waving

watercolor and oil pastel in muslin journal

it always seems like a big step to get back into blogging after being gone for a while. here i am... taking the plunge!

i've seen so much in the last couple of weeks. so much art, beautiful scenery, people, great food. i'm full... now i'm gonna stay home for a while and digest it all...


my favorite 'mound', on the way to roxanne's. i've posted pictures of it here a couple of times before. i just love it...


roxanne and i had a great time together. we did a whole lotta talking and laughing, and took a whole bunch of pics. this swan didn't want anyone near his family!


the next few pics were taken in ashland. we went on a snapping frenzy. two people looking for shots can come up with a whole lot of shots. it's interesting to see what each person notices...








roxanne...

i'd like to say a big thank you to our mutual friend, anna, who put us up for the night. we each knew anna before we knew each other; roxanne since high school, and me since the late 90's when anna and i helped start a women's art group here in northeastern california. years passed and anna and i lost touch, only to be reunited again by roxanne, who i met through the blog world! anyway, anna is a crazy talented artist whose work roxanne and i adore... thanks, anna, for everything.


the piece at the top of the post is the last piece i painted before i left. since then i've been stitching, and i don't have any pics of the pieces that i've left behind. this is a piece i just finished yesterday - the words "all you problems are taken care of" are stitched on the back. i like the idea of leaving pieces like this on restaurant tables (or maybe checkout counters)...


a friend gave me this box last week - a bar of soap came in it, and it's a perfect thread and needle container.


i'm working on this now. it'll be the second tie that i've completely covered with stitching. i'm fascinated by how the stitching changes the nature/energy of the fabric. it becomes something very special once it's covered with stitches. this piece also has spots that i burned with the magnifying glass. muslin and silk...


this was laying beside our doorstep a couple of days ago. a pinecone flower... what perfection. i'm enjoying these late summer days so much. i feel like i want to soak it all in....

one thing that i did last week was pass on twelve big boxes of teaching material from my days as a special education teacher. it was time for them to go, and it feels great having empty space where boxes used to be. just before i left to deliver the boxes, one of my first students called me to say "lynne, i've gotta joke for you."


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j: what did the ocean say to the lake?

me: i don't know.

j: nothing, they just waved...

: )

XO