goodbye summer

When I stepped along to the place where I paint yesterday , an enormous yellow butterfly drifted by my head. That, I thought, could be the last one I see for awhile. So I abandoned the idea of painting fox on a picnic and painted the butterfly instead.

Good bye to late suppers with wonderful peeps like Duane and Amber~

They live to beachcomb and find the best shells.

Beach combing is a serious sport around here. The birds are always at it.

All summer I made this to quaff; water lots of ice and fresh mint, cucumber and lime. Plus you can eat the contents along the way of drinking it!

Donkey will miss the picnics

But there are compensations

Fall vegetables

 

bittersweet gathering

a favorite fall hat

 

Cambria Scarecrow festival, there are over two hundred all over town. American Gothic Cambria style in front of the Art Center.

 

A little sanderling having a fall feast

Summer is flying away, but she brings such beauty in her wake.

Here is your special seat to watch it all~

xx julie

Katherine the Great

 Its a pleasure to share the work here of Katherine Dunn.  Farmer, animal protector, artist, seamstress and photographer. Wait, I forgot pie baker!

 Here is She; feeding her donkeys at Apifera Farm in Oregon. Look at those faces. I sure like her sensible gear too.

 I think her work is very special. There's a wonderful way she has of gesturing with her brush and pencils and there is narrative too. And great joy and pathos.

 Every year she hosts a pie day for Pino the donkey. Its a dream of mine to go and pet the donkeys and watch her handmade aprons fluttering in the Oregon breezes.

 There's a book almost ready to be birthed. You can order it from her blog;
www.apiferafarm.blogspot.com
I can't wait for mine.........

My new print. I let Katherine pick one out for me. And I couldn't be more beaming ~

Its perfect for the big empty wall in our bedroom. In person it glows as if it had a light built in to it.

gosh.

lucky farm tenant.

Save me a piece of berry pie.........

Going to cluck on back to the studio now, thanks for chicking in.)).

xx

Julie