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Maine Flower Photos (Happy Solstice!)
By Polly Castor on June 21, 2024Read moreEnjoy this last glimpse of spring as we surge full steam into summer!
51Two Plein Air Landscape Paintings Done on Retreat
By Polly Castor on June 20, 2024Read moreSo wonderful to be there in lovely weather painting outside!
PSME Plein Air Retreat 2024 (Photos and Recipe Links)
By Polly Castor on June 19, 2024Read moreI look forward all year to the Pastel Society of Maine Plein Air Retreat, because these women are wonderful....
I’m in the IAPS Pastel World International Show 2024
By Polly Castor on June 18, 2024Read moreIt is a huge honor to be juried into the IAPS Pastel World show, which is the top international...
Foolishness? No, It’s Not (Poem by Mary Oliver)
By Polly Castor on June 17, 2024Read moreSometimes I spend all day trying to count the leaves on a single tree.
Blessing Those You Don’t Know
By Polly Castor on June 16, 2024Read moreIt is a wonderful way to engage in your world, feel connected with it and take nothing for granted.
A Day in Marblehead
By Polly Castor on June 15, 2024Read moreA lovely slow day during a very busy season...
Rainbows Need You (Quote by Robert Lanza)
By Polly Castor on June 14, 2024Read moreAs real as the rainbow looks, it requires your presence just as much as it requires sun and rain.
Flow Finds a Way (New Painting in Pastel)
By Polly Castor on June 13, 2024Read moreIs the composition or color combo too unusual, or do you think that is fun?
Notice The Obvious (Quote by Joan Chittister)
By Polly Castor on June 12, 2024Read moreAwareness of the power of the present is the essence of the contemplative life.
Architecture in our Daughter’s New Town
By Polly Castor on June 11, 2024Read moreWhat a dramatic difference from where she's been.
Helping Our Daughter Move to Upstate NY
By Polly Castor on June 10, 2024Read moreWe are all so very delighted by this new opportunity and this improvement in her local environment.