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Green Glorious Green
“Is the spring coming?” he said. “What is it like?” “It is the sun shining on the rain and the rain falling on the sunshine…” Frances Hodgson Burnett “The Secret Garden” Early early… the light is…
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Seraphine de Senlis, Visionary Artist
Seraphine Louis (1864-1942) or "Seraphine de Senlis" was an artist during a time when women, especially impoverished women, never became "serious" artists. She was compelled to create soaring, lush paintings, some over two meters high.…
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Good Bye to Spring Flowers
Spring is such a lovely time of year in my spot on our small blue planet. We aren't into summer yet tho our days are warming. The early spring wildflowers have passed and already the…
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Casein Painting of the Meadow Deer
This painting is a little diversion into casein. Casein is a water-based paint and contains casein, the protein in milk. You can read more about it here. As you might expect it has a lovely creaminess…
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One Weird Hail Storm
We hear of so many supposed rain storms that are approaching our area of parched California, we hardly pay attention now. I guess a good gully washer would be "News" if it were to actually…
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Very Big Snake~Surprise!
I couldn’t fit the whole snake into the photo because she’s about 54″ long! I wondered how long she could hang there, bouncing on the wall. The branch in front isn’t holding her up. She…
