A Morning for Painting
Written by admin on June 12th, 2008It does not really take long to do something special. My daugther and I had a short lesson on Japanese ink painting this morning.
I think it’s one of the most relaxing forms of art I’ve ever seen. I tend to get overwhelmed if something’s too complicated. This is taking something very simple and becoming better and better at it.
In The Garden…
The lilies are not so spectacular this year, and not very many in number. Some of my flowers are singed-looking. I am not sure if this is owing to the drought last year, or the heavy spring rains which helped the slugs to proliferate so much, or the intense early heat of the last week or so.
The beauty berry bush looks as if it’ll be okay this year. It’s a favorite of mine.
The nandina (heavenly bamboo) was covered in pollen-laden carpenter bees as well as pollen-laden honey bees.
I am glad to see it after all the news in the past decade about collapsing bee colonies and reductions in the number of honey bees for unknown reasons.
I knew I felt a new “do” coming on after hanging this fan up in the bathroom.
And here it is. From the front it looks like a simple bun.
But from the back you see a couple of ropes of hair that are twisted, hanging down and turning back up and tucked underneath the bun.
From the back:
It’s a nice hairdo to just mess about town in, but I bet it could be done very meticulously and be gorgeous for a nice dinner out. Especially with some fancy chopsticks.
I found a very cool old frame today and will show you that later.
Lynn
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Caddie Woodlawn. With the Wisconsin big woods theme, goes along great with a FIAR study of The Raft.
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A Charlotte Mason Companion: Personal Reflections on the Gentle Art of Learning
Pocketful of Pinecones: Nature Study With the Gentle Art of Learning: A Story for Mother Culture. Sweet fictional story about a newly homeschooling mother who incorporates nature study.
Nature Crafts for Kids: 50 Fantastic Things to Make With Mother Nature's Help
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Hi Lynn!!
Whew,what do you think of all this smoke we have today? I didn`t spend much time outside working in it though.
Enjoy meeting you yesterday,hope I wasn`t too much of a pest!
And I think your painting is coming along nicely.I like your daylily painting.
Wow,your hair is so long,I didn`t realize it was that long!! How in the world did you do all that twisting and fixing it up like that?It reminds me of the victorian days or something.It really looks good fixed like that.
I need to get in the kitchen now and fix some good old hot dogs and other picnic foods to go with them.
Hope you have a great day tomorrow!!
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Vicki, thank you. It was nice to meet you as well. I did see the smoke. I was probably out in it too much.
As far as hair, I love finding new do’s. I just enjoy having long hair and working with it.
Lynn