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A Warm Hat – Simple Pleasures, #19 of 30

“This is the first year that we will not have snow before Halloween” Aidan and Liam looked at each other with desperation, “I bet there is afoot in Idaho already”. I sympathized. The coming of…

Loving the stillness of a still life – Simple Pleasures #17 & #18 of 30

I thought about blowing it off. Everything in me just wanted to sit on the couch and have a glass of wine. It was 5 PM. We’d had a long day of doctors, shots, shopping,…

Freshly Grated – Simple Pleasures, #16 of 30

Over homemade gnocchi perhaps… Cheese is divine, but it proved to be a difficult study. I had a tube of Vasari paint given to me by an old friend. Unsatisfied with my original background color,…

Cotton – Simple Pleasures, #15 of 30

Cotton…nothin’ like it. Comments Success Leave a Comment Name (required) Email Address (required) Website/Blog Address Comments (required) Remember Your Info Check this box if you want email updates when people comment on this post To…

Garlic – Simple Pleasures, #14 of 30

Garlic is not yellow. I know that. But if the point of the exercise is to study color, I thought I would push it a bit.  Besides, how to do you make “more come forward”…

Old Things – Simple Pleasures, #13 of 30

Old things, old friends, old memories… I have many thoughts on this exercise. It’s interesting – it’s hard. I’m happy for the experience, but I’m a bit too pressed for time to share anything more…

River Bank – Simple Pleasures #12 of 30

Playing with color on a cold but sunny day. Comments Success Leave a Comment Name (required) Email Address (required) Website/Blog Address Comments (required) Remember Your Info Check this box if you want email updates when…

The Boxer – Simple Pleasures #11 of 30

Man – though not exactly simple, is a pleasure – and always an interesting quick study. Comments Success Leave a Comment Name (required) Email Address (required) Website/Blog Address Comments (required) Remember Your Info Check this…

Green Grapes – Simple Pleasures, #10 of 30

I love them in so many ways – off the vine, with cheese, crushed, fermented… Comments Success Leave a Comment Name (required) Email Address (required) Website/Blog Address Comments (required) Remember Your Info Check this box…

The Ginger Pear -Simple Pleasures – #9 of 30

Balance is everything. This lesson was evident with my pepper/pepper exercise (#6), but my agitated outlook could not see it. Instead they were opposing opposites competing. A slightly shifted perspective may have viewed them as…