FLOWERS FOR A SEPTEMBER DAY ...

Sometimes when we want flowers in our lives we just have to paint them ourselves.  I randomly painted this blue background and then needed to decide what I was going to paint on it.  Flowers seemed to be in order. 

'A BOUQUET FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON'

6 x 6 x 1.5" Acrylic on canvas

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Most of my flowers outside are bidding me adieu.  I do have one little Rosebush that does seem to be loving the weather ...

and even my Rhubarb hasn't abandoned me yet ...

but this once lovely 'Summerina', which I just bought a few days ago, and which I thought I would get at least a few weeks of enjoyment out of, obviously did not like the 29 degrees we had the other night :(

Fortunately it's a perennial so I'll still plant it and hope it comes back next year.


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CLOUDS OF THE DAY ...

A FISH BY ANY OTHER NAME IS STILL A FISH.



By all these lovely tokens September days are here,
With summer's best of weather and autumn's best of cheer. 
~  Helen Hunt Jackson

Charleen

EAVESDROPPING. YES, OR NO ... OR, IT DEPENDS ... :)

Have you ever eavesdropped?  Yes ... of course I have.  :/

'THE EAVESDROPPERS'

5 x 7" Acrylic on Wood Panel

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There's nothing like eavesdropping to show you that the world outside your head is different from the world inside your head.

~ Thornton Wilder

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This looks like something from a scary movie ...

THE FOG  is coming to get you (or me) !  Actually, it reminds me of the first scary movie I ever went to see in a Movie theatre.  It was called 'The Blob' ... and if that doesn't date me nothing else will!

Charleen

HERE A PEAR. THERE A PEAR ...

A few more Pears for your consideration ...  :) 
         (still working on the '30 in 30')

'SOMETIMES THREE IS A CROWD'

6  x  6" Acrylic on Wood Panel

'THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL'

6 x 6" Acrylic on Wood Panel

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'EAT PEARS, FOR THEY POLISH THE HEART'

~  Iman Ali

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Snow Capped Mountains ...

Charleen

DAY 16 ... ALREADY!!

Here we are, officially halfway through the month of January.  Hard to believe since I have been house-bound with a miserable head cold for the last two weeks.  You would think that the time would have just dragged by but I've utilized a lot of the time in my studio which has been great.  Couldn't go anywhere so no reason for interruptions.  :)  In fact I've had such a good time I've neglected to get as much reading done on a book I need finished by this Wednesday for a Book Club meeting.  :(  I can usually read fairly fast (how much I retain is another question) so I kept putting off reading the book figuring I'd have no problem getting it done in time.  Surprise 1 ... Charleen 0.  The book is titled 'Book of Ages: The life and Opinions of Jane Franklin'.   If you are not familar with it, it is about Jane Franklin, Benjamin Franklins youngest sister, and their relationship.  Problem: it is primarily written in 'Olde English' ~ a definite 'slower downer' right there, compounded by the fact that a lot of the writings from those days (in this book) are VERY mispelled due to lack of education, so I find myself reading certain sentences 2-3 times to make sure I understood them (!) and then ... that is compounded by the fact that this book is 11,000 pages on Kindle!  I'm on page 2000 something.  Remember ... by Wednesday.


I'm not sure why but I love painting Pears.  Here are two I painted for this weeks Challenge of '30 Paintings in 30 Days'

THERE'S ONE IN EVERY CROWD

6 x 6" Acrylic on Wood Panel

RED HOT CHILI PEARS

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Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within reach of every hand.

~ Mother Teresa

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(BEAUTIFUL) CONFUSION!

Charleen