Something surprising happened the other day. Diana showed up with a portrait of me that I had no idea she was working on.
The teacher in her watercolor class had assigned the topic “umbrage.” Paint umbrage. My friend thought, How on earth? Then she remembered a photo I sent her in June after a #familiesbelongtogether protest. She decided to incorporate the “shade” meaning of umbrage with the “angry” meaning — the trees with the protest. I love the colors in this — and the light and shadow.
I’m including a couple other light and shadow themes today. My sister and I both took photos of frost on our windows. The main difference: her frost is on the inside! As much as she loves her New York apartment, the time has come for new windows. The landlord is finally interacting with the city as the historic building needs special permits for new windows.
Sandra M. Kelly caught the sunset at my favorite island. I love how the sun streams down through the clouds.
The next shot shows how the late afternoon light hits the river birches outside the library. That was the view behind the poets at the last poetry reading. It took me a few days to find the sun at that angle again so I could come back for a picture.
We had a lot of birds near our feeder during the recent polar vortex. Also squirrels. Maybe a rabbit. Can you read tracks? I would love to know if I had a rabbit.
My granddaughter (red shirt) chose an ice-skating theme for her birthday party this year, making good use of the backyard rink.
Janet Schwartz painted the lovely rainy traffic scene in a recent show at Concord Art. And John Brickels is the artist behind the collapsing house. Hmmm. Is that a metaphor for anything?
Some stunning photos and a lovely portrait.
The occasion of the portrait is meaningful to me — as is the fact that it meant something to someone else.
Yes,I believe you have a bunny visitor. Lovely photos,painting,and I really like the photo of looking out the window .
Me, too. I have always had a thing about window views — also rooftops as seen from higher levels of parking garages.
Oh, what a fun collection! The watercolor of you is really neat–I like the idea of the two meanings of umbrage. And the little hockey player made me smile–I’ve been itching to find my skates lately but then I get worried about falling and breaking something. And, yes, I think those are bunny tracks–we see lots of tracks like that and I always associate them with rabbits.
Thank you for all these good comments. I thought those were bunny tracks because the two front feet are together, but then I saw the squirrel hopping like that. I don’t think it’s his usual style, though.
The painting is a tribute to your never-ending effort to make the world a better place for our children and grandchildren.
To all our efforts, Grace. To think that someone liked the meaning of that photo enough to paint it, cheers me up. The dark things happening all around us are often overwhelming. We need cheering up.
Great photos and comments! Thanks for sharing
It’s fun when there’s some interaction among people commenting on a post. That seems more likely to happen when I post photos.