Bits and Clips for August 2021
I hope you find something inspirational, educational, motivating, beautiful, or helpful in these paintings, photographs, memes, quotes, and links:
Month: August 2021
Food Photography with Recipe Links (Summer 2021)
This is to give you some ideas to try to keep your table fresh, nutritious, delicious, interesting, and colorful!
I’m in this National Juried Women’s Art Show in Hartford
You can see the whole show at Arts Center East, 709 Hartford Turnpike, Vernon, CT 06066, until September 10, 2021.
The Beach House (Book Review)
This was a breezy summer read, even though there were serious themes here of cancer, abuse, teen pregnancy, and adultery.
The Fabric of Our Lives (New Poem by Polly Castor)
Does the fabric you identify with align with your actual life?
What We Ate on Our Camping Trip
Our daughter did all the food planning, prep, packing, cooking and clean up. We got her the new Dutch oven for the campfire she wanted to play with. She totally spoiled me.
Our Daughter Climbs Mount Katahdin (Her Photos)
Our younger daughter has been wanting to climb Mount Katahdin for some time. The last mountain she climbed was two years ago on our trip to Newfoundland. She’s also done a few “14ers” in Colorado. The Mount Katahdin trail is not as far as some of those Colorado hikes, but at least a mile vertical … Read more
Two Plein Air Pastel Paintings of Katahdin Stream
I painted next to this rushing stream the whole day our daughter climbed the mountain…
Photos of Katahdin Stream
We were here so our daughter could climb Mount Katahdin. I’d paint the river, while she climbed the heights where this cold, clear water came from.
Katahdin Bark with Lichen and Moss (Large New Plein Air Pastel)
I was fascinated with the abstract quality of all this this texture on the tree bark, and I painted it larger than life to draw attention to what is too often overlooked or ignored.
Close up Details of Baxter State Park (Photos)
I’m a big one for mindfulness, and this whole trip was rife with it. The textures of the moss, lichen, bark, fungi, frogs, loons, and fluttering leaves all spoke to me.
Canoe Day on South Branch Pond (Photos)
We took our time and made a day of it, enjoying the view, the reflections of the shore and sky in the water, a short hike at the end of the lake down to the next lake south (ironically called North Branch Pond), floating and paddling by turns.
Art Done at South Branch Pond (Mixed Media)
Either trying out new materials or approaches, or just sketching moments to remember, here is what we painted in this gorgeous place.
The Country of the Pointed Firs (Book Review)
This is a straight-forward novel, looking at simple lives and exploring universal themes, in a long ago beautiful place.
Hike to Howe’s Falls (Photos)
The trail followed a stream up a valley between two peaks, past cascades and rounded pools, as it careened its way down to the lake.