So Far Not-So-Daily Blogspot!

Hi again folks,

Well, here it is a couple days later, and I'm blogging again. It is 7:15, and the sun is setting, a very dramatic orange and gray again at the end of a rainy day. The sunset pictured is from last night. I am always amazed at the beauty of the Florida sky all through the day, and then there's the big fireworks a the end of the day. What a wonderful gift to receive every day.

The first picture is of an orchid growing from THIN AIR on our holly tree! All I did was twist-tie it to a branch and then do absolutely nothing to keep it alive, roots exposed and all. Eventually it sends out tendrils to attach to the tree, and then the twist-tie gets removed. I've twist-tied dozens of them to the tree, so soon I will have a bouquet. Imagine, an orchid growing in my tree, and with no help? Amazing, since after living in Connecticut where you had to break you neck digging through the stones just to grow a geranium!

The second picture is a VERY pregnant stick bug (so I've been told) that perched herself on my studio sliders. I taped a penny nearby so that you could see how big it is. It is a very ugly bug that didn't flinch when I taped the penny up. She stayed there all day, then disappeared at night (probably to lay her eggs).

The third pic is my "Patio Project," which I'm almost done with. Just need to level a dozen or so more stone and it will be finished! Please excuse all the messy "Tools-of-the-trade" on the porch. Can't wait to frame the patio with floral hedges and furnish it with plants in clay pots, and recover the patio chairs with something a little livlier, then Bob and I can sit down on our new patio and give a toast to the sunset.

I hope to post a painting tomorrow, one which I started today at the Sebastian River Art Club's Tuesdays get-together. I took my neighbor Julianne with me to show her how to paint with oils, and to see if she would like to join the club. It's a good club with good, friendly people who love art.

Tomorrow I go plein air painting with the Treasure Coast group in the morning and I may end up posting that on the blog, if I can fit it in before going t the website meeting for the Vero Beach Art Club at night. My work and others can be found on www.verobeachartclub.org.

Well, thanks for looking in at my blog, and like I said I don't know where this is going to go, but I would like to get used to use it so that eventually I can use it for an art project I am working towards.

Judy

My First Blog

Hello friends, neighbors, relatives, duaghters, and anyone who wants a peek into my world.

I have no idea what's going to happen with this blog, not being very familiar with the whole process, but here goes.

I guess I'll start by using it as a kind of diary to begin with, then see where it takes me or where it evolves to.

First of all, I am an artist, albeit a starving one, trying not to throw too much money down that big hole that is called "art supplies, shows, and trips." My husband Bob tags along, helping with shows and tents, occasionally acting as bartender when needed, cheering me on when I win a prize or when something gets sold. So it makes for a busy, happy life in Florida in our retirement.

Friday was the opening of "The Body Beautiful" at the Garden of Art Fine Art Gallery in Wabasso, of which I am one of the artists. Posted is "Nude with Drape," one of five oils and one pastel I did for the show.

Not that anyone would care, but another love of mine is working with stone. In my former home (3 years since) of Clinton, CT I set many a stone wall on our property, and thought that I left that art form I loved behind. Well, here in Florida, on our small plot of land, I have built 2 small terraces for vegetables and herbs, and now am working on a patio off our lanai (back porch). It consists of about 70 16" blocks and I have lots of leveling to do with it yet, put in about 50 hours so far piecemeal. It will be a wonderful place to sit at night with a glass of wine and watch the sunset over the palm trees here in paradise. My brother-in-law Richard was the inspiration for it, as he loves to sit outside the lanai and watch what's going on at the water's edge. It'll be waiting for him on his next visit.

Well, that's all for now. Have to see if this all worked.

Judy