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About to Bloom
This sunflower is growing in my herb bed and it’s about ready to unfurl. It’s a good 6 or 7 feet tall now, one of the Russian Giant seeds we tossed around the garden. There’s a lot of anticipation about it— how big and beautiful will it be? Will it draw in the…
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Indoor Persuits
These blistering summer weeks have made all our activities of late take place decidedly indoors. The rain and “cool” we were expecting never came. Instead of the 89 we were promised, we got 98. *insert cranky scowl here.” Some of you who are lucky enough to be in much milder climates have asked…
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May I present Miss Elizabeth Bennet….
The sun is setting on this weekend and I’ve got one more Austen portrait complete. This is, of course, Miss Lizzie Bennet. And she is such a favorite that I had a hard time getting her down in paint in a way that satisfied me. I decided to let her hair down wild, with…
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Sleightholm Folk Art 