week 24 in my “this is where i am from” year long project:
I dreamed I was standing alone, at night, by the stonewall looking down the hill to the neighbors barn and the moon fell out of the sky, in a long arc, like a shooting star.
week 23 in my “this is where i am from” year long project:
A very little bit of progress – a tiny thumbnail sketch – something I’ve been thinking about. I’ll be back later in the week I hope with more progress and to tell you about the image. I’m having an extra busy day and an extra busy week.
week 22 in my “this is where i am from” year long project: My father was not great at occasions- birthdays anniversaries etc. But one year for my Mother’s birthday in January he surprised her with a number of small improvements – little conveniences and pleasures. A reading light over the bed and lots of others I don’t remember. I do remember the thermometer – installed outside the kitchen window. Placed, I’m sure, to factor in light and shadow to offer the most accurate reading. I watched the thermometer carefully in the last weeks of winter hoping for 55 F – when it got to 55 spring was a real possibility. 
week 21 in my “this is where i am from” year long project:
Pine trees have always felt like melancholy things to me, one that felt particularly so was a down on its luck pine that stood (and maybe still stands) at the top of the hill that led down to the near swamp. A big shabby affair that whispered and creaked and moaned as if it needed to tell you how tired it was.
week 20 in my “this is where i am from” year long project:
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week 19 in my “this is where i am from” year long project:
Fiddleheads, Ferns, Jack In The Pulpit and Salamanders – forest wonders.
I’m definitely in a botanical place this week.
week 18 in my “this is where i am from” year long project:
A look at my progress wall – the things I don’t completely despise:
And a little painting inspired by this email from my much older sister :
” Remember just outside the fence at the corner by the little dump there was a very fragrant (in the spring ) apple tree. It was a good place to sit on the fence and Ginger ate the wormy apples in the fall”
week 17 in my “this is where i am from” year long project:
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I meant to show you something else this week, I’ve been working on a little painting of Ginger and the wormy apple tree, but on Monday night I dreamed of another place – the brook. The dream left me with such a particular sensation I wanted to try to express it. The brook had a distinctive feature, what seemed to be a magic ability that I’d like to show you another time but Monday’s dream was of a grey and stormy day and the water surging and tumbling and swirling through the tunnel under our street and rising terrifyingly up the steep grassy banks.
week 16 in my “this is where i am from” year long project:
Progress on my painting of the far swamp. I so wanted to post it finished today but it’s not going to happen – I’ve got to pack and ship and sew. I’ll update this post later this week when I finish – here’s a couple for now – newest to oldest.
update : finished
week 15 in my “this is where i am from” year long project:
Over the stone wall, across the road, past the tiger lilies and into the far swamp.
This is a pencil sketch for a painting.
week 14 in my “this is where i am from” year long project:
I remember Mr. Hennessy in sunny glimpses, tending his little rhubarb patch in the forest. The idea of a garden in the forest was intriguing and mysterious to me. Sometimes Hennessy would cut some rhubarb stalks for the little people peeking through the trees at him and you could run to Mrs. W for a dixie cup of sugar to dip it in. Little kindnesses to children last a very long time.
PS – a note on the painting – I started over- scrapped last week’s progress. I am mrs. do-over. I still didn’t really get where I wanted to go. I did get somewhere though. Onward.
week 13 in my “this is where i am from” year long project:
Work on a painting of Mr. Hennessy tending his rhubarb patch in the forest.
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