Zia and I took an art class this summer with this year’s artists in residence at the library. She learned to work with pastels, and made this red fox on velvet paper. Nice, right? I used the class time to do an oil painting of a Dall sheep, which I’ll post when it’s finished.
We went to the county fair last weekend, and David signed up for the log-splitting contest. He went against all the other young and wiry mountain men of yonder and yore hill country, who probably split wood as often as they brush their teeth. Which actually may not be very often, after all. Five of […]
It all begins again today–this time (third grade!) with a new teacher, and as always, a few new classmates. Montessori combines grades, so a little band of 1st graders joins the classroom’s higher grades each year. And this year Zia will go and come home by herself each day. Caleb is still in Germany, but […]
Here’s Mama–she stopped at this ice cream shop while driving through the Adirondacks the other day. I painted that top sign when I was a teenager, probably about 25 years ago! My brother Seth helped me–I think he at least prepared the wood and did the base coat. I vividly remember figuring out the tones […]
I started the Whole30 this month. It’s pretty ok–so far. Got my old job back! I’m illustrating a new sewing pattern–the first since Cash was tiny. My walks these days consist of going to the mailbox and back. I’m ready for anything, though, as you can see. Coming home to our mountains after an evening […]
