Pumpkin Time!

Our temps have finally acknowledged the change in seasons ... we're due for a week in the 70s -- fall weather at last!

Grapes

Harvest Moon - grapes ripening, colored leaves. Fall is fast approaching .....

A Walk in the Woods

A Walk in the Woods

Though in my part of NC we won't see this rich color until November, the yellowing leaves, bright blue skies, lower temps and humidity, have me in mind of that marvelous season.

Mixed Media- Gelli Paper Poppies

Something different -- taking some ideas from Karlyn Holman's workshop, I decided to try a gelli print collage - this time poppies ...

Northern Lights - 3

Last of the Northern Lights series ...

For the Table

Another painting from Karlyn Holman's workshop

For the Table

Northern Lights 2

Another from Northern Lights series...

Red Winding Path

Another workshop painting ... Our dive into abstracts ...acrylic paints, deli papers, on canvas

Northern Lights 1

Another from Karlyn Holman's workshop - From a series of the Northern Lights --

Fall Sunflowers and Fruit

Several friends and I are just back from a week long workshop at Cheap Joe's in Boone, NC with Karlyn Holman! The facilities, food, home we rented, restaurants and the weather couldn't have been more pleasant!!! And the best part was Karlyn herself -- FUN, informative, filled with new ideas, and megawatts of creativity! I chose fall for many of our project creations ... I suppose it was the incredible 60-75 degree temps, fresh mountain air, and the beginning of the color changes ...

Under the Grape Arbor

Getting Ready for the Upcoming Season

Herbal Art Retreat

Been preparing for this event for a few weeks.  Had a blast!

Menu:

Breakfast: Toasted Coconut, Banana and Thyme Muffins

Break:: Boursin Cheese Mix with Herbs

Lunch:
Tortellini with Sage Butter and Olive Oil
Garlic Bread
Herbed Salad with Herbed Vinaigrette

Dessert: Citrus and Rosemary Popsicle
Chocolate Mint with chocolate bits Popsicle
Mint Chocolate Cookies

For the ride home: Aztec Chocolates

Drinks: Coffee, Unsweetened Tea, Herbal Teas, Citrus Mint Punch, Lemon Balm for flavoring tea, Water

For Planting: Basil, Chives, Cilantro, Thyme, Dill

Artwork coming soon ...

Through the Queen Anne's Lace

Journal -- The view of my neighbor's farm through the Queen Anne's Lace.....

Courtyard at La Romita, Umbria, Italy 2009

I'm participating in a month of journal writing and watercolor.  This is one of this month's entries.  The prompt was "Where would I have liked to spend more time?"

 Journal ‪ #‎NaJoWriMo‬ ‪#‎WorldWatercolorMonth‬

When I think back about a place I had to leave too soon, it would have been the courtyard at La Romita, Umbria, Italy, 2009.

There was something mighty special about that flowered courtyard -- flowers, pots, benches, chairs,fountains, brick and grilled beautiful windows and inviting doors, olive groves behind it, welcoming aromas from the kitchen, the sound of baa-ing lambs and sheep on the farm behind the courtyard, sunlight and shade, a sense of peace. Such beauty -- blue hills behind tawny-hued buildings, birds butterflies -- an oasis - a slice of heaven.

Found Flowers

Been a mighty busy summer. Hope eveyone is having a great one!

Gardenia

Journal - HAPPY SUMMER SOLSTICE! My single gardenias are finished blooming, but those prostrate shrubs that have sat idle for several years have finally bloomed -- and they doubles! Now to paint those!

OmniJournal - Rhododendron

OmniJournal - Rhododendron - So much rain lately ---!!!!

Old Oxford Homestead

Journal - Pen and Wash - There's an old homestead near my home that I just love to capture in each season. The family has built a new home also on the property, but it always warms my soul to see these older buildings still standing.

This free-standing sheet will go into to my looseleaf journal as it is too large for my spiral-bound journal ...

Field of Daisies

Journal - Field of Daisies --- I really love when the daisies fill the fields ....

The Hummer

Been a busy few weeks - painting -- The Hummer ....