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wayfaringwordhack I cannot believe I have not posted since the end of April. I keep meaning to make a post. I keep thinking, "Oh, I can this..." and I just don't do it.
Well, at least in my case, no is harmed by my not following through. ;)
What we have been up to in a very small nutshell:
We've been back in France for over a month now. Can't say that too loud because the kids are NOT ready to go back to Lebanon and they don't want to talk about the return creeping up on us. J, however, has been back in Lebanon for 3 weeks now, and of course we miss him. But, we are loving being home.
I have been doing art. Finished the first painting module and am studiously practicing all I learned while waiting for the second painting course to start in September.
We have had the misfortune of momma bats thinking our house is a good place to have babies. I say misfortune because with windows getting shut resulting in mommas and babies getting separated, bats getting trapped in the sink, etc. we have found several babies dead. :( I have an infant bat graveyard in a large flowerpot by my door.
I currently have three juveniles--too small to take care of themselves--in a box on my kitchen table. :(
In happier news, though we can't expect anything from an annual garden, we had a glut of strawberries, then raspberries, and this is the first year that our currant bushes and gooseberries have produced well. If the weather doesn't get crazy we will have a lot of peaches, too. And it turns out that two of the trees we have grown from seed are nectarines. Each tree only has one fruit, but hey, we are happy to know what they are. It is not a good year for apples though. The grapes are going to produce a bumper crop, though, but we might miss those too since they usually ripen in September. Maybe next year we will come a little later in the summer and stay longer...
Here is a painting of the Gavarnie in the French Pyrenées that I did. I am making progress.
Well, at least in my case, no is harmed by my not following through. ;)
What we have been up to in a very small nutshell:
We've been back in France for over a month now. Can't say that too loud because the kids are NOT ready to go back to Lebanon and they don't want to talk about the return creeping up on us. J, however, has been back in Lebanon for 3 weeks now, and of course we miss him. But, we are loving being home.
I have been doing art. Finished the first painting module and am studiously practicing all I learned while waiting for the second painting course to start in September.
We have had the misfortune of momma bats thinking our house is a good place to have babies. I say misfortune because with windows getting shut resulting in mommas and babies getting separated, bats getting trapped in the sink, etc. we have found several babies dead. :( I have an infant bat graveyard in a large flowerpot by my door.
I currently have three juveniles--too small to take care of themselves--in a box on my kitchen table. :(
In happier news, though we can't expect anything from an annual garden, we had a glut of strawberries, then raspberries, and this is the first year that our currant bushes and gooseberries have produced well. If the weather doesn't get crazy we will have a lot of peaches, too. And it turns out that two of the trees we have grown from seed are nectarines. Each tree only has one fruit, but hey, we are happy to know what they are. It is not a good year for apples though. The grapes are going to produce a bumper crop, though, but we might miss those too since they usually ripen in September. Maybe next year we will come a little later in the summer and stay longer...
Here is a painting of the Gavarnie in the French Pyrenées that I did. I am making progress.
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Date: 9 Jul 2023 02:17 pm (UTC)I am glad to hear things are well in general. Been wondering how the kids were enjoying vacation home. Lovely painting!
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Date: 9 Jul 2023 02:45 pm (UTC)I ADORE the painting. I felt instantly present in it: it's transporting!
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Date: 9 Jul 2023 03:54 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 9 Jul 2023 03:56 pm (UTC)Love that you love the painting. There are of course things I can fix, but it is a journey!
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Date: 9 Jul 2023 08:21 pm (UTC)I know bats are Our Friends ('cause they eat noxious insects), but I'm still kinda creeped by them and screech every time I see one.
I really like yr painting! Particularly the concave shape of the farthest mountain.
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Date: 10 Jul 2023 02:27 am (UTC)Everyone likes the penthouse with the best furnishings? Yeah, I got nothing. :) Well nothing but empathy for both sides.
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Date: 10 Jul 2023 09:38 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 11 Jul 2023 10:50 am (UTC)Thanks for the comments about the picture. I am constantly learning new things, but the application of what I learn doesn't always come into play right away. So many things to juggle between my brain and the paint!
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Date: 11 Jul 2023 10:52 am (UTC)I offer them water from a dropper, but...
I liked that bit of my painting, too. First time really painting a mountain (other than Misty Blue Shapes of Distant Mountains) and thought I didn't do half bad! :D