“Harvest Festival” is a popular name for an arts and craft show in the fall. I have been in 2 this year, and will soon be in a 3rd Harvest Festival which is more of a carnival (not as an artist this time – I’ll probably be making popcorn.) The most recent was at a […]
Extra Post Today
Today I am here! Will you join me? If you read this flyer, you will see there is a $3 entry fee. If you buy something from me at the craft fair, I will reimburse your $3.
One Last Peek at Mineral King For the Fall
Trail Guy and our friend went to Mineral King one last time. They closed the Honeymoon Cabin, which serves as a museum for the Mineral King Preservation Society, did a few final chores at our cabin, and took a walk. I stayed home and finished a pencil commission, which I cannot show you because the […]
Better to Laugh Than to Cry
Recently, Trail Guy was in my studio and took the 2018 calendar off the wall so we could do some planning. The 2019 was hanging behind it and fell on the floor. He said, “Hey, you have a typo in your calendar!” How can that be?? I used a template from the printer for the […]
Learned in October
These are dogwood “berries” (don’t know if that’s the real word for this). A friend showed me that her domestic dogwood tree made berries, but this is the first time I’ve seen them in the wild. This same friend introduced me to this: “Cottage gas stations” a style of gas station built in the late […]
Building a Store
Until I began this painting, I never noticed that the sign above the door is not centered. And now, it is finished! Next, I’ll sign it, paint the edges, wait for it to dry, scan or photograph it, varnish it, wait for it to dry again, and then mail it.
Pumpkins
This the season of pumpkin spice everything. This blog post is pumpkin, minus the spice. I posted this photo of paintings in progress. A regular blog reader said she’d like to buy the painting. I touched it up, signed it, varnished it, and mailed it off to her. I forgot to scan it, so this […]
Final Final Cabin Thoughts, Maybe
There are three distinct parts to cabin-ness: The building itself – small, rustic, basic, simple, often without electronic amenities. (But wait! What about the cabin pictured above?) The setting – rural, semi-secluded, in the mountains, taking an effort to get to (But wait! Have you ever been up Highway 180 to Wilsonia? And do these […]
A Few More Cabin Thoughts
The posts called Cabin Thoughts (Part One, Part Two, and Part Three), were popular among my readers, generating conversations through comments, email, snail mail, and in person. Now that our cabin is closed for the season, I’d like to share a few more thoughts. A dear friend of many years, Natalie, sent these thoughts, titled […]
Show Day
Last Saturday I participated in the first ever Lemon Cove Women’s Club Harvest Fest (or Festival, depending on which sign I read). I got up at 0-dark-thirty and drove the 14 miles to the beautiful women’s club. My space was in the dining room, and my assignment was to cover up and protect the china […]