own. I've always been told that I have a unique style and really that's a good thing I suppose. I think it's important that an artist establishes their own personal technique and approach - that a piece by them is recognizable as theirs at first glance. I talk about all this art stuff more on my other blog site.

9am / 4pm

Well until Taylor joins me again I guess I'm on my own.

Today was another day of preparing (tired of hearing that? it will be over soon) and I made some great progress. My dad helped me create a tri-fold display to hang a few framed images on and I'm finally getting the color where I want it on my cards. It drives me crazy the differences I see on screen vs. my printer, one printer vs. another printer; cmyk vs. rgb. It's odd but the rgb is printing better on my printer. Anyway, once I get the color correct all will be well.
Talk about color. This tree I saw on the way home from purchasing more ink was simply amazing. This photo is straight out of the camera - no color adjustment what-so-ever. The color was so pure and clean - without blemishes - and translucent with the afternoon sun shining through.

“Nature is a revelation of God; Art is a revelation of man” - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow