As my husband was driving, I was hanging out of the car trying to get shots of this bridge we were going over in New England. He was scared to death that I was going to fall out of the car. As you can see I didn't:) I just love the patterns of this bridge and thought, why don't I share with my artists friends the idea of taking patterns we see in life and incorporating them into our art work. I think patterns done over and over again in a piece pull it together and integrate the work as a whole.
This is my kitchen mantle. The fireplace is not real, sure wish it was today though in New England. It is warmer outside than in the house. Pellet stove is running for the first time this fall. I abducted this mantle from a freecycler and was thrilled.
Well, I realized after watching the news for over an hour, that if Earl hits us where we are located in Massachusetts, I am not really prepared. I have enough food, but I don't have water, or proper flashlights. If the weather is bad though, I have so much to do for artist trading cards-Marie Antoinette is due this month and I need to make six cards. I was supposed to do two journal pages, but because they have to go to Canada, I don't think I can do it in time. I have a vacation artist journal started, my cloth paper is finished to send to my girlfriend in Maine. I will be receiving a piece that she made and then we will be collaging on our own and each others piece of home-made paper. It is going to be a blast. I have been working on a new blog and website, along with harvesting my herbs today: chamomile, two types of sage, lemon verbena and mint. I studied on the herb mullein today and had a piece but made a mistake and through it away in the woods because I thought I had to have fresh flowers, but I didn't, so I don't know if I will be able to find anymore now that it is fall. I picked apples off of the ground and off of the tree from my front yard. They are not great to eat, but will make great applesauce and I got a handful of blackberries. Washed two loads of laundry, folded two and put a load away. I went shopping at Salvation Army. Maybe I'll put pictures up of my new outfit creations.
Hope all are safe through this hurricane on the East Coast!
Isn't it a beautiful site to see the American Flag flying anywhere? My husband and I were out yesterday, taking a break on his Monday off. We went to Seabrook and had fish and chips (not potatoe chips but french fries). Fish and chips is a New England delicacy. We were sitting on a warf eating our fish and our french fries looking out at the Atlantic Ocean. Men were coming in off of boats that went out deep sea fishing. Some were struggling carrying their coolers assumed to be filled with fish while others had nothing.
I am going to send my son this picture. He is stationed in South Korea in the Air Force.
