Yesterday afternoon, as I was sitting at work, I started thinking about our plans for E’s birthday the next day. And as my thoughts started spiraling backwards from the birthday plans and started flitting through the last few years, I found myself thinking of where I had been exactly five years ago that afternoon and…
scenes from a (river) weekend
We had a nice change of pace this past weekend when we packed up the car and headed north up the mighty Mississippi to stay with, and boat with, great friends. Saturday was a gorgeous day with blue skies and puffy white clouds and the most pleasant eighty degrees I’ve ever felt. The water was…
free friday gallery
The Ocean e, almost 5 1 August 2008 watercolor on paper This was painted on one of those mornings where she woke up early and quietly began her projects for the day. This was my favorite watercolor of all the ones she produced that morning – especially the change in brush strokes between the ocean…