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Afloat
Made it aboard, despite various family problems that had to be dealt with. Loading up without my parents' house and dock and driveway was...
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Aug 61 min read


Cows Cows Cows
New plan - don't waste the cows! Yesterday, I attended my first plein air event. I paint en plein air all summer, but I have never done...
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Jun 52 min read
New England Watercolor Society
One of the art associations I belong to is the New England Watercolor Society. Their gallery in Plymouth is a bit of a trek. We don't...
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May 222 min read


Blue
I belong to several art associations. These provide me with friends, knowledge, a way to contribute to my community, and a place to show...
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May 221 min read


Signs of Spring
The last of the ice on the lake broke up yesterday and it's finally warm enough to paint without freezing! We took our first plein air...
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Mar 191 min read


Phew!
This is a library - generations of cherished books. It is a poor substitute for my parents' warm home, with its bright sea light and...
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Mar 171 min read
Tiny Cards
I am making tiny cards for my sister for Christmas. I make these most years. I cut up watercolour paper into little gift cards, paint...
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Dec 23, 20241 min read
Rescuing a Library and a Garden
I have spent a miserable fall breaking up my mother's house. We moved her garden to the best location we had, but who knows how much of...
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Nov 21, 20242 min read


Waiting out Eduardo
Hurricane Eduardo, happily, passed well out to sea for us, but we couldn't be entirely sure about that, and even well out to sea, we were...
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Sep 4, 20241 min read


And Yet More Heaven!
Still sailing amongst the Maine islands! Still painting them! We spent the remnants of Hurricane Eduardo in Northeast Harbor, on Mt....
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Aug 30, 20241 min read


More Heaven
We are slowly poking our way up the coast of Maine, painting as we go. We keep finding idyllic little islands to take the dinghy to. Just...
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Aug 15, 20241 min read


Weathering Debby
The remnants of hurricane Debby came with enough uncertainty, wind, and sea that we decided we'd be more comfortable on a mooring instead...
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Aug 10, 20241 min read


Heaven
This is my favourite place in the universe and the high point of my year is visiting here every summer. We took picnic lunches ashore,...
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Aug 10, 20241 min read


Hmm... Now what?
We're loading the boat for the August cruise to Maine and I've filled all the lockers and this is leftover. Now what? I reall do want...
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Aug 2, 20241 min read
Breaking Up Houses
This is awful. I spent spring and the first bit of summer painting, preferably from our dock or the canoe. My mum died in April and...
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Jul 28, 20241 min read
Painting from the Canoe
I have almost no signal up at camp, so no photos, unfortunately. We tend not to take our phones in the canoe, anyway, more in the...
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Jul 5, 20241 min read
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