Where is the Rain?

 

Show Fluffy the rain.
He is waiting for the storms to arrive.

Here it comes according
to David Finfrock.
Just look at all that
lightening.

I don't like it,
the thunder.
Make it go away.
Or hold me.

Fluffy kept us all night through
the lightening and thunder.
We had three and a half inches of rain
in Ft. Worth.
It is still raining Tuesday
morning.
But, the lakes are full!

St. Pat's Day Green in FW

 

From my house to my brother's house
the neighborhood is looking very green.
With storms forecast for today and tomorrow
it should be even greener.
It's St. Patrick's Day
 and Enno and I  are going
to a patio dinner
at the Shorts.

View from the bridge under construction over the
West Fork of the Trinity River
shows the clouds already
forming.
On the far left of the trains
one can see part of the bridge going up.
By Monday afternoon this river will be
overflowing its banks.

Thirteen year old Mandy greets us.
We immediately head to the
back yard to
enjoy the afternoon,
one of
 our last together for awhile.

Tommy and Enno are two wild and crazy guys
when they are together.
Judi and Tom shouldn't believe a word
Enno says when he puts on his
storytime face.
They'll learn!

But do we laugh.
This home was always full of
laughter when my father was around.
I feel he is enjoying our being
together here. Mother
would be pleased.
Tommy and I grew up on this patio
where Daddy was always
barbecuing.
Filet Mignons

Tommy's Secret Recipe
Four eight oz.filets at room temperature cut two inches thick.
Make charcoal really hot.
Sear steaks five minutes each side then
cook covered for
20 min total for red inside,
30 min. for medium well.
No seasonings

Baked potato and a salad is all

you need to go

with the filets.

The perfect meal!

Time spent with Judi is precious

as she remembers

less and less.



Inspiration by Impressionists' Colors

 

Mary Bess, Sherry and I sat down to a two hour
lunch on Wednesday at the Kimbell.
The talk was about art mostly.
Mary Bess saw two
old girlfriends pick up where
they had left off years ago. Once a friend, always
a friend. Since then we've both grown as artists but in different
mediums. She is an interior designer who paints pastel portraits,
I'm a oil and watercolor painter.
It was our knowledge of design and color
that sparked some fabulous
conversations as the three of us toured the impressionist exhibit
showing at the Kimbell. I couldn't take photos.

There is so much to talk about but we had to
eventually stop. We walked
over to the Amon Carter Museum, next door,
to see some
John Singer Sargeant
paintings on loan to the museum.

After we all said good-by I headed back to my
fabric shop because the paintings I
saw chaged my idea of how
I want to change my
colors in the apt.

The blue fabric is for the sofa.
The bird print is for the
dining chairs.
However, the background color is a yellow with
line green stems of the crewel looking flowers.
That was the Bayeaux Tapestry impression
I saw from viewing the tapestry
last Sept. in France.

There are no saturated colors here, all muted.
Viewing the blues of the Impressionists
and they used lots of them, I am
picking up the blue-gray blues.
I'll either paint the wall
 a pale yellow or contrasting shade of blue for the sofa.
French colors, Dutch, also.
There are blue birds in the print and touches of coral
to round out a triad color scheme
 of red, yellow and blue..

It is pressed along the walls of my mind.
 The manic side
of my bi-polarness
is having fun with checking out the new cottage
and flea market magazines.
Enno is in on it with me so I'm in check.

I don't know if any of you can relate to what I'm saying.
I'm an artist and this is the way I think.
Different.

The sofa will be ready the week before I leave for Holland
There won't be much time to change other things
until I return in October.

Enno was at home with allergies that are caused
by all the pollen. He's taking Claritin
and is better todayl
Tumbleweed unable to gol

Alphabet Thursday- Q if for Quilt

When Ezra saw me making an afghan quilt for
his baby sister he asked me to
make one for him.
It is almost finished and probably will be today.
Ezra can read so I put a big
E in the center.

I still need to make one blue and one green square.
Then I will use the rest of the yarn
to make a border.

The quilt is made very
strong on purpose.
Ezra likes to sleep with his little quilts.

Click on the typewriter below to see
other entries into Alphabet Thursday on
Jenny Matlock's Blog.

...and Fluffy is watching.

 

Impressionist Exhibit at the Kimbell

It's been coming all spring and opened this week,
The Age of Impressionism
at the Kimbell Museum.
One of the best museums
in the USA
resides
in Ft. Worth, Texas.

Enno and I plan
 to eat lunch at noon at the restaurant
inside the museum
 then experience the exhibition with
my artist friend, Sherry Clark and my
daughter, Mary Bess

Earlier this week we drove by the Kimbell which is undergoing a massive
addition construction. I hate it that they lost some  grounds with
trees but the museum has outgrown its interior space.

This is one of
 my all time favorite places
to commune with the art spirits
of the world in their works.

When Enno and I were at Giverny in France
this past September we saw
this same exhibition
Fabulous!

I didnt get enough of it the first time I saw it.
We were in such a hurry to see
Monet's Home.

I won't be able to take my camera inside so you'll have to make
a trip on your own to see it.