Sailing away from me

This is a place, this blog of mine, where I say what delights me, interests me, moves me.

A dear friend came to visit me from very far away.

Now he has returned to his own land and the full life he has created there.

I also return to mine.

But he has sailed away and I am feeling sad today.

The day after.

Summer colors!

After being without a finch feeder for some years, and having racoons get to the one I used to have and pull it down and eat all the contents, I got this one!

I have hung it high enough (I hope) to keep them from reaching it,

and for the visual delight of seeing these brilliant feathered friends use it!

A student gift for me!

This little guy is just over an inch tall!

He is a gift brought to me all the way from Bolivia by a student of mine who

has just visited her home country!

She saw it in a market (she has good eyes to spot something so tiny!) and

thought of me.

Now that is special.

Very special.

I glued him onto this block that has a piece of one of my watercolors.

If you click on the image you will see it bigger!

Cool, huh?

Sombrero in unexpected place!

Waiting at a stop light I notice something shiny off to my left.

I turned my head to see what it was.

Here you have it!

A gorgeous embroidered sombrero on a young lady in a very spiffy convertible.

You have to stay alert or you miss these delightful things in your environment!

Surveying the kingdom

Black, white and red all over.

An old joke applied to my Lucy.

She loves surveying her kingdom from the

screened-in porch!

Of course I have to wipe off the table before we have

dinner out there!

All kinds of students!

OK, so I have to admit that the painting on the easel is

not one of Lucy's. (Hers are still drying in the back room)

But after one of my students got up from her stool, Lucy

had to give her critique and check out the palette. She

didn't say anything, just looked and then got down.

She does this all the time. I know she's going to come

back in another life and be a dazzling prodigy with no

one the wiser (except me, because I'll be on the look-

out!)

Cats who supervise

Here you see my studio mascot intently watching one of my students at work.

When students arrive, she greets them all and then

supervises their creations.

Her usual mode is to sit ON top of their notebooks which lay open on my desk.

Occasionally she will jump up on one of their stools in front of their

drawing or painting.

I just know she's going to return in another life and be some hot shot artist

and only I will be the wiser!