Pemaquid Lighthouse, Maine

Just spent a week with my friends from the Hilltown Plein Aire Painters in Maine.  So, of course, a lighthouse.  We spend parts of 2 days here at Pemaquid Point and loved the site, the waves, and our new friend, artist Bobbie Applegate.  Thanks so much.

Remembering last Summer

It was in the fall at Little Compton RI. The kids were drawn to the cold water like flys to light. Everytime they got near it they came back wet. What great memories!

Poppy

Sometimes painting a flower in winter helps me remember that hot day when a poppy unfolds its paper thin petals, one by one, and justs basks in the hot sun.

Two Barns

Two barns are all that is left and those are barely standing. The pastures are growing up to brush and if the neighbor didn't mow the fields, the Sumac would creep out to overtake the hay. Peaceful, beautiful and sad.

Laurel Lake

We're lucky enough to have a wonderful and lasting group of friends that have managed to cherish our friendship enough so that we have taken a few days every summer to get together at Laurel lake, in Vermont, to catch up, relax and laugh. This beautiful spot provides the relaxation with a morning in the kayak.

Another Grand Birch

This birch could be anywhere but I captured the image in a forest and on the lake shore below the Grand Tetons. Now that is a place to find painting inspiration! I was looking for a moose but had to settle for this grand birch.

Memories

Long before the smart phones, and and the DS's, the Wii and the Playstations, there were tricycles and capguns to make believe and stir our imaginations. We spent many hours racing around the driveway and hiding behind trees to get the bad guy and we got a little exercise too! When I found these toys at Richard Richardson's Good Time Stove Company, in Goshen, it brought back many good memories.