May, A Month in Pictures

I recently returned from a visit to my brother's family in Florida, where I forgot the battery charger to my digital camera. Thus, I am unable to photograph any new artwork until it returns home to me via US mail because my trusty Canon camera is dead right now. Gr-r-r.

Nonetheless, I do have some photos to share with you to chronicle this past month. I'm sorry that I haven't been more diligent with my posts recently....We've had a three-ring circus here between home renovations, travels, and a few doctors' appointments sprinkled in for good measure. I am settling back down into work as our contractors finish up with our new windows and other details around our home. To escape some of the inevitable construction chaos, I've been taking our dog, Annie, out in the field to do some plein air painting. Annie is not a fan of the percussive "thwack" of hydraulic nail guns, so it's been therapeutic for both of us to get outside during these beautiful spring days.

A picture is worth a thousand words and I hope that you will enjoy these images:

A Postcard from the Easel while plein air painting in Pennsylvania's Reeds Gap State Park. This piece will be called "Spring Flow."

Another Postcard from the Easel from within Reeds Gap State Park. I'm not yet sure what I will call this piece.

Annie lounges along the banks of Honey Creek in Reeds Gap State Park while I work.

My 2 year old nephew, Maxwell, reveals the first glimmers of creative artistry with his sister's Fisher Price digital camera.

With my 5 year old niece, Julia, and 2 year old nephew, Maxwell, in Florida.

A final Postcard from the Easel from central Pennsylvania's Mifflin County.