Happy Thanksgiving!

Traveling Days

Last glimmers of summer, caught a few weeks ago while strolling through Longwood gardens. I love the symmetry of these flowers. Today, driving up to Pennsylvania all the trees were an orange red and some so yellow that they almost glowed. Most of the fields are empty now with one here and there still having some dried corn. In one field I saw about a hundred black birds which took flight just as we were passing by. It looked as if someone had flung a shawl of black lace into the sky. Which reminds me of the black cows I saw standing in an orange field while a pure white cat was creeping about the bushes.



Did another watercolor this time of a sunset over a lake. It reminds me of the Once and Future King in some ways. Like a white horse should just come strolling through the frame at any moment. I really love watercolor there is something so airy about this medium, it is as if one were painting with light.

Morning Glory

I actually did this watercolor (6x9) sitting on the grass under a huge morning glory bush. I got some wierd looks but hey it was worth it. Working outside was really great, you really can't beat the autumn light around PA. Its beautiful! Again if interested in this painting just contact me by leaving a comment or email.

Two Worlds

Just finished! This is a watercolor still life on tinted paper. This might appear on my etsy page later, still thinking about the logistics of selling online, but please let me know if you are interested.

Autumn

Hello and how in the world did it get to be October without me posting a single thing? Its very awful, and I am sorry. But not all is lost, I've been painting a lot and knitting, oh and going to college. Having Eric in another state, a lot of time has been dedicated to traveling during the weekends but this also comes as a welcome change from campus life. Travel has always made me happy, the long stretches of road and the trees passing by effortlessly. Its like a silent parade, especially with this autumn light that seems to bring a new sharpness to the world, as though it were fall and not spring that harkened the beginning of new life. It is this time of year that I find the most distracting and yet it is also the time where I create the most.



During this writing break I have changed my mind about going into psychology, there was always something unnatural in it for me, and a certain desperation surrounded the field in my mind. So, no more of that and on to brighter and more natural things. For now I've made up my mind to go into literature and perhaps write someday but most likely teach as a professor. Stories come naturally to me and writing seems the completion of all the images that fly through my head on a daily basis. It complements the visual side of my mind, to the point that after writing I see the world fresh again, full again, of meaning and brilliance. Which reminds me, if you have not read The Flowers of Evil by Baudelaire, you must. It is stunning!



I will end with a quick note about the pictures, the second is me playing with my watercolors on an old envelope and the third is a pumpkin growing in Eric's yard. When the sun has been on it all day I just want to lay on it, the heat makes it feel as though it is teeming with life under its hard glowing shell. But enough about my strange pumpkin fixation, I hope to have many more posts in the future, see you soon!

College

Summer is still fresh in my mind all the the meadows and their smells seem to stay in my hair for months after. Pennsylvania especially has wonderful meadows, filled with flowers and long grasses. My whole stay there was beautiful, besides going on many hikes I also did some baking, knitting, beading, and lots of reading. I finished War and Peace with time to spare, and now I'm settling in to another year of college. The room I'm in this year is very nice, its a good shape (which believe me is rare in these old buildings) and I think all my stuff fits in quite pleasantly. My window is right next to an oak tree, which means that the more daring squirrels will sometimes peak in. In the winter I will be able to see front campus and the houses across the way. I like to be able to see the lights in other people's windows not really to spy on them but just to know that they are there and awake.

Hydrangea

I bought a white hydrangea today on a whim and right now its peaking over my computer, making me smile with its hundreds of petals and its dark green leaves. I also ran into a black and white great dane named Duke who came up past my hip, I don't think I've ever seen a dog that big before but his owner assured me that he was just a lap dog (not on my lap!). He stretched out his tongue to lick me and I realized that it was as big as my hand! I stood there petting him for a while, fascinated at his sheer size. I would consider buying one if I ever have lots of land. These dogs almost look otherworldly.
The weather here in Maryland went from strangely cold to sticky hot, there is even a haze in the air from all the humidity. Its dark out now and a chorus of cicadas and crickets are chirping away, no stars yet just passing headlights and a vague outline of trees, there leaves still in full summer green.