Which Way Challenge: Cape Cod

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Atlantic Ocean, beach, bridge, Cape Cod, Cee's Photo Challenge, labyrinth, Photogrphs

Bourne Bridge

Below Bourne Bridge

Mashpee beach, Cape Cod

Road to Mashpee Beach

Labyrinth in Falmouth, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA

For more adventures check out Cee’s Which Way Challenge.

Thanks for the feature Cee!

Frelinghuysen Arboretum: Flower of the Day

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Cee's Photo Challenge, Flower of the Day, flowers, labyrinth

They have a lovely labyrinth in the arboretum. And flowers and trees and butterflies. This is the ground cover we are planning to use in the shady parts of our back yard.

And the best news! I found my camera and my battery charger today! (These photos were taken with my phone – I look forward to going back with my Nikon!) For more flower photos check out Cee‘s blog!

I hope you encountered beauty today.

Chartres Labyrinth on Watercolor Grid & Cat

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100 Mandalas, art, cat, collage, gouache, grid, labyrinth, watercolor

The storage box I’m decorating is coming along nicely. I’m working out ideas for designs for our shower curtain. I was thinking a labyrinth with some color but I don’t think so. This is my interpretation of my favorite labyrinth, from Chartres Cathedral in France. I was struggling with how to add some color to it without distracting too much. I don’t think the grid works for that, but it was an interesting first shot at a grid with gouache. I was inspired to do this by Laura at Create Art Every Day. Some things I learned with this first grid.

1. Painting with gouache on top of collaged papers with gesso and matte medium create some unexpected and interesting effects.
2. It is important when painting a grid to let adjacent squares dry completely before painting the next square.
3. I’m not very good at waiting for paint to dry.
4. I enjoy playing with watercolors this way and have some ideas for other grid fun.

The cats are still settling in after the move and don’t want me to be in my studio. The door to my studio doesn’t latch very well so they can get in here at will. I am smarter than my cats and I put a box of art supplies in front of the door and attached a string to it to pull it against the door as I leave. However, the pathetic crying of cats while I’m in my studio has me working in my air-conditioned bedroom instead. Here is one of my assistants at work.

I hope you have a beautiful day.

Summer Loves

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art, collage, flowers, gratitude, Journal, labyrinth, organic, photography

There are so many things that I love about summer. This week (end) the weather has been perfect and the food so abundant and delicious. Mike and I went to a park that has a labyrinth of flowers – two of my favorite things. I froze 10 pounds of organic blueberries and ate and/or froze a bushel of peaches off the peach truck from GA – two more of my favorite things. I bought back to school supplies and took so many pictures of gorgeous flowers that you may be seeing them for days. I hope you enjoy them even a little bit as much as I did! These pages are not in chronological order, but I think that is ok.