In The Mood

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As I was finishing this painting, Glenn Miller's "In The Mood" was playing on Pandora. I'm in the mood for spring!

The Thank You Note

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It's been snowing like crazy for the past two days and now we have freezing rain. I don't mind the snow so much, but freezing rain strikes fear in my heart. Roads are skating rinks and a good number of folks in the Eugene/Springfield area are without power tonight.

The forecast is for weather in the 40s tomorrow. We'll be thankful for that!

Tea and Rose

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My husband brought home champagne and roses on my last day of work to celebrate the good things to come. The champagne is now a delicious memory, this little rose is the last of the beautiful bouquet, but the future is rosy and bright.

Pink Primrose

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This is my first painting after the Carol Marine workshop. The workshop was all I'd hoped for and more. Each day just flew by. Carol is an excellent teacher and my classmates were great. It was a wonderful experience. I feel that I learned so much.

This is also the first painting of my retirement! Yay! I plan to do lots of painting now that I have the time.

September Challenge #13

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Are there scents or fragrances that pull you back in time to when you were young? This perfume does that to me. It's called "Youth Dew," and it was the fragrance of choice for me and many of my friends in California's Central Valley back in the 1960s. It seemed so sophisticated and wonderful at the time.

I hadn't thought of this perfume for years. This summer we visited family in Nebraska and my sweet sister-in-law was wearing Youth Dew during that visit. It evoked such strong, pleasant memories that I immediately bought a bottle when we returned home. I've been wearing it ever since.

It's funny how a little thing that gives pleasure, like a certain perfume, can be forgotten for years, yet upon rediscovery bring such joy.

September Challenge #12

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Hooray! I finished my painting before midnight! I'm posting it this evening and will add it to the 30 Day Challenge tomorrow morning. Last evening's painting was really difficult, but this seemed to go pretty smoothly. When a painting starts going south, there is probably a point when it's better to give up and start over.

Anyway, this was fun to paint. I'm a fracture convert!

September Challenge #10

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These are zinneas and bluebeard from our garden. I'm continuing to use Julie Ford Oliver's fracturing technique, and I'm enjoying the process. It took me a long time to paint this, but I'm happy with the way it turned out.